Board of Trustees
Executive

Chair
Joan Hardy
VP, Sales & Marketing, Grain & Fertilizers
Canadian Pacific Railway

Chair Elect & Senior Vice Chair
Isha Khan
Executive Director
Manitoba Human Rights Commission

Vice-Chair, Finance & Administration
Heather Reichert

Honourary Solicitor
Vivian Rachlis
Rachlis Neville LLP

2018 Campaign Chair
Barb Gamey
CEO
Payworks Inc.

Representative, WPRC
Cynthia Foreman

Past Chair
Marilyn McLaren

Vice-Chair, Marketing & Communications
Paul Lacap
Director, Digital Strategy and Engagement
University of Manitoba

Vice-Chair, Community Investment
Marvin Kocay
Director, Application Development & Delivery
Western Canada Lotteries Corporation

Vice-Chair, Resource Development
Jodene Baker
Director of Institutional Analysis
University of Winnipeg

Secretary
Connie Walker (Non-voting Officer)
President & CEO
United Way Winnipeg
Trustees

Member
Dorothy Albrecht

Member
Jean-Vianney Auclair
Senior Advisor, Manitoba Education & Training
Province of Manitoba

Member
Sky Bridges
Chief Operating Officer
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

Chair, Indigenous Relations Council
Sarah Cook
Assistant Director of Finance
Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre

Member
Ainsley Donald
Senior Manager
Grant Thornton LLP

Chair, Youth United Council
Megan Dufrat

Member
Idris Elbakri
Assistant Professor/Imaging Physicist
CancerCare Manitoba

Member
Douglas E. Finkbeiner
Partner
Taylor McCaffrey LLP

Member
Michelle Gawronsky
President
Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union

Chair, Governance Committee
Jeffrey Leclerc
University Secretary, Office of the President
University of Manitoba

Representative, GenNext Council
Jay Leslie
Founder & Managing Partner
Full Current

Member
Donna Miller

Member
Sofia Mirza
Partner
Fillmore Riley LLP

Member
Michael Robertson
Partner
Cibinel Architecture Ltd.

Member
Paul Norris
Vice-President, Residential Customer Solutions
BellMTS

Member
Craig Sheldon
Chief Financial Officer
Richardson International Ltd.

Member
BJ Reid
VP Fund Services, CFO IG Funds
IG Wealth Management

Member
Harold (Sonny) Cochrane
Partner
Cochrane Saxberg