Board of Trustees

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

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