Board of Directors
Chair
Gerry Protti
Chairman, BlackSquare Inc, Calgary
Vice-Chair
Jacquelyn Thayer Scott
COO, Airesun Global Ltd;
President Emerita, Cape Breton University, Sydney
Managing Director
Brian Lee Crowley
Ottawa
Secretary
Elizabeth Burke-Gaffney
Commercial Negotiator, Oil & Gas, Calgary
Treasurer
Martin MacKinnon
Lecturer (part-time),
Cape Breton University, Sydney
Directors
Richard Boudreault
CEO, AWN, Nanotech, Montreal
Wayne Critchley
Senior Associate, Global Public Affairs, Ottawa
Colleen Mahoney
Sole Principal, Committee Digest, Toronto
Simon Nyilassy
Founder, Marigold & Associates Limited,
Toronto
Hon. Christian Paradis
Co-founder and Senior advisor,
Global Development Solutions, Montréal
Veso Sobot
Former Director of Corporate Affairs,
IPEX Group of Companies, Toronto
Nigel Wright
Senior Managing Director, Onex Partners, London, UK
David Schneider
Senior Investment Advisor, Aligned Capital Partners, Victoria
Advisory Council
John Beck
President and CEO, Aecon Enterprises Inc, Toronto
Aurel Braun
Professor of International Relations and Political Science, University of Toronto, Toronto
Erin Chutter
Executive Chair, Global Energy Metals Corporation, Vancouver
Navjeet (Bob) Dhillon
President and CEO, Mainstreet Equity Corp, Calgary
Jim Dinning
Former Treasurer of Alberta, Calgary
Richard Fadden
Former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, Ottawa
Brian Flemming
International lawyer, writer, and policy advisor, Halifax
Wayne Gudbranson
CEO, Branham Group Inc., Ottawa
Calvin Helin
Aboriginal author and entrepreneur, Vancouver
David Mulroney
Former Canadian Ambassador to China, Toronto
Peter John Nicholson
Inaugural President, Council of Canadian Academies, Annapolis Royal
Barry Sookman
Senior Partner, McCarthy Tétrault, Toronto
Rob Wildeboer
Executive Chairman, Martinrea International Inc, Vaughan
Bryon Wilfert
Former Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers of Finance and the Environment, Toronto
Research Advisory Board
Janet Ajzenstat
Professor Emeritus of Politics, McMaster University
Brian Ferguson
Professor, Health Care Economics, University of Guelph
Jack Granatstein
Historian and former head of the Canadian War Museum
Patrick James
Dornsife Dean’s Professor, University of Southern California
Rainer Knopff
Professor Emeritus of Politics, University of Calgary
Larry Martin
Principal, Dr. Larry Martin and Associates and Partner, Agri-Food Management Excellence, Inc
Alexander Moens
Professor and Director of the NATO Field School and Simulation Program,
Simon Fraser University, Greater Vancouver
Christopher Sands
Senior Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Elliot Tepper
Senior Fellow, Norman Paterson School of
International Affairs, Carleton University
William Watson
Associate Professor of Economics, McGill University