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.

• Audit and Finance

  The Audit and Finance 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

  Bill Kessels (Chair)
  Nancy Cheng
  Malcolm Gaston
  Guylaine Leclerc
  Ann Masson

  Ex-officio

  Jim Sylph

• Governance

  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

  Evangeline Colman-Sadd (Chair)
  
Nancy Cheng

  Terry Paddon
  Merwan Saher
  
Michel Samson

  Ex-officio

  Jim Sylph

• National Capacity Building

  The National Capacity Building Committee assists the Board in fulfilling its responsibilities by overseeing our product and service lines.

  Members

  Kim MacPherson (Chair)
  David Christopherson
  Evangeline Colman-Sadd
  Merwan Saher

  Ex-officio

  Jim Sylph

• International Capacity Building

  The International Capacity Building Committee assists the Board in fulfilling its responsibilities by overseeing our international strategies and activities.

  Members

  Michel Samson (Chair)
  David Christopherson
  Malcolm Gaston
  Kim MacPherson
  Ann Masson


  Ex-officio

  Jim Sylph