Advisory Groups

We consult regularly with our members, partners, and stakeholders to ensure that our products and activities reflect their knowledge and experience and meet their needs. To support product development, we form both standing and project-based advisory groups, whose members provide input into selection and development of products, review draft versions of products, and provide general advice on products and activities.

Our current standing advisory groups are:

• Oversight Advisory Group

  Chair

  Carol Bellringer, FCPA, FCA 
  President and CEO
  Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation

  Vice-Chair

  Lesley Burns, PhD
  Director, Oversight
  Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation

  Secretary

  James Oulton
  Deputy Director, Oversight
  Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation

  Elected Members

  Kelly Block, MP – Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek
  Chair, Standing Committee on Public Accounts
  House of Commons

  Michele Beaton, MLA – Mermaid—Stratford
  Chair, Standing Committee on Public Accounts
  Prince Edward Island

  Paolo Gallina, MLA – Porter Creek Centre
  Vice-Chair Standing Committee on Public Accounts
  Yukon

  Former Elected Officials

  David Christopherson
  Former Chair, Standing Committee on Public Accounts
  House of Commons

  Hon. Kevin Sorenson
  Former Chair, Standing Committee on Public Accounts
  House of Commons

  Shawn Murphy
  Former Chair, Standing Committee on Public Accounts
  House of Commons

  Auditors General

  Michael Pickup
  Auditor General, British Columbia

  Judy Ferguson
  Provincial Auditor, Saskatchewan

  Oversight Experts

  Professor Rick Stapenhurst
  Professor of Practice, McGill University

  Elizabeth Weir
  Parliamentary and Political Party Strengthening Consultant

  Legislative Staff

  Sarah Amato
  Research Officer, Legislative Assembly of Alberta

  Kate Ryan-Lloyd
  Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees, Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

• Municipal Oversight Program Advisory Group

  Chair

  Carol Bellringer, FCPA, FCA
  President and CEO
  Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation

  Vice-Chair

  Lesley Burns, PhD
  Director, Oversight
  Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation

  Members

  Evangeline Colman-Sadd
  Auditor General, Halifax Regional Municipality

  Bruce Gray
  Deputy Minister, Municipal Relations, Manitoba Government

  Katharine Palmer
  City Auditor, Calgary

  Gordon Ruth
  Former Auditor General of Local Government, British Columbia

  Michel Samson
  Auditor General, City of Quebec

  Dr. David Siegel
  Professor Emeritus, Brock University

  Richard Pootmans
  Former Chair, Audit Committee, City of Calgary

  Colleen Macdonell
  Institute for Internal Auditors

  Marianne Wilkinson
  Former Councillor, Kanata North, Member of the Audit Committee, City of Ottawa

  Stefan Mihailovich, CPA
  Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada

  Ken Hughes
  Former Auditor General, City of Ottawa

  Beverly Romeo-Beehler
  Auditor General, City of Toronto

  Michael J. McLaughlin
  CAAF Associate

  Dr. Lisa Baillargeon
  Associate Dean of Studies / Professor Université du Québec à Montréal