Hélène Dufresne

President

An early worker in setting up and promoting Cirque du Soleil from 1984 to 1998, Hélène Dufresne has held the presidency of the Dufresne & Gauthier Foundation since its creation in 2001. Hélène wishes to live in a world built on cultural diversity and sustainable development, shaped by strong and sensitive identities, imbued with respect, trust and mutual aid. With this ambition, it collaborates in various capacities in the vast recreational tourism project of the Massif de Charlevoix from 2003 to 2013. In 2012, she founded, with actors involved in the community, Horizon Charlevoix, an organization who supports and promotes the practice of outdoor sports among young people in her adopted region.

Over time, her implications have diversified with the constant concern to support communities, cultural, social and environmental development. This is a commitment to approach and recognize the multiplicity of social and cultural realities, and at the same time, a heritage to bring into the world.

Daniel Gauthier

Vice-président

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Groupe Le Massif Inc. and HDG Inc. as well as Vice-Chairman of the Dufresne & Gauthier Foundation, Daniel Gauthier is also a founding member of Réseau Charlevoix. Daniel Gauthier first made his mark in the cultural world by co-founding Cirque du Soleil in 1984 with Guy Laliberté. He assumed the presidency of Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group from 1990 to 2001.

At the same time, from 1988 to 2000, he served as vice-president of the computerized ticketing network Réseau Admission as well as of Microflex. In addition, he acted as vice-president of Scéno-Plus from 1995 to 1999. In addition, Mr. Gauthier collaborated closely in the development of numerous cultural organizations as a director, whether it be ADISQ (from 1995 to 1996) or the Société du 400e de Québec (from 2005 to 2010), and was actively involved as a member of the board of directors of the Office du tourisme du Québec from 2010 to 2015.

Among the distinctions that have been attributed to him, let us mention that he was designated an Officer of the Order of Canada as well as an Officer of the National Order of Quebec, that he was honored as a Great Montrealer and appointed as the one of the builders of the century by Commerce magazine in 1999. Since acquiring the Massif de Charlevoix in 2002, Daniel Gauthier has been thinking big for Charlevoix, which he wants to make a truly internationally recognized four-season tourist destination.

Claude Choquette

Secretary Treasurer

Member and Fellow of the Order of Chartered Professional Accountants of Quebec, a rigorous and disciplined financial professional, Mr. Choquette has built a solid reputation as a strategist with a sense of organization, and he has great credibility in the business world. A passionate and dynamic person, he diversifies his involvement in different sectors and humanitarian causes.

Claude Choquette is President of HDG and President and CEO of Groupe Le Massif. He was honored Emeritus by the CPAs of Quebec, received the 2005 Hermès Prize and, in 2012, received the Governor General's Medal for his involvement in various philanthropic organizations. The Quebec General Hospital Foundation and the Imagine a Better World Foundation are two organizations he founded. Co-chairman of the 2013 Centraide fundraising campaign, he is now co-chairman of the fundraising campaign for the Fondation du CHU de Québec. He is also a director of several companies and organizations.

André Couture

Administrator

For more than 40 years, André has held various management positions, transforming a company with a single rendering plant into a global enterprise, while ensuring a smooth transition from the second to the third generation of shareholders. As Chairman of the Board of Directors, he is now committed to promoting the strategic alignment of management, the Board of Directors, Sanimax shareholders and the fourth generation. André has held several positions with the National Renderers Association and the Fats and Proteins Research Foundation.

He serves on the board of trustees of St. Lawrence University , Canton, New York, from which he holds a bachelor's degree in economics.

Aurélie Gauthier

Administrator

A member of the Barreau du Québec since 2016, Aurélie is a lawyer in the commercial litigation team at Langlois Avocats. She previously worked for a public organization dedicated to protecting consumers of financial products and services. Her ability to listen and her analytical mind make her a professional resolutely oriented towards practical and effective solutions.

Curious by nature and showing great openness, she likes to meet others and take up new challenges. This is what prompted her to go to Senegal in 2013 and get involved in a local organization working to promote human rights. She is also involved in her local sports community by guiding mountain bike outings with a Quebec NGO whose mission is to promote the development of women through this sport. Driven by values such as mutual aid, sharing and respect, she enthusiastically joined FDG's Board of Directors in 2019.

Francis Morin

Administrator

Holder of an undergraduate training in organization management (leisure, culture and tourism), a certificate in administration and training in public management from the Center for Leadership and Skills Development of ENAP, Francis Morin has over 20 years of experience in organizational management and business development.

In 1999, he went from communications/marketing director for the Fédération du baseball amateur du Québec Inc. to general manager from 2003 to 2007. In 2007, he became director of operations for the Musée de la civilization Foundation, worked as secretary - assistant to the board of directors and deploys the first strategic planning of the Foundation. In 2011, Francis assumed the management of revenue development and sponsorship of the Museum and became secretary to the Board of Directors of the Foundation. After a stint as director of the individual giving sector at Centraide Quebec and Chaudières-Appalaches, he became in May 2019, the vice-president responsible for operations (administration, human resources, and communication) for the CHU de Québec Foundation.

As part of his professional activities, Francis has served on various committees, including those of the Quebec Chamber of Commerce and Sports Quebec. Today he currently works as an administrator with Sport Aide, Complexe de baseball Victoria and assumes the presidency of the Fédération du baseball amateur du Québec – Québec region.

Dominique Villemaire

Administrator

A specialist in communication, project management and contemporary Quebec visual art, Dominique has worked for more than fifteen years in the public sector. Having become a Master of Project Management, effectiveness, efficiency and relevance color her portfolio of projects and her achievements.

Trilingual, she holds a bachelor's degree in communication from the University of Montreal and a master's degree in international public administration from the National School of Public Administration of Quebec. She led an intervention at the Quebec Delegation in Mexico on the integration of a project management approach and organized the Canadian presidency of the 2018 G7 Summit. She carried out an exceptional mandate at the heart of the health crisis of the COVID-19 in 2020 to lend a hand to the Communications and Corporate Affairs Directorate of the Quebec office of Service Canada.

Contributing to training the next generation by sharing her experience in communication, public relations and philanthropic management programs at the Université de Montréal, she is also actively involved in various community organizations in Montreal. Also, it is with great enthusiasm that she joined the YMCAs of Québec team in March 2021 to put her expertise to the benefit of the communities.