who

this is who we are

guide to the good is the result of collaboration of many! we are a coming together of different types of people with different types of lives, united in a shared love of local and a common cause of building a strong, integrated, resiilent community.

chair

Bobby Bessey

Bobby is a yoga instructor and owner operator of local yoga and wellness business, Shakti Yoga. she develops and teaches yoga trainings and workshops locally, across the province and internationally. she's an early morning riser and lover of all-weather outdoors.

treasurer

Maham Rahim

Maham loves order and bringing all the pieces together. when we first met her, she said "I love balance sheets and income statements." we were stunned at that, but it was entirely true. for her regular job, she's a Commercial Pricing Analyst with Inmarsat.

secretary

Kelly Bavis

Kelly has deep appreciation for all things local to Newfoundland and Labrador, especially since she's the Operations Manager USA for Maderra Engineering and lives in Texas. She's home often and is always looking for ways to support local companies.

director

Rebekkah Bourne

Rebekkah is an public servant, ex lawyer, mom, and wife. She is a lover of the outdoors, particularly camping, backpacking, and hiking. She is always looking for ways to support local business and increase her sustainable practices.

director

Erin Molloy

Erin is an entrepreneur who loves to take part in community organizations. she studied English and Sociology at Memorial University, and completed a Bachelor of Public Relations at Mount Saint Vincent University.

director

Emad Rizkalla

Egyptian-born and St. John’s raised, Emad is an entrepreneur with long-term vision. he is founder of Bluedrop Performance Learning, a company that's transforming how organizations manage skills and qualifications.

director

Jeff Tulk

Jeff is Managing Director with Chipplehouse, and he brings his knowledge and appreciation for the economic and tech sides of green to thegreenrock.ca. he's also a big squash volunteer. Jeff was our first director!

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Amanda Russell

finance and admin co-ordinator Amanda keeps all the things in order. she gets the hubs humming and makes sure all the right boxes are ticked. she's also a fun storyteller and a get-it-done machine. she has three kids.

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Melissa Wong

journalist, videographer, poet and all-around organized person, Melissa joined the team to run the Great Escapes project and has stayed on for member support!

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Mike O'Driscoll

the $120k Google Ad Words grant is tremendously helpful to thegreenrock in our efforts to inspire local, social and green action. we're happy to have Mike, a Google guy, on the back end checking the metrics and making the Google Ads fly.

advisory committee