Broadly speaking, the Board of Directors makes decisions about the direction of OPIRG as an organization. We work to ensure that our mandate is being observed while the organization maintains its financial and legal responsibilities. Below are some basic examples of Board activities:
- The Board oversees OPIRG Staff to confirm the fulfilment of their respective job descriptions.
- The Board ensures that OPIRG Guelph community and campus partnerships reflect our organization’s mandate.
- The Board provides budget oversight to ensure our organization meets our financial and programming goals.
The Board is made up of student and community members. There are three (3) student positions, three (3) community positions, and three (3) positions open to community members or students. The Board holds elections annually to fill vacant positions. It also appoints members, in accordance with policy, between elections as needed.
The Board of Directors can be contacted directly at: board@opirgguelph.org
Current Board Members
Lilli Porter (she/her) is a community board member Lilli who is passionate about radical change through social and environmental justice and strives to be a better ally and advocate to folks living on the margins. She is also an experienced event planner and outreach coordinator within the University of Guelph community. Lilli strives to create spaces for individuals to come together to build community, participate in collective activism, and learn from the lived experiences of one another. Her wish is to make a meaningful contribution to the Guelph community in the form of education and community building during her time with OPIRG.
Favourite part of being on the OPIRG Guelph board? My favourite part of being on the board is the amazing people I get to meet and collaborate with – other board members, OPIRG Guelph staff, and partners in the community.
Britt Lee (they/them) is a community board member. I love and respect the collaborative and supportive spaces that OPIRG contributes to on campus. I have met so many rad folks and built connections within and beyond Guelph because of my involvement with OPIRG, and I feel motivated and my heart feels seen being surrounded by so many folks who are geared and turned towards more justice and liberation for all. I love the water and ice cream.
Favourite part of being on the OPIRG Guelph board? I love getting to meet and build relationships and actions with rad folks in my immediate community and larger network.
Gracy Go (she/her) is a student board member, currently sitting on the library committee. I am a graduate student who is focusing on third wave feminism and the 1990s punk feminist movement, riot grrrl for my thesis. My passion for feminist history goes beyond academia, as intersectional feminism informs all aspects of my activism and how I approach my interactions with others.
Favourite part of being on the OPIRG Guelph board? I love being on the OPIRG Guelph board because I get to work with likeminded people. I believe there is power in collaboration and community and connecting with the other members inspires me to be a better activist, and overall just a better person.
- Ash Ames – Student Member
- Britt Lee – Community Member
- Calista Allison – Community Member
- Enna Marks-Grant – Community Member
- Gracy Go – Student Member
- Paul Costello – Community Member
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