Board of Directors
The RWB Board of Directors determines the road map that guides and inspires the organization.
Explore
Dr. Ernest Cholakis
Chair
Maureen Kinnear
Vice-Chair
Don Leitch
Past Chair
Jason Gorchynski, B.Comm, CPA
Chair, Audit and Finance Committee
Wayne Mackelson, MBA, B.Comm
Vice-Chair, Audit and Finance Committee
Rebecca Parkinson
School Committee Chair
Beverly Davies
Member
Dwight MacAulay, CVO
Member
Dr. Natalie Richardson
Member
Trudy Schroeder, O.M.
Member
Rick Singh, MD, CCFP, FRCP(C)
Member
Tara Snider
Member
Dr. Lorraine Yau
School Committee, Vice-Chair
People of the RWB
Jean Giguère, C.M., Chair Emeritus
Kathleen Richardson, Honourary Chair (in memoriam)
Sheldon Bowles, Dee Buchwald, James Cohen, O.M., Jane Emslie, Ashleigh Everett, Susan Glass, C.M., Richard Kroft, C.M., Don Leitch, The Honourable Otto Lang, O.C,. Peter J. Macdonald, Marilyn Marshall, Jennifer Moncrieff, Stuart Murray, O.M., Kevin Regan, Arni Thorsteinson, O.M., Terrence Wright, Q.C.
1939 – 1943…………………………………………………………..Gweneth Lloyd, O.C.
1943 – 1944……………………………………………………………………..Mrs. C.S. Riley
1944 – 1945……………………………………………………………….Mrs. W.H. Collum
1945 – 1947……………………………………………………..Mrs. Harold D. Barbour
1947 – 1949…………………………………………………………………….Dr. H.S. Gillson
1949 – 1951………………………………………………………..Mrs. Douglas Edmond
1951 – 1953……………………………………………………………………..John A. Russell
1953 – 1956…………………………………………………………………………Robert Kipp
1956 – 1957……………………………………………………………………..F.N. McKenzie
1957 – 1961………………………………Miss Kathleen Richardson, C.C., O.M.
1961 – 1962……………………………………………………………………………….J.G. Scott
1962 – 1965…………………………………………………………………Dennis H. Carter
1965 – 1967………………………………………………………….Sol Kanee, C.C., O.M.
1967 – 1970…………………………………………………………Mr. Justice R.J. Matas
1970 – 1973…………………………………………………………….Peter J. Macdonald
1973 – 1975………………………………………………………………….John W. Graham
1975 – 1977…………………………………………………………….Richard Kroft, C.M.
1977 – 1980………………………………………………………………………..John Condra
1980 – 1982……………………………………………………………………Dr. