Governance
The RCA Association is governed in accordance with its Constitution and By-laws which in turn are founded on its Act of Incorporation.
The RCAA has a two-tier governance model. The top tier consists of a Board of Directors that is strategic in its outlook and which functions in an oversight capacity. The Board of Directors is headed by a Chair. The second tier consists of an Executive Committee headed by a President. This tier is operational in nature and responsible for the day to day functioning of the Association.
The organization is a registered charity under the income Tax Act and is exempt from Income tax.
A general meeting is held annually.
Incumbent Directors, Officers & Staff
Board of Directors
Acting Chair
Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret’d) Murray Beare CD
Directors
Ex-officio
Brigadier-General (Ret’d) D.A. Patterson MSM CD
Brigadier-General (Ret’d) James Selbie OMM CD
Colonel Krista Bouckaert OMM CD
Colonel Stephane Masson OMM MSM CD
Chief Warrant Officer (Master Gunner) Chris Rigby MMM CD
Elected
Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret’d) Murray Beare CD
Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret’d) Craig Cotter CD
HCol Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret’d) Barry Downs CD
Colonel (Ret’d) Robert Dunn CD
Lieutenant-Colonel R.W. Elliott (Ret’d) OMM MStJ CD
HLCol Don Foster
Officers
President
Colonel (Ret’d) Bill Kalogerakis CD
president.rcaa.aarc@gmail.com
Vice-President
Vacant
vpres.rcaa.aarc@gmail.com
Past President
Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret’d) Leon Jensen OMM CD
pastpres.rcaa.aarc@gmail.com
Secretary
Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret’d) Leon Jensen OMM CD
secretary.rcaa.aarc@gmail.com
Treasurer
Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret’d) Don Hamilton CD
treasurer.rcaa.aarc@gmail.com
Staff
Executive Director
Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret’d) Stephen Strachan CD
exdir.rcaa.aarc@gmail.com
Editor
Mme Catherine Gagnon
editor.rcaa.aarc@gmail.com
Division Representatives
2nd Canadian Division
Lieutenant-Colonel Alexandre Tremblay-Michaud CD
alexandre.tremblay-michaud@forces.gc.ca
3rd Canadian Division
Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Wilson CD
mark.wilson9@forces.gc.ca
4th Canadian Division
Lieutenant-Colonel Jennifer Causey CD
jennifer.causey@forces.gc.ca
5th Canadian Division
Lieutenant-Colonel Scott Lloyd CD
scott.lloyd@forces.gc.ca
Other Committee Chairs
Chair AGM and Seminar Committee
Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret’d) Joe Foote CD
agmcom.rcaa.aarc@gmail.com
Chair RCAA Effectiveness Committee
Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret’d) James Brazill CD
jbrazill@rogers.com
Gunner Peer Support Committee
Captain (Ret’d) Tom Watters CD
gps.rcaa.aarc@gmail.com
Membership Committee
Captain (Ret’d) Garth Wigle
members.rcaa.aarc@gmail.com
Director – Public Affairs
Mme Catherine Gagnon
editor.rcaa.aarc@gmail.com
Web Events Coordinator
LCol (Ret’d) Ted Creech
gulfniner@gmail.com
Past Chairs of the Board of Directors
- 2018-2021 Brigadier-General Dave Patterson MSM CD
- 2013-18 Colonel G.E. Burton CD
- 2012-13 Lieutenant-General A.B. Leslie CMM MSC MSM CD PC MP
Past Presidents
- 2018-21 Lieutenant-Colonel Leon Jensen OMM CD
- 2016-18 Lieutenant-Colonel R.W. Elliott OMM CD
- 2014-16 Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Dussault CD
- 2012-2014 Lieutenant-Colonel C.L. Cotter CD
- 2010-2012 Lieutenant-Colonel J.L. Brazill CD
- 2008-2010 Lieutenant-Colonel André Richard CD
- 2006-2008 Lieutenant-Colonel J.E.F. Bryce CD
- 2005-2006 Colonel G.E. Burton CD
- 2003-2005 Lieutenant-Colonel C.E. Healey CD
- 2002-2003 Lieutenant-Colonel P.A Sherwin CD AdeC
- 2001-2002 Lieutenant-Colonel W.H Wallace CD
- 2000-2001 Lieutenant-Colonel R.G. French CD
