Brian Herdman, Founding Member

A native of North Bay , Bryan spent most of his working career as an Air Traffic Controller, mainly in the North Bay Control Tower. Always interested in the environment, he began a maintenance landscaping company, Deer Creek Garden Care in the 1990s. Since his retirement from Nav Canada he works full time gardening with his company. Bryan has a B.Sc. in Biology from Trent University . While at school he was active in student government on the Champlain College Cabinet. He also spent a term on the university senate.   After his children grew older, he again became active in the community. Due to his interest in physical fitness, he served for more than 10 years on the Board of Directors of the North Bay and District Family YMCA. His participation included terms as facilities chairman and as treasurer. With a long term interest in the environment he has been an active long term member of Nipissing Environmental Watch and has represented that organization on many campaigns and committees. Bryan is a founding member of Greening Nipissing and a past president of the group.