Our Team Staff and Board of Management

The St. Catharines Downtown Association team is made up of our staff and board members.

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Staff

Staff members carry out all activities of the Association as dictated by the board and its committees, comprised of BIA member volunteers. The association staff is comprised:

Katherine (Kat) Dodge, Executive Director
kat@mydowntown.ca

905-685-8424 Ext. 1

Noah Medel, Maintenance Manager
noah@mydowntown.ca

905-685-8424 Ext. 4

Dharmi Gohil, Marketing & Communications Coordinator
dharmi@MyDowntown.ca

905-685-8424 Ext. 2

Our staff members are here to support and advocate for you and have a variety of responsibilities. The team hosts and organizes all meetings of the Association manages and administers financial affairs, addresses member concerns and complaints, communicates parking, traffic, streetscaping and by-law issues and ideas from the membership to the City and/or region, issues a monthly online newsletter, initiates personal contacts, and maintains the membership database, responds to requests for information from the local community as well as tourist-oriented agencies and individuals, and works with community stakeholders. Contact our office at info@mydowntown.ca or call 905-685-8424.

Board of Management

The board runs concurrently with City Council and nominations and elections of board members are done at the same time as the municipal elections, unless a board member has resigned and there is a vacant spot to fill in the interim.

The current Board of Management for the 2022-2026 term:

Rev. Karen Orlandi; representing Tony’s Fish Market, 379 St. Paul Street

Chair, Executive

Joe Critelli; Critelli’s Fine Furniture, 129 King Street & Critelli Modern Furniture, 169 St. Paul Street

Vice Chair, Executive

Katie MacCabe; Wandering Spirits, 96 King Street, Unit 3

Secretary, Executive

Jake Mach; representing Restaurant Capelin, 31 James Street

Treasurer, Executive

Sharvin Keshavarznia; Full Circle Property Groups, 13 Queenston Street

Stephen Bedford; representing Fourteen Church Street Property Inc., 14 Church Street

David Cooperman; Cooperman Real Estate Inc, 8 Church Street

Milan Curcic; Niagara Food Tours, 214 King Street

Orhan Kerim; Erroll’s Shoe & Luggage Repair, 60 St. Paul Street

Jennifer McKenna; Little Chief & Co., 163 St. Paul Street

Councillor Robin McPherson; City Council Representative

Amy Morrison; The Boot Shop, 46 James Street

If you would like to reach a member of our Board of Management, or for general questions and concerns, please contact the St. Catharines Downtown Association office at info@mydowntown.ca or call 905-685-8424.

(Information about Meetings – Board of Management and Committee – has been relocated to Board Meetings and Committee Meetings)

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