At the national level, she represents Golf Québec as a member of the Golf Canada Provincial Council and is a member of the Governance Committee. She has served on the Human Resources Committee, the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, and the Nominating Committee.

 

In addition to her volunteer involvement in the golf industry, she has served on various committees and boards of directors for almost 30 years, including the Women's Y of Montréal, the Women's Y Foundation of Montréal, and the National Arts Centre Foundation. 

 

François Gagnon holds a bachelor's degree in business administration with specialization in finance, an MBA, and a law degree (admitted to the Bar in 1980). After a few years in banking (Scotia and BMO), he joined the Québec Ministry of Finance, where he was Assistant Deputy Minister from 1988 to 1995. He then moved to Desjardins Group, where he held the positions of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and President of Desjardins Trust, before retiring in 2014.

 

A member of Parcours du Cerf, he joined the Golf Québec Board of Directors between 2013 and 2015, where he served as Secretary-Treasurer and sat on the Rules Committee. He then took a short break before rejoining the Board in 2020, and has held the Vice-Chairmanship position since 2022.

 

As part of his volunteer involvement, he currently sits on various provincial committees, including the Governance and Ethics Committee, the Strategic Planning Committee, which he chairs, and the Finance and Audit Committee. He has also been a national-level referee for some fifteen years. He was a member of Golf Canada's Board of Governors and Rules Committee from 2014 to 2016. He was also President of the Country Club of Montréal, where he was a member, in 2012 and 2013.

A tax expert by profession, Michel Dell'Aniello is retired from The Seagram Company where he was Vice-President.

 

A member of the Golf Québec Board of Directors since 2019, he shares his expertise in finance, negotiation, and administration with us. He has served as Treasurer since 2020 and, as such, oversees the Finance and Audit Committee. He is also a national level referee who is still very active in presenting our provincial competitions.

 

His volunteer work has also led him to become involved with the Club de golf de la Vallée du Richelieu where he has served as Captain, Chairman of the Membership Committee, was a member of the Grounds Committee and the Nominating Committee as well as a member of the Board of Directors for nine years, including three years as Treasurer and three years as Vice-President. He was a director of the Vallée-du-Richelieu Foundation and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Indian Spring Country Club in Florida.

 

Gisèle Carpentier holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with an option in Human Resources Management and Finance. She then studied Business Law before completing a certification in Hospital Management. Her academic training led her to hold management positions in human resources in many health care institutions, including Rivières des Prairies Hospital, the Agence de santé et des services sociaux de Montréal, Santa Cabrini Hospital, the Institut Philippe Pinel de Montréal, the Centre hospitalier régionale de Lanaudière, the Montréal Heart Institute, and the Centre hospitalier St-Sauveur de Val d'Or.

 

Retired since 2014, she is now involved in one of her passions: golf. She joined the Federation's Board of Directors in 2020. Since 2021, she has been in charge of the Human Resources Committee as well as contributing to the handicap services.

 

As a member of Golf Le Mirage, she was involved in the Ladies' Committee and served as Captain for three years. She has implemented various activities to develop women's golf participation in addition to volunteering at numerous tournaments and participating in Golf Québec activities. Over the past ten years, she has also sat on the Board of Directors of the Caisse du réseau de la santé as a member of the Audit Committee, the Ethics Committee and as a director.

 

Sonia Houde holds a diploma in Hospitality Management from the ITHQ and started her own business. She was the founding president of Showbouffe Marketing, a Québec-based company specialized in food promotion and event management.

 

Now retired, she has been involved with the Golf Québec Board of Directors since 2019, where she oversaw the Centennial Committee whose activities focused on celebrating the rich history of the Federation in 2020. Since 2021, she is a member of the Human Resources Committee.

 

A member at Le Blainvillier, she shared her extensive experience in the world of golf for many years as Director of the club's Junior Program and Elite Fundraising Program. She is now a member of the club's board of directors and is responsible for the food and beverage service. Her volunteer contributions also include serving as vice-president of a condominium association and on various boards of directors in the Greater Montréal food and marketing industry.

Oliveau Daneau holds a bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting profile, a DESS in professional accounting with an auditor profile, as well as an MBA. He was captain of the Carabins golf team from 2017 to 2019 and was named the University of Montréal's Athlete of the Year in golf in 2017. He currently works as a chartered professional accountant (CPA) in the mergers and acquisitions department of the firm Deloitte.

 

A director of Golf Québec since 2023, he immediately joined the Finance and Audit Committee and the Strategic Planning Committee, where he contributes his expertise. A member of the Continental Golf Club for many years before joining Club Laval-sur-le-Lac and, finally, Club de golf de la Vallée du Richelieu, we had the opportunity to see him play in provincial competitions for some 15 years, during which time he won the Spring Open.

 

His volunteer involvement began early on, as a teenager, when he organized a fundraiser to equip his club with a cardiac defibrillator, in 2011, before deploying a fundraising campaign to support a Québec athlete whose professional career was taking off, in 2016. He has also been an advisor to the Board of Directors of Club Laval-sur-le-Lac in their long-term planning and is treasurer of the Board of Directors of Moisson Laurentides, a charitable organization, in the form of a food bank, which offers support and food security in the broad Laurentian region.

 

 

President of the National Golf Course Owners Association - Québec Chapter (NGCOA), Nadia Di Menna has been involved in the golf industry for over 35 years. She is the General Manager of Le Versant located in Terrebonne, which, with its 72 holes, is the largest golf complex in Canada.

 

A member of Golf Québec's Board of Directors since 2023, she is a member of the Marketing and Communications Committee and the Strategic Planning Committee.

 

Over the years, her volunteer involvement has led her to work on a special Golf Canada committee for the implementation of a promotional campaign targeting new golfers. She is also a member of the Table de concertation de l'industrie du golf du Québec.

 

David Tremblay's academic background includes a diploma in Business Administration and Marketing from Saint. Lawrence College and a diploma in Business Management from Université Laval. He has spent his entire career in the golf industry and has been a PGA of Canada professional since 2004. At the age of 15, he began working at the Beloeil Golf Club, then at Cap-Rouge and Golf Alpin. After eleven years in 18-hole facilities, he spent 14 years working at two of the best 36-hole private facilities in Québec; Club Laval-sur-le-Lac and Golf Le Mirage, where he ended up as Head Professional and Manager of the Callaway Performance Center.

 

He is currently Regional Account Manager for Eastern Canada at Golf Genius Software and is very proud to serve as President of the PGA of Québec. His goal is to support his colleagues across the province by providing them with the tools and knowledge they need to feel valued in their profession and to perform to the best of their abilities in the workplace.

 

He joined the Golf Québec Board of Directors in 2022. Since then, he has contributed to the development of the 2023-2026 strategic plan and is now a member of the Marketing and Communications Committee. His volunteer involvement has also led him to sit on the Québec golf industry Standing Committee.