Who We Are

Committees & Alumni

We couldn't achieve our vision and goals without these talented individuals:

Project Neutral Steering Committee

• Scott Coe, Manager of Capital Projects, Ministry of Health and Long-term Care

• Mark Gallagher (Chair), Principal at Beresford Group

• Joanna Kipp, Consultant, Quinn+Partners

• Karen Nasmith (Co-Founder), President, SkiCan

• Elizabeth Samuel, Financial Analyst at Manulife

• Laura Tozer, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Project Neutral Technical Advisory Committee

Project Neutral established a rigorous technical review process to ensure the validity of our model and results. These passionate and brilliant individuals helped us develop our carbon benchmarking methodology and supported our technical review process.

• Green Building & Neighbourhoods: Ryan Zizzo, MASc, PEng, LEED® AP ND — Founder & CEO, Mantle Developments

• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Quantification and Verification: Mike Kennedy, PEng, GHG-V — Manager - Sustainable Finance, SYSTEMIQ Ltd.

• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Quantification and Verification: Kevin Tse, BSc, MES — Senior Project Manager, Internat Energy Solutions Canada

• Community Energy and Urban Decarbonization: Laura Tozer, BSc(Env), MA, PhD — Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Project Neutral Neighbourhood Leaders, Founders and Alumni

• Travis Allan, former Steering Committee Chair

• Jacqueline Haycraft, former Community Animator

• Lukas Del Zotto, former Front-end Developer

• Anna Gordon, former Engagement Coordinator

• Rebecca Babcock, former Talk Climate to Me Project Lead

• Tracy Barber, former Marketing and Engagement Specialist

• Catherine Owsik, former Communications and Engagement Specialist

• James Arron, former Network Manager

• Sandra Lester, Neighbourhood Leader - Riverdale

• Natasa Zupancic, Neighbourhood Manager - The Junction

• Paul Mero, Neighbourhood Co-Leader - The Junction

• Rita Bijon, Neighbourhood Co-Leader - The Junction

• Sean Drygas, former Neighbourhood Leader - Riverdale

• John Scully, former Neighbourhood Leader - Riverdale

• Ronn Stevenson, former Neighbourhood Manager - Riverdale

• Karen Nasmith, Project Neutral Co-Founder and former Director

• Julie Dzerowicz, Project Neutral Co-Founder and current Member of Parliament for Davenport

• Devon Stanbury, former Ideas Generator, Numbers Brainiac and Style Genius

• Tonya Temple, former Volunteer Social Media Lead

• Omar Khan, former Volunteer Web Design and Engagement Guru

• Laur Fisher, Founding Member

• David Bristow, Founding Member

• Cassandra Alves, Founding Member

• Melana Janzen, Founding Member

• Chris Hanz, Founding Member

• Mark Meldrum, Founding Member

Funders

Thank you! We're grateful for the support of our funders:

Climate Action and Awareness Fund

We are grateful for funding from the Climate Action and Awareness Fund towards our Talk Climate to Me project. Thanks to their support we're producing engaging climate info for women and mothers. This is a demographic often ignored by conventional climate advocacy. Talk Climate to Me offers critical insights and effective climate actions while staying fun and hopeful.

Climate Impact Fund

The Climate Impact Fund supports local climate education and action initiatives in Mississauga and the Greater Toronto Area. We are grateful for their support for our Spring 2025 Talk Climate to Me "Peel Region Edition" course! The course will gather women and allies of Peel Region to join us for a fun, free, unscary and online experience to help them build confidence and become climate leaders in their communities.

Cira

The CIRA Community Investment Program has generously provided a grant for our expansion into the classroom. Updating our platform for use by students and teachers requires plenty of development work that CIRA is helping us deliver. We are so proud they selected Project Neutral as one of the innovative internet-related projects they support to build a better online Canada.

Dragonfly Ventures

The Tides Canada Foundation - Dragonfly Fund has provided essential organizational funding to deliver our program. They give us the resources to hire excellent staff and support their mental health and well-being. The Dragonfly Fund aims to help people move beyond unsustainable systems and practices and we are delighted that Project Neutral can join them in this work.

TD Friends of The Environment Foundation

The TD Friends of the Environment Foundation has graciously supported a student leadership program. Students have emerged as climate leaders and giving them an opportunity to engage with their communities and promote low-carbon choices is a winning strategy. We are so happy that TD Friends of the Environment Foundation identified this project as a worthy environmental initiative and that we can partner with them on it.

Who We Are

Who We Are

Our Team

Amy Castator

Director

Committees & Alumni

Project Neutral Steering Committee

Project Neutral Steering Committee

Project Neutral Technical Advisory Committee

Project Neutral Technical Advisory Committee

Project Neutral Neighbourhood Leaders, Founders and Alumni

Project Neutral Neighbourhood Leaders, Founders and Alumni

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Funders

Climate Action and Awareness Fund

Climate Impact Fund

Cira

Dragonfly Ventures

TD Friends of The Environment Foundation

Climate Action and Awareness Fund

Climate Action and Awareness Fund

RBC Foundation

RBC Foundation

Cira

Cira

Dragonfly Ventures

Dragonfly Ventures

TD Friends of The Environment Foundation

TD Friends of The Environment Foundation

Who We Are

Who We Are

Who We Are

Our Team

Amy Castator

Director

Committees & Alumni

Project Neutral Steering Committee

Project Neutral Steering Committee

Project Neutral Technical Advisory Committee

Project Neutral Technical Advisory Committee

Project Neutral Neighbourhood Leaders, Founders and Alumni

Project Neutral Neighbourhood Leaders, Founders and Alumni

Calculate your carbon score for free!

Understand how your daily choices impact climate change in 5 minutes.

Funders

Climate Action and Awareness Fund

Climate Impact Fund

Cira

Dragonfly Ventures

TD Friends of The Environment Foundation

Climate Action and Awareness Fund

Climate Action and Awareness Fund

RBC Foundation

RBC Foundation

Cira

Cira

Dragonfly Ventures

Dragonfly Ventures

TD Friends of The Environment Foundation

TD Friends of The Environment Foundation

Jake Miller

Director

Katie Harper

Senior Advisor

Alexandra Scaman

Communications Lead

Jacqueline Haycraft

Climate Programs & Communications Specialist

Amy Castator

Director