Randy Gossen
Randy Gossen is Vice President, Global Business Relations at Nexen Inc.. Dr. Gossen has had a long career in the energy sector and currently serves as President of the World Petroleum Council as well as Special Advisor to the United Nations Global Compact.
Maureen O’Neil (Advisory Council Chair)
Maureen O’Neil is President and CEO of the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. Ms. O’Neil is also a member of the International Board of Governors of the Centre for International Governance Innovation and has been Chair of the Board of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, Chair of the Board of Governors of Carleton University and President of The North-South Institute.
Deanna Rosenswig
Deanna Rosenswig, a Partner of Vantage Concepts, is a board director of Empire Life and The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company. She was the Founding President of The MasterCard Foundation an Executive Vice President, Bank of Montreal and co-authored the bestseller Dreams Have No Expiry Date. A former board member of Women’s World Banking, she is an advocate for microfinance institutions to help low income people become economically self-sustaining.
Jean-Louis Roy
Jean-Louis Roy, President of Partenariat International and visiting scholar at the Université de Montréal, is the former president and CEO of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (Rights and Democracy). He serves on several boards of directors, including the Centre de la francophonie des Amériques, CRC Sogema, la Fondation des parlementaires québecois and the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations.
David Runnalls
David Runnalls is President and CEO of the International Institute for Sustainable Development. He is also a member of the Advisory Committee on Partnerships to the Minister for International Cooperation, and a member of the Environment Canada Cross-Cutting Issues table. Among his many other appointments, Mr. Runnalls serves on the board of the Institute of Advanced Studies of the United Nations University.
Hargurdeep (Deep) Saini
Hargurdeep (Deep) Saini is the Dean of the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo. An experienced administrator and accomplished leader, he has an impressive record of scholarly achievement, and is known for his keen appreciation of contemporary environmental issues, from climate change to urban sprawl to sustainability.
Jean-Claude Villiard
Mr. Jean-Claude Villiard is retired following a distinguished career as a public servant. He currently serves as an Associate Professor at the École nationale d'administration publique (Université du Québec). Mr. Villiard was a Senior Advisor at the Privy Council Office having previously held senior positions in government, as well as industry, including Deputy Minister of Industry Canada, President and CEO of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and SNC Lavalin.
Ed Waitzer
Mr. Ed Waitzer serves as a partner at the law firm Stikeman Elliott LLP. Previously the Chair of Stikeman Elliott LLP, Mr. Waitzer has also served as Vice President of the Toronto Stock Exchange and Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission. In July 2007, he was appointed the Jarislowsky Dimma Mooney Chair in Corporate Governance at York University's Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business.
David Zussman
David Zussman is the first recipient of the Jarislowsky Chair in Public Sector Management at the University of Ottawa. Mr. Zussman is the former President of the Public Policy Forum and a former Dean of the University of Ottawa School of Management. In June 2004, he was confirmed as a part-time Commissioner for the Public Service Commission of Canada. He has held various senior positions in the federal government.