Brian Lee Crowley
Managing Director
Mike Therien
Deputy Managing Director,
Editorial and Operations
Tristan Mele
Director of Finance
Ken Coates
Director of the Indigenous Affairs Program
and Distinguished Fellow
Jonathan Berkshire Miller
Director of Foreign Affairs,
National Defence and National Security
Aaron Wudrick
Director of the Domestic Policy Program
Heather Exner-Pirot
Director of Natural
Resources, Energy and Environment
Lesley Hudson
Director of Business Development and Donor Relations
Rahim Mohamed
Senior Editor
Jackelyn Beacom
Manager of Events and Administration
Daniel Dorman
Communications Manager
Joshua Wheeler
Project Manager
Mike Kennedy
Grant and Reports Writer
Skander Belouizdad
Communications Officer
Jia Kim
Administrative and Events Coordinator
Kathleen Abraham
Finance Assistant
Board of Directors
Chair
Vaughn MacLellan
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, Toronto
Vice-Chair
Jacquelyn Thayer
Scott COO, Airesun Global Ltd;
President Emerita, Cape Breton University, Sydney
Managing Director
Brian Lee Crowley
Ottawa
Secretary
Gerry Protti
Chairman, BlackSquare Inc, Calgary
Treasurer
Martin MacKinnon
Co-Founder, B4checkin, Halifax
Directors
Richard Boudreault
CEO, AWN, Nanotech, Montreal
Wayne Critchley
Senior Associate, Global Public Affairs, Ottawa
Colleen Mahoney
Sole Principal, Committee Digest, Toronto
Jayson Myers
CEO, Jayson Myers Public Affairs Inc., Aberfoyle
Dan Nowlan
Vice Chair, Investment Banking,
National Bank Financial, Toronto
Hon. Christian Paradis
Co-founder and Senior advisor,
Global Development Solutions, Montréal
Vijay Sappani
CEO, Ela Capital Inc, Toronto
Veso Sobot
Former Director of Corporate Affairs,
IPEX Group of Companies, Toronto
Elizabeth Burke-Gaffney
Commercial Negotiator, Oil & Gas, Calgary
Nigel Wright
Senior Managing Director, Onex Partners, Toronto
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
Robert Fulford
Former Editor of Saturday Night magazine,
columnist with the National Post, Ottawa
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
Hon. Jim Peterson
Former federal cabinet minister,
Counsel at Fasken Martineau, Toronto
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 Chair of Political Science,
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
