Directors manage or supervise the management of the activities and affairs of the Foundation. They are elected by the Members of the Foundation for renewable, two-year terms. The Foundation is governed by a diverse and distinguished Board of up to 18 directors.
Edward Johnson
Chair of the Board of the Foundation, he joined Power Corporation of Canada in Montreal as Secretary in 1985 and in 1987 became Senior Vice-President and General Counsel.
Dyane Adam
Vice-chair of the Board of Directors
Founding President of the Board of Governance of the Université de l’Ontario français (UOF)
Founding President of the Board of Governance of the Université de l’Ontario français (UOF)
Bruce McNiven
Founding Member, Vice-chair, and Treasurer of the Foundation and a lawyer practicing general business law.
Sarah Coyne
Vice President at ValueAct Capital.
Patrick De Roy
Senior Managing Director, Total Portfolio & Capital Markets, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO).
Françoise Bertrand
Corporate Director
Martha Durdin
President and CEO of the Canadian Credit Union Association (CCUA) since 2014.
Myra Freeman
Former Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (2000-2006).
Ginger Gibson
Founding Director Firelight Group
Jameel Jaffer
Director of Knight First Amendment Institute, Columbia University.
Bessma Momani
Professor Bessma Momani is an expert on global economic governance issues, Canadian foreign policy, Arab Spring, Arab Canadians and Arab youth.
Madeleine Redfern
Former Mayor of Iqaluit, Nunavut.
Duncan Reid
Lawyer in Vancouver, BC, and partner at Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP.
Peter Sahlas
An Attorney and Counsellor at Law in the State of New York, he specializes in the resolution of complex international disputes involving public authorities in emerging markets.
Jennifer Welsh
Canada 150 Research Chair, Max Bell School of Public Policy and Department of Political Science, McGill University.
Sanni Yaya
Vice-President International and Francophonie, University of Ottawa