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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Isabelle Proulx

President and Treasurer (Director)

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René-Martin Abel

Director

René-Martin completed his college degree as a paralegal at Ahuntsic College in December 2000. He then followed advanced English courses at McGill University. Once his studies completed, he pursued a career in corporate law and worked in many law firms as well as notary offices. He is presently employed by the National Bank of Canada in the Legal Affairsdepartment, always in the corporate law and securities field. René-Martin was a volunteer member in the CAP event committee from 2014 to 2016 and Board member since June 2016.

Subsequently, in 1994, as a sideline to his paralegal career, René-Martin becomes an officer in the Royal Canadian Navy, part of our Canadian Armed Forces. In 2012, he received the Diamond Jubilee medal from Queen Elizabeth II. He also volunteered in many social events such as the Weekend to end women’s cancers, Moisson Montréal, the Tyndale St-Georges of Montreal community center as well as the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada.

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Elsa Guilbault

Director

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Maxime Gallagher-Trudel

Director

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Rémi Desparois

Director

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Kim Rossignol

Director

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Cara Subirana

Secretary and assistant-treasurer

Cara Subirana has been self-employed for 16 years in accounting and administration duties. She has been working with CAP since 2004 and is responsible for the administration of new memberships and membership renewals, registrations to events, database maintenance, invoicing and bookkeeping. She also prepares the year-end files and works closely with CAP’s Accountants in the preparation of the yearly financial statements. She attends all board meetings and prepares minutes of the board meetings. She also provides administrative support to the Board of Directors and often corresponds and answers members’ inquiries through CAP’s website offering the members support as well. Having previously worked for a law firm in the corporate field for 13 years, she accumulated many years of experience in corporate law as well as in administration and supervision. During those years she developed her knowledge of the paralegal profession as well as the legal community. She was officially appointed secretary and assistant-treasurer of CAP and member of the Executive committee in July 2019 by CAP’s Board of Directors. Her favorite motto is the following: "In the confrontation between the river and the rock, the river always wins...Not through strength but by perseverance." H. Jackson Brown