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