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Member Board Appointments
Recent member board appointments:
- Lori Beausoleil – NEO Exchange
Katherine Macklem – Chair – Thousand Island Parkway Trail Advisory Committee (TIPTAC)
Kimberly Marshall – Chair – West Park Health Care
Norma Beauchamp – HLS Therapeutics (YSX:HLS)
- Anar Popatia – Transparency International Canada
- Darlene Kelly – Converge Technology Solutions Corp. (TSE: CTS)
Joanna Lohrenz – Grand River Hospital
- Kathryn Craig – Atlantic Pilotage Authority
- Rosemary McCrie – Kindred Credit Union
Marie-Pierre Dhers – TwingTec AG
- Valarie Sorbie – Neighbourly Pharmacy (TSX: NBLY)
Sarah Bull – Royal Ontario Museum
- Sandra Roberts – Shinhan Bank of Canada, Subsiduary of Shinhan Bank Korean/Shinhan Financial Group (NYSE:SHG)
- Stephanie Hart – Giyani Metals Corp (CVE:EMM)
- Rachel Goldman – Red Pine Exploration Inc. (TSX-V: RPX)
- Neelam Jolly – Access to Innovation (“A2I”) Advisory Council
- Mandy Abramsohn – Northwest Healthcare REIT (TSX: NWH.UN)
- Brooke Hunter – UNIBA Partners
Ana Nunes – Vice Chair of the Strategic and Risk Management Committee – Achēv
Andrea Swinton – Achēv
Michelle Robitaille – Chambre de commerce de Gatineau / Presidency of Export Outaouais
Michelle Robitaille – Cilex
Anne Fitzgerald – LifeSpeak Inc. (TSX:LSPK)
Stacey Mowbray – Dentalcorp Holdings Ltd. (TSX:DNTL)
Carol Gabanna – Canadian Centre for Accreditation
- Maureen O’Connell – Filament Health
Joanne Bath – Pier Labs
Sharon Squire – Vice-Chair – Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (hospital) Board of Trustees
- Maureen O’Connell – HHGlobal
- Theresa Firestone – Cybin Inc. (NYSE:CYBN)
- Sarah Jordan – Retail Council of Canada
- Christine Gillespie – Chair – Transportation Committee – Fertilizer Canada and The Fertilizer Institute
- Sam Drier – Powerex Corp.
- Theresa Firestone – AdMare
- Anna Alderson – Tenaz Energy (CSE: ATU)
- Sherry Shannon-Vanstone – CANARIE
Member Showcase
Christine Gillespie, Corporate Director
Christine Gillespie ICD.D, MBA, is a corporate director who has served on the boards of Neptune Bulk Terminals, the Calgary Economic Development Board, and the Highbanks Society. She has additionally served on several subsidiary and joint-venture boards in both fertilizer and ocean shipping in Europe and North Africa. Ms Gillespie is VP, Transportation, Distribution and Logistics with Nutrien in Calgary. What drove your interest in serving on boards? Board service enriches and enhances my professional experience. I've had a long and rich career with Nutrien and wanted to understand how other leaders thought and approached [...]
Resources
The Board Imperative: Purpose-driven leadership
Our sponsor MNP LLP, of our recent WGOB Speaker Series on November 30, 2021 – just published their white paper on The Board Imperative Purpose-Driven Leadership authored by Mary Larson, ICD.D, National Leader, Organizational Renewal Practice.
Read the full publication here: The Board Imperative: Purpose-driven leadership
The Power of Mentorship
Introduction
Since beginning my professional career over 35 years ago, I have seen the power of mentorship to affect meaningful, real-world change in advancing gender diversity in the boardroom. In fact, mentorship is one reason I launched Women Get On Board Inc. (WGOB) in the first place. By creating a community of women corporate directors and aspiring women corporate directors, mentorship relationships have organically occurred and helped more women get on boards. To further the power of mentorship to promote women leaders and accelerate their board journey, we launched the WGOB Mentorship Program.
In this blog, I want to […]
Testimonials
Sandpiper has made many, many meaningful connections through Women Get On Board’s vast network. WGOB provides qualified board members with access to some of Canada’s top corporate board opportunities, and is equipping the next generation of women corporate directors with the skills, knowledge and confidence to be most effective in the boardroom.
This [shortlist report] is a first class package, process and outcome! The results exceeded expectations as we have sourced our last two board members, not to mention a roster of first class candidates, through WGOB — so thank you!
Terrific Women Get On Board workshop, with 20 executive leaders. Packed with practical, actionable insights. Networking off the charts! Session facilitated by Deborah Rosati FCPA, FCA, ICD.D & Kelly McDougald, Corporate Director in Residence. A good morning investment. Consider becoming a member if you are a Woman seeking BOD/BOG appointments.
I am excited and honoured for my appointment to Chair of the Board for OPG. Although I possessed the requisite experience and skills for my board positions, WGOB facilitated the expansion of my network and broadened my opportunities.
![#BoardDiversityMatters
"In 2021, Women Get On Board and our Affiliate Partner @ir.labs analyzed gender diversity on the board of directors for all new listings on the TSX from January 1, 2021, to August 15, 2021. Our results, featured in [a] @globeandmail article, showed that the average female board representation among the newly listed companies is just 19 percent." - @deborh_rosati.
This surprising data signals that more change is in order.
In her latest blog, our Founder & CEO Deborah Rosati, wanted to acknowledge women in the WGOB community, such as Alyssa Barry, Caroline Sawamoto, Cathy Logue and Wendy Kei, who have been exemplary Agents of Change for more diverse boards.
Deborah explains how you, like these women, can become an agent of change by making diversity a strategic opportunity for board-building. The first step is asking yourself ten important questions.
Read on to learn about the 10 diversity mandate questions every Board should ask on the journey to becoming an agent of change:
https://womengetonboard.ca/board-diversity-are-you-an-agent-of-change-3/
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