- 1999-2000 Lieutenant-Colonel S.J. Goldberg CD
- 1998-99 Lieutenant-Colonel M.D. McKay CD AdeC
- 1997-98 Colonel J.P. Jeffries CD
- 1996-97 Lieutenant-Colonel R.M. Fitzpatrick CD
- 1995-96 Lieutenant-Colonel R.M. Fitzpatrick CD
- 1994-95 Judge R.M. MacFarlane MBE QC
- 1993-94 Colonel D.L. Berry CD
- 1992-93 Lieutenant-Colonel J.D. Gibson CD
- 1991-92 Lieutenant-Colonel D.A. Wynn CD
- 1990-91 Colonel R.W. Johnston CD
- 1989-90 Brigadier-General R.P. Beaudry CD
- 1988-89 Lieutenant-Colonel G.E. Burton CD
- 1987-88 Colonel S.T. McDonald CD
- 1986-87 Colonel M.J. Day CD
- 1985-86 Colonel E.A. Bauer CD
- 1984-85 Lieutenant-Colonel J.R.M. Hubel CD
- 1983-84 Lieutenant-Colonel G.E. Parnell CD
- 1982-83 Brigadier-General L.M Salmon CD
- 1981-82 Colonel J.R.G. Saint-Louis CD
- 1980-81 Colonel R.A. Jacobson CD
- 1979-80 Brigadier-General W.T. Wickett CD
- 1978-79 Lieutenant-Colonel J.E. de Hart MC CD
- 1977-78 Colonel E.H. Rowe OMM CD
- 1976-77 Lieutenant-Colonel B.G. Brulé CD
- 1975-76 Lieutenant-Colonel B. S. MacDonald CD
- 1974-75 Colonel A.E. Sherwin CD
- 1973-74 Lieutenant-Colonel J.W. Alward CD QC
- 1972-73 Lieutenant-Colonel J.C. McKenna CD
- 1971-72 Lieutenant-Colonel A.G. Lynch-Staunton CD
- 1970-71 Colonel B. Shapiro CM CD
- 1969-70 Colonel J.H. Turnbull OMM EM CD
- 1968-69 Lieutenant-Colonel W.D. Elsdon GM CD
- 1967-68 Lieutenant-Colonel J.D. Cambridge CD
- 1966-67 Lieutenant-Colonel R.J. Connor ED
- 1965-66 Lieutenant-Colonel E.R. Clemis MBE ED CD
- 1964-65 Lieutenant-Colonel W. S. Jackson CD
- 1963-64 Brigadier R. Normandeau CD
- 1962-63 Brigadier G.B. Robertson ED CD QC
- 1961-62 Colonel E.W. Cormack OBE ED CD
- 1961 Brigadier H.T. Airey CD
- 1960 Brigadier-General D.C. Campbell CD
- 1959 Brigadier R.T. DuMoulin, ED CD QC
- 1958 Brigadier J. Bibeau DSO ED
- 1957 Brigadier W.D. King OBE ED CD
- 1956 Brigadier J.A. Gillies OBE ED
- 1955 Brigadier F.D. Lace DSO OBE ED
- 1954 Brigadier Maurice Archer MBE
- 1953 Brigadier H.E. Murray DSO ED
- 1952 Brigadier A.E. McB. Bell-lrving CBE ED
- 1951 Brigadier E.R. Suttie CBE DSO ED CD
- 1950 Brigadier H.E. Wright ED
- 1949 Brigadier R.E.G. Roome DSO ED
- 1948 Brigadier P.A.S. Todd CBE DSO ED CD
- 1947 Major-General A.B. Matthews CBE DSO ED CD
- 1940 Colonel J.J. Creelman DSO
- 1939 Colonel C.G. Beeston QC 1940-46
- 1938 Brigadier R.A. Fraser VD
- 1937 Lieutenant-Colonel G.T. Inch MC VD
- 1936 Lieutenant-Colonel J.R. Sampson OBE VD
- 1935 Brigadier W.C. Hyde DSO VD
- 1934 Lieutenant-Colonel R.T. Perry
- 1932-33 Colonel The Honourable G.A. Drew PC VD CD QC LLD
- 1931 Lieutenant-Colonel N. MacDonald DSO
- 1930 Colonel Mackenzie Waters MC
- 1929 Colonel E.G.M. Cape DSO
- 1928 Lieutenant-Colonel N.P. MacLeod MC
- 1927 Lieutenant-Colonel J.A. MacDonald DSO
- 1926 Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Sterns
- 1925 Colonel J.J. Penhale DSO
- 1924 Brigadier-General W.O. Dodds CMG DSO VD
- 1923 Lieutenant-Colonel S.B. Anderson CMG DSO
- 1921 Brigadier-General C.H. Maclaren CMG DSO
- 1921 Colonel J.J. Creelman DSO
- 1920 Major-General Sir Edward Morrison KCMG CB DSO
- 1914 Lieutenant-Colonel W.G. Hurdman DSO
- 1913 Lieutenant-Colonel Lacey R. Johnson
- 1912 Lieutenant-Colonel E.W. Rathbun
- 1911 Colonel E.M. Renouf
- 1910 Colonel N.F. McNachton CVO
- 1909 Colonel R Costigan DSO
- 1908 Lieutenant-Colonel H. McL. Davison
- 1904-05 Colonel Sir John Hendrie KCMG CVO
- 1902-03 Major-General W.H. Cotton
- 1899-01 Colonel D.T. Irwin CMG VD
- 1897-98 Lieutenant-Colonel F. Minden Cole CMG VD
- 1894-96 Colonel The Honourable Edward Gawlor Prior MP
- 1893 Lieutenant-Colonel J.R. Armstrong
- 1892 Lieutenant-Colonel A.E. Curren
- 1891 Lieutenant-Colonel A.A. Stevenson
- 1890 Major-General F. Middleton KCMG CB
- 1888-89 Colonel The Honourable A.M. MacDonald
- 1884-87 Lieutenant-Colonel W.R. Oswald
- 1880-83 Major-General R.G.A. Luard
- 1876-79 Major-General Sir Edward Selby Smyth KCMG