RPMAC Membership 2010 - 2011
Co-Chairs (Non-voting)
Rick Simon, Aboriginal Co-Chair &
AFN Regional Vice-Chief for NS/NL
General Delivery, Micmac Post Office
P.O. Box 327 Shubenacadie, NS
B0N 1W0
Phone: (902) 758-2142
Fax: (902) 758-1759
Email: denise_mcdonald@hotmail.com/rsimon@afn.ca
Sarah Hechavarria, INAC
Alternating Co-Chairs, Managers
Intergovernmental Affairs & Economic Opportunities
P.O. Box 160, Amherst NS
B3J 3K7
Phone: (902) 426-0656
Fax: (902) 426-0665
Email: Sarah.Hechavarria@inac-ainc.gc.ca
Members (Voting)
Chief Terrance Paul
Membertou Band Council
111 Membertou Street, Membertou, NS
B1S 2M9
Phone: (902) 564-6466
Fax: (902) 539-6645
Email: terrypaul@membertou.ca
(Mi'kmaq Chief from Nova Scotia)
Chief Darlene Bernard
Lennox Island First Nation
P.O. Box134, Lennox Island, PEI COB 1P0
Phone: (902) 831-2779
Fax: (902) 831-3153
Email: darlene.bernard@lennoxisland.com
(Mi'kmaq Chief from Prince Edward Island)
Chief Kenneth Barlow
Indian Island First Nation
61 Island Dr. Indian Island NB, E4W 1S9
Phone: (506) 523-4875
Fax: (506) 523-8110
Email: kbarlow66@yahoo.ca
(Mi'kmaq Chief from New Brunswick)
Chief Mi'sel Joe
Miawpukek First Nation
P.O. Box 10
Conne River, Nfld. A0H 1J0
Phone: (709) 882-2146
Fax: (709) 882-2292
Email: sagamaw@mfngov.ca
(Mi'kmaq Chief from Newfoundland and Labrador)
Chief Sebastin Benuen
300 Innu First Nation
Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation
P.O. Box 160
Northwest River Labrador
AOP-IMO
Phone: (709) 497-8522
Fax: (709) 497-8757
Email: aqupeee@sheshatshiuibc.com or chiefsoffice@sifn.org
(Innu First Nation Chief)
Tim McNeill
Nunatsiavut Government
P.O. Box 70
Nain, Labrador, Nunatsiavut, NL
A0P 1L0
Email: president@nunatsiavut.com
(Inuit Chief representative, equivalent to President from Newfoundland and Labrador)
Chief Joanna Bernard
1771 Main St.
Madawaska Maliseet First Nation, NB
E7C 1W9
Phone: (506) 739-9765
Fax: (506) 735-0024
Email: joannabernard@nb.aibn.com
(Maliseet Chief from New Brunswick)
Chris Googoo, Ulnooweg Development Group INC.
P.O. Box 1259
Truro, Nova Scotia
B2N 5N2
Phone: (902) 893-7379
Fax: (902) 893-0353
TF: 1-888-766-2376
Email: cgoogoo@ulnooweg.ca
(Aboriginal Capital Corporation)
Alex Dedam, Aboriginal Co-Chair
Joint Economic Development Initiative - NB
P.O. Box 2094
New Jersey, NB
E9G 4J7
Phone: (506) 778-1061
Fax: (506) 776-1254
Email: dedamalx@nbnet.nb.ca
(New Brunswick First Nation Organization Representative)
VACANT
(Prince Edward Island First Nation Organization Representative)
Louis Joe Bernard
Economic Development Advisor
Union of NS Indians
47 Maillard St.
Sydney, NS
B1S 2P5
Phone: (902) 564-2137
Fax: (902) 565-1887
Email: edaunsi@msn.com
(Nova Scotia First Nation Organization Representative)
Paul Rich
Innu Development Limited Partnership
Goose Bay office
PO Box 1020 Stn C.
Goose Bay, NL
A0P 1C0
Bus: (709) 896-3174
Fax: (709) 896-3277
Email: prich@innudev.com
Newfoundland and Labrador Organization Representative)
Gerard Joe
Miawpukek First Nation
P.O. Box 10
Conne River, Nfld. A0H 1J0
Phone: (709) 882-2146
Fax: (709) 882-2292
Email: gjoe@mfngov.ca
(Newfoundland and Labrador AAEDN rep)
Sacha Labillois
11 Main Street, Unit 201
Eel River Bar, NB
E8C 1A1
Phone: (506) 684-6277
Fax: (506) 684-6282
Email: sacha.labillois@eelriverbar.ca
(NB AAEDN Rep)
Lisa Francis
Acadia First Nation (Milton Office)
Economic Development Office
Box 639
Milton, NS B0T 1P0
Phone: (902) 685-2956
Fax: (902) 685-2237
E-mail: lisafrancis@ns.sympatico.ca
(NS AAEDN Rep)
Curtis Reilly
Mi'kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island
200 Read Drive
Summerside, PE
C1N 5N7
Tel: (902) 436-5101
Fax: (902) 436-5655
Email: creilly@mcpei.ca
(PEI AAEDN Rep)
Ex-Officio Members (Non-Voting)
Matthew Tapper
Aboriginal Business Canada
Development Sector
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
1809 Barrington Street, 5th Floor
Halifax Nova Scotia
B3J 3K7
Phone: (902) 426-6410
Fax: (902) 426-1643
Email: Matthew.Tapper@ainc-inac.gc.ca
Greg Willis
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
644 Main Street
P.O. Box 6051
Moncton, NB
E1J 9J8
Phone: (506) 851-6981
Fax: (506) 851-7403
Email: greg.willis@acoa-apeca.gc.ca
Lorie Benjamin
Intergovernmental and Economic Development Officer
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Intergovernmental and Economic Opportunities
CIBC Building, 5th Floor
1809 Barrington Street
Halifax, NS
B3J 3K7
Phone: (902) 426-0660
Fax: (902) 426-0665
Email: Lorie.Benjamin@inac-ainc.gc.ca
Richard Francis
Kingsclear First Nation
77 French Village Rd.,
Kingsclear, NB
E3E 1K3
Phone: (506) 363-3028
Email: richardjfrancis@hotmail.com
RPMAC Coordinator (Non-Voting)
Heather Knockwood
RPMAC Coordinator
Cole Harbour Head Office
153 Willowdale Drive
Dartmouth NS
B2V 0A5
Phone: 1-877-667-4007
