A REPRESENTATIVE STRUCTURE

Firstly, RESO is a movement – one based on the participation of an entire community in its own development. At the basis of its existence is the challenge of democracy itself, and the community’s real participation in policies, actions and development projects in the Sud-Ouest. RESO’s structure is such that it enables this participation to happen, and is representative of the Sud-Ouest community.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors charts the course of RESO’s activities. Its members represent the key socioeconomic stakeholders in the Sud-Ouest – businesses, institutions, community organizations and unions. Participants in RESO’s employability activities are represented on the Board, as is the Sud-Ouest borough itself.

RESO’s Board of Directors is made up of the following people:

• Gilles Paquette, President and FTQ Union Representative
• Madeleine Breton, Health and Education Institutions Representative 
• Marc Caouette, Manufacturing Enterprises Representative
• Édith Cyr, Social Economy Enterprises Representative
• Claude Deveault, RESO Employees Representative
• Véronique Fournier, Sud-Ouest Elected Municipal Officials Representative
• Pierre Gauthier, coopted member
• Daniel L'Africain, Retailers and Self-Employed Persons Representative
• Francis Lagacé, CSN Union Representative
• Denis Lévesque, Saint-Henri Community Organizations Representative
• Geneviève Locas, Emard/Cote-Saint-Paul Community Organizations Representative
• Igor Nérisson, Members Representative
• Véronique Olivier, Services and New Economy Representative   
• Vicente Perez, Little Burgundy Community Organizations Representative
• Madeleine Poulin, Culture Representative
• André Raymond, Financial Institutions Representative
• Karine Triollet, Pointe-Saint-Charles Community Organizations Representative
• Guy Biron, Vice President of Strategic Development (no voting rights)
• Pierre Morrissette, Director General (no voting rights)

Sectoral Elections

To elect representatives to the Board of Directors and make recommendations to the administration, the Sud-Ouest’s main socioeconomic partners and RESO members meet twice yearly in nine electoral sectors:

• Manufacturing Enterprises 
• Services et New Economy 
• Retailers and Self-Employed Persons 
• Financial institutions
• Unions
• Social economy enterprises
• Community organizations
• Health and education institutions
• Culture
• Participants in RESO activities

Annual General Assembly

All RESO members and Sud-Ouest residents are invited to attend the annual general assembly. Concerns voiced at the meeting are relayed to the Board of Directors. RESO also holds a second meeting each year for Sud-Ouest citizens.

Management team

RESO’s management team consists of the following people:

Pierre Morrissette, Director General
Guy Biron, Vice President of Strategic Development
Christine Guay, Director of the Carrefour jeunesse emploi du Sud-Ouest de Montréal
Saïd Louerguioui, Director of Finance and Accounting
Gabrielle Richard, Director of Employability Services
Richard Roussel, Director of Business Services