Société des Marchés publics de Montréal members elect their Board of Directors

At the close of the Annual General Meeting held on March 28, members of the Société des Marchés publics de Montréal elected the 2023-2024 Board of Directors. Of the seven vacant seats, five directors were re-elected and two new directors joined the Board, filling the 2 seats left vacant by outgoing directors and reserved for residents of the Ville de Montréal agglomeration.

Deux nouvelles administratrices

Le conseil d’administration accueille donc Sophie Gagnon, avocate et directrice générale de Juripop, organisme offrant de l’information juridique aux oublié·e·s du système. Son expertise juridique en litige civil et commercial et comme dirigeante d’un OBNL saura certainement être utile. Le C.A. accueille aussi Linda Arsenault, coach en gestion. Fille d’un des derniers producteurs maraîchers sur l’île de Montréal, Mme Arsenault a à cœur de faire rayonner les Marchés publics de Montréal ainsi que ceux qui les font vivre puisqu’ils font partie intégrante de sa vie.

Renewed confidence

These re-elections demonstrate that the Board of Directors continues to enjoy the full confidence of the Société des Marchés publics de Montréal's merchants. This precious bond has been forged over the last few years thanks to the quality of the work accomplished by these directors, as well as the completion of major projects that contribute to the development of the markets. An initial meeting was held on Tuesday, April 11, to set up the working committees.

Executive Committee

• Serge Marticotte, President, Le Jardin des filles à Paul kiosk at Marché Jean-Talon, producer member
• Julien Baudry, Vice-President, Director of Public Affairs, Montreal Port Authority, independent resident of Greater Montreal
• Frédérique Roy Trempe, Secretary, En tout K kiosk at Marché Jean-Talon, non-producer member
• Jonathan Abecassis, Treasurer, Senior Director, Media Relations and Issues Management, CN, independent resident of Greater Montreal

Board members 

• Éric Barrette, Chez Louisette Fleuriste, Atwater Market, non-producer member
• Fernand Théorêt, of Ferme Fernand Théorêt kiosk at the Atwater Market, producer member
• Magali Thibault Gobeil, Marché de Quartier de la Place Jacques-Cartier, member representing the Maisonneuve, de Quartier and Solidaires markets.
• Glenn Castanheira, Executive Director, SDC Montréal centre-ville, independent member of a business association present in the markets and resident of the Greater Montreal area.
• Sophie Gagnon, General Director, Juripop, independent, resident of the Greater Montreal area
• Linda Arsenault, Management Coach, independent resident of Greater Montreal

About Société des marchés publics de Montréal

A social economy enterprise, the Société des Marchés publics de Montréal is the benchmark for planning, developing and operating a public market. Its mission is to improve access to fresh produce through a network of public markets that brings Montrealers closer to local food producers and artisans. Since 1993, it has been mandated by the City of Montreal to manage the Atwater Market, the Jean-Talon Market, the Maisonneuve Market, six Neighborhood Markets and three Solidarity Markets. A not-for-profit organization, its governance is based on a mixed Board of Directors, made up of five merchants and five residents of the Greater Montreal area, and its Members' Assembly brings together nearly 200 members who sell at public markets. Its network is visited by more than three out of four Montrealers, with over 3 million visits annually.