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Structure
 
Board of Management   
Staff


  • Peggy DuCharme, Executive Director
  • Patrick Bisson, Marketing Coordinator
  • Gayle Diguer, Administrative Coordinator

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Board of Management and Standing Committees     
The Downtown Rideau Board of Management consists of volunteers from the BIA business community and area stakeholders representing a variety of properties, tenants and interests including the municipal ward Councillor for the BIA area:   
    
Downtown Rideau Board of Management
 
Executive            
  
    1.    Donna Holtom, Chair -- Owner, Santé Restaurant and Holtz Spa 
    2.    Cindy Van Buskirk, Vice Chair -- General Manager, Rideau Centre
    3.    Nina Iouguina, Treasurer -- Manager, Avant-Garde Bar  

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    4.    Mathieu Fleury, Municipal Councillor, Ward 12 (ex-officio)
    5.    Alexandra Badzak, Executive Director, Ottawa Art Gallery
    6.    Mo Charania, Vice President, Jubilee Fine Jewellers
    7.    Elie Dagher, Owner, Lunenburg Pub 
    8.    Kevin Jackson, Owner, Giant Tiger  
    9.    Michel Larose, General Manager, Caisse Populaire Rideau
    10.  Kathyrn Leroux, Regional Director of Marketing, Lone Star Texas Grill  
    11.  Lynn McGuigan, Executive Director, Ottawa Little Theatre
    12.  Ryan Smith, General Manager, Royal Bank  
    13.  Eric Thibault, Owner, Shoppers Drugmart
    14.  Trenton Wiltzer, Manager, Milestones Restaurant 

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Safety & Traffic Committee
  • Craig Calder - Enforcement Coordinator, Ottawa Bylaw and Regulatory Services  
  • Transit Special Constable Services,  OC Transpo  
  • Gord Diamond - Resident, St. George Condominiums  
  • Staff Sergeant Atallah Sadaka - Ottawa Police Service  
  • Mike White - Booth Centre, Salvation Army  
  • Eli Dagher - Owner, Lunenburg Pub & Bar, and Levante Bistro & Lounge 
  • Vacant - Security Manager, Viking Rideau Corp.  
  • Neslon Gagnon - Chief, Corporate Security, NCC  
  • Monique Lachapelle, Arts Court  
  • Cornelia Duck, Resident, 700 Sussex Drive  
  • Jason Staniforth, District Supervisor, City Surface Operations  
  • John Diener, Resident, 200 Rideau Street 
  • Algora Bookstore 
  • Nina Iouguina, Partner, Avant-Garde Bar & Gallery 
  • Councillor Fleury's Office
 Marketing & Tourism Committee
  • Co Chair: John Muggleton, Director of Marketing & Communicaitons, Ottawa Little Theatre
  • Co-Chair: Nina Iouguina, Avant-Garde Bar & Gallery
  • Allanah Shields-Thompson, Marketing Director, Rideau Centre
  •  Kimberly Wilson, Sales & Marketing, Novotel Hotel Ottawa
  • Daniel Coates, Sales & Marketing, Ottawa Convention Centre
  • Trenton Wiltzer-Jones, Milestones Restaurant
  • Alexandra Badzak, Ottawa Art Gallery
Public Affairs Committee
  • Chair: Kathryn Leroux, Regional Director Sales & Marketing, Lone Star Texas Bar & Grill
  • Donna Holtom, Owner, Sante Restaurant & Gallery
  • Cindy VanBuskirk, General Manager, Rideau Centre
  • Mo Charania, Vice President, Jubilee Fine Jewellers
Affiliations 
 
As a member and participant of numerous local groups, the Downtown Rideau BIA works with other organizations to voice the concerns of business and the arts to our representatives at City Hall and other levels of government. Here is a few of these groups:  
 
Community
  • Downtown Ottawa Coalition for a Safe Community
  • Ottawa Tourism – Member
  • Ottawa Little Theatre Board -- Peggy DuCharme sits as a volunteer Director
Municipal   
  • Ottawa Council of BIAs – Member  17 BIAs
  • Rideau Renewal Project Working Group -- Peggy DuCharme
  • Interprovincial Crossing Stakeholder Group -- Peggy DuCharme
Provincial
  • Ontario BIAs Association – Peggy DuCharme, Past-President

National

  • CDN – Canadian Downtowns Network – email network group of Canadian downtown interests
International
  • IDA – International Downtowns Association – Peggy DuCharme sits as Board Member/Canadian Representative, Vice-Chair Canadian Issues Task Force, Chair Canadian Downtown Symposium and Member of the Membership Committee

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Downtown Rideau BIA at: info@downtownrideau.com ­p: 613.241.6211 ­f: 613.241.8612 -45 Rideau Street, Suite 401, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 5W8

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