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Saying goodbye to Beatriz

August 15, 2022

Beatriz Gomez demonstrating at a recent event

We are sad to write that Oakvllegreen’s longtime team member, Beatriz Gomez is leaving Oakvillegreen to relocate to the United States.

Since joining our organization in 2014, Beatriz has had a significant impact on our community partnerships, programs, and countless community events and presentations. Her last day will be August 26, 2022.

Beatriz joined Oakvillegreen with amazing academic qualifications which added technical depth to our ability to design our programs. Beatriz is a passionate, energetic, and fun environmentalist. It’s clear to everyone who has worked with her that she loves what she does and cares deeply. She has been the spark in the room that keeps us going.

Beatriz has worn many hats over the years! She began as our Environmental Education Specialist and was an inspiration to teachers and students of all ages with her knowledge and enthusiasm. She led and championed our Youth Stewards program and was instrumental in rolling out our well-known demonstration pollinator gardens, tree plantings, invasive species removal events. Beatriz has led several new community initiatives at Oakvillegreen such as Depave Paradise and Ready for Rain garden stormwater management installations.

Beatriz’s positivity, expertise and drive will be missed. She has been a pillar of our organization for the last 8 years. Please join us in wishing Beatriz a happy and exciting new chapter! We will miss you!!

We are delighted that our summer intern, Ben Laing, will be staying on and will be stepping into Beatriz’s big shoes! Ben has his Bachelor of Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo and is now completing his Masters of Environment, Environmental Assessment, with Concordia University.

For community partnerships, stewardship and treeplanting activities, corporate greening and teambuilding opportunities, please contact Ben Laing at ben@oakvillegreen.org

For the GreenRoots environmental education programming and the Green Connections for Adult 55+ programming, please contact Anelia Tichkova at anelia.tichkova@oakvillegreen.org

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