Board of Directors

The Voice of CES

The CES Board of Directors brings together members from across Canada who are dedicated to advancing the profession and shaping the future of evaluation.

Matthew Sanscartier

President

(2024-2026)

Matt Sanscartier, PhD, CE, is an independent evaluation consultant and the Director of Organizational Informatics and Research at the Downtown Community Safety Partnership in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Cassandra Parsons

Vice President

(2025-2027)

Cassandra Parsons, MSc, MPH, CE, is a Senior Evaluation Consultant at Ference & Company Consulting in British Columbia.

Benoît Gauthier

Treasurer

(2025-2027)

Benoît Gauthier, MA, MPA, is a CES Fellow. He devotes himself to his long-time clients, his profession of evaluator, his professional association, and his grandsons.

Andrealisa Belzer

Past President

(2024-2026)

Andrealisa Belzer, CE, is employed with the Atlantic Region of Indigenous Services Canada. She also participates in EvalIndigenous and the Blue Marble Evaluation Network. She embraces evaluative practice that facilitates social and ecological thrivability.

Brandon Lillington

Secretary

(2025-2027)

Brandon Lillington, MPSc, is a Planning Specialist in Planning, Performance and Evaluation with NL Health Services in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Judy Lifshitz

Director, Professional Learning 

(2025-2026)

Judy Lifshitz, CE, PMP, is Deputy Director of Evaluation Services at Shared Services Canada. She has over 16 years working in the area of evaluation and performance measurement in the federal government and serves as a member on the Credentialing Board since 2019

Paul Bakker

Director,  Membership & Engagement  

(2025-2027)

Paul Bakker, CE leads his evaluation and research firm, Social Impact Squared.  He is also a Co-Chair of Innoweave's Impact Measurement Community of Practice.  For over a decade, Paul has organized Evaluation Cafe Toronto/Ontario events to support peer learning and networking.

Helaine Krystkowiak
Director, Governance and Process

(2024-2026)

Helaine Krystkowiak is a Senior Policy Analyst at the BC Ministry of Health and lives on lək̓ʷəŋən Xwsepsum and Songhees First Nations territory in Victoria, British Columbia.

Benoît Gauthier

Director, IM/IT

(2024-2027)

Benoît Gauthier, MA, MPA, is a CES Fellow. He devotes himself to his long-time clients, his profession of evaluator, his professional association, and his grandsons.

Holly Zapreff

Student and Emerging Evaluator Representative

(2024-2026)

Holly Zapreff is a student at York University where she is pursuing a Masters in Public Policy, Administration and Law. She has worked in various roles within the not-for-profit sector for 18 years, including in a consultancy capacity. She is passionate about viewing evaluation from a strength-based lens in order to support impactful policies and programs which foster empowerment for the most vulnerable communities.

Martha McGuire
Fellow Representative

(2025-2027)

Martha McGuire, MSW, is a CES Fellow who spends her time as a mentor to emerging evaluators, taking on the occasional evaluation project. She is a strong believer in using appreciative utilization-focused approaches when conducting evaluations.


Chapter Representatives


NT: Sharlene Wolbeck Minke, CE

BC: Helaine Krystkowiak

MB: Matthew Sanscartier, CE

NB: Molly Coombs

NCC: Judy Lifshitz, CE

NL: Brandon Lillington

NS: Divine Ngeh

ON: Paul Bakker, CE

PE: Vacant

SK: Evan Poncelet, CE

SQEP: François Monnou

YT: Diane Billingsley, CE