Board of Directors

The role of committees is to assist the Board in effectively discharging its core responsibilities. Committees meet throughout the year on a number of matters.

• Capacity Building and Knowledge Exploration Committee

  Members

  Merwan Saher (Chair)
  David Christopherson
  Jorge DaSilva
  Michèle Galipeau
  Steve Marcotte
  Hock-Chye Ong
  Michael Pickup
  Michael Zouhri

  Ex-officio

  Evangeline Colman-Sadd

• Governance Committee

  The Governance Committee assists the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities by:

  • leading the process to identify and recruit individuals to stand for election as Directors,
  • assisting the Board in matters concerning the operation and performance of the organization's system of governance,
  • overseeing the CEO’s management of human resources, and
  • overseeing the process to set the CEO’s performance objectives and conduct an annual performance evaluation.

  Members

  Michèle Galipeau (Chair)
  Jorge da Silva
  Malcolm Gaston
  Denise Hanrahan
  Merwan Saher

  Ex-officio

  Evangeline Colman-Sadd

• Risk, Finance and Audit Committee

  The Risk, Finance and Audit Committee assists the Board in fulfilling its responsibilities by overseeing management’s processes for the following:

  • statements of operations
  • annual budget and financial reporting
  • annual audited financial statements
  • financial sustainability
  • risk management

  Members

  Steve Marcotte (Chair)
  Denise Hanrahan
  Guylaine Leclerc
  Michael Pickup

  Ex-officio

  Evangeline Colman-Sadd