College Leadership
OAC Executive
Dr. Rene Van Acker
Dean, Ontario Agricultural College (on secondment)
Dr. John Cranfield
Acting Dean and Associate Dean, External Relations
Dr. Jon Warland
Associate Dean, Academic
Dr. Rebecca Hallett
Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies (on administrative leave)
Dr. Eric Lyons
Acting Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies
Dr. Emmanuelle Arnaud
Assistant Dean, Graduate Studies
Dr. Renée Bergeron
Assistant Dean, Academic
Brett Shepherd
Director, Ridgetown Campus
Tina Goebel
Associate Director, Finance and Operations
Scott Carter
Senior Manager, Communications and Marketing
Academic Unit Leaders
Dr. Christine Baes
Chair, Department of Animal Biosciences
Dr. Andreas Boecker
Chair, Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Dr. Lisa Duizer
Chair, Department of Food Science
Dr. Hugh Earl
Chair, Department of Plant Agriculture
Dr. Sean Kelly
Director, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development
Dr. Paul Sibley
Director, School of Environmental Science
Dean’s Council
Lexi Wilks
President, Bachelor of Bio-Resource Management Student Council
Suha Khan
President, Environmental Sciences Student Executive
Stephanie Fletcher
President, Student Federation of the Ontario Agricultural College
Mylene Corzo Lopez
Representative, OAC Graduate Student Council
Heather Wharram
Representative, Student Government, Ridgetown Campus
Justine Richardson
Director, The Arboretum
Morag Stewart
Director of Advancement, Ontario Agricultural College
Erin Levesque
Executive Assistant, Ontario Agricultural College
Dean’s Council meets monthly to advise the OAC Dean on strategic matters important to the college. It includes all those listed above.