Staff

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Anna Beard - Donor Relations Officer

Anna joined the West Coast team as the Donor Relations Manager in November 2008. She is excited to be part of an organization that marries two of her strongest values: the power of the law in the right hands and the urgency of protecting our precious environment for the future.

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Jessica Clogg - Executive Director and Senior Counsel

Jessica Clogg is West Coast’s Executive Director and Senior Counsel and heads up our work on Aboriginal and natural resource law. Jessica first joined West Coast in 1995 as a student, and also served as a board member before becoming staff counsel in 1999. Jessica has said that she does the work she does “because she loves the land, and because she believes in justice.”

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 Andrew Gage - Staff Counsel and EDRF Liaison Lawyer

Andrew oversees the Environmental Legal Aid Program and writes the Environmental Law Alert blog. He enjoys playing the violin, gardening and sailing.

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Ceciline Goh

Ceciline is the Office Administrator at West Coast Environmental Law. She is in charge of the organization’s bookkeeping and general administration. As West Coast’s longest serving employee Ceciline is also, unofficially, the organization’s Memory Keeper.

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Allison Grose

Allison has two roles at west coast - Executive Assistant and Project Manager Allison has been working in the environmental field for over a decade.  After over a decade working in the environmental sector in Toronto, the siren call of the west coast brought her back to Vancouver, where she worked as a consultant until joining West Coast in 2007.

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 Todd Monge

Todd is the Project Manager for the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund and is West Coast's Communications Manager.  In his dual roles at West Coast Todd works with individuals, communities and environmental groups to develop legal strategies to protect the environment in BC.

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Josh Paterson - Staff Counsel

Josh is the Aboriginal and Natural Resources lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law, where he works with First Nations and other communities on issues related to energy, oil and gas, and forests.

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Lucy Pearson - Director of Development

Lucy was thrilled to join the team at West Coast in 2008 as Director of Development as she aligns closely with West Coast’s vision that environmental protection must be enshrined in law. Lucy is inspired by the supporters of West Coast and honoured to help them take action on their own passion for the environment and to make the world a better place through philanthropy.

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