Canola Council board of directors
Nominated by canola growers associations
Charles Fossay
Director, Manitoba Canola Growers Association
Starbuck, MB
Ph: (204) 781-9843
Justin Nanninga
Director, Alberta Canola
Neerlandia, AB
Ph: (780) 307-4343
Dean Roberts
Director, Canadian Canola Growers Association
Coleville, SK
Ph: (306) 460-9846
Ed Schafer
Director, SaskCanola
Makwa, SK
Ph: (306) 236-8167
Nominated by the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association
Gabe Afolayan
Vice President – Oilseed Processing, Cargill Ag & Trading North America
Cargill
PO Box 9300
Minneapolis, MN 55440-9300
Ryan Law
Commercial Manager – North America Canola
Bunge
1391 Timberlake Manor Pkwy
Chesterfield, MO 63017
Ph: (314) 292-2878
Tracy Lussier
Manager, Canola Trading
Louis Dreyfus Company
Suite 500 – 525 11th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2R 0C9
Ph: (403) 205-3322
Kevin Wright
GM Great Lakes Region, N.A. Ag Services and Oilseeds
Archer Daniels Midland Company
5550 Maplewood Drive
Windsor, ON N9C 4G9
Ph: (519) 567-1103
Nominated by the Western Grain Elevator Association
Jeff Cockwill
VP Corporate Affairs
Viterra
2625 Victoria Avenue
Regina, SK S4T 7T9
Ph: (306) 569-6673
Kris Grant
Merchant
Parrish & Heimbecker
201 Portage Avenue, Suite 1400
Winnipeg, MB R3B 3K6
Ph: (204) 509-7760
Jennifer Marchand
Government and Industry Relations Leader, AVP
Cargill Ltd.
300-240 Graham Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3C 4C5
Ph: (306) 370-1161
Trevor Veenendaal
Trader, Canola and Soybeans
G3 Canada Limited
200 Portage Ave, 3rd Floor
Winnipeg, MB R3C 3X2
Ph: (204) 983-0532
Nominated by life science companies
Chris Anderson
General Manager
DL Seeds
25028 Rd. 17N
Stanley, MB R6P 0G9
Ph: (204) 331-3611
Brent Collins
Head of Seeds & Traits, Canada
BASF Canada Inc.
#510 – 28 Quarry Park Blvd. SE
Calgary, AB T2C 5P9
Ph: (403) 829-2676
Tyler Groeneveld
NA Director, Grains and Oils
Corteva Agriscience
Suite 240, 115 Quarry Park Rd. SE
Calgary, AB T2C 5G9
2024/25 Executive Committee
Chair
Tessa Ritter
Stakeholder Relations Manager
Viterra
2625 Victoria Avenue
Regina, SK S4T 7T9
Ph: (306) 569-6672
Vice Chair
Dean Roberts
Director, Canadian Canola Growers Association
Coleville, SK
Ph: (306) 460-9846
Second Vice Chair
Trevor Veenendaal
Trader, Canola and Soybeans
G3 Canada Limited
200 Portage Ave, 3rd Floor
Winnipeg, MB R3C 3X2
Ph: (204) 983-0532
Finance and planning chair
Tyler Groeneveld
NA Director, Grains and Oils
Corteva Agriscience
Suite 240, 115 Quarry Park Rd. SE
Calgary, AB T2C 5G9
Other director
Ryan Law
Commercial Manager – North America Canola
Bunge
1391 Timberlake Manor Pkwy
Chesterfield, MO 63017
Ph: (314) 292-2878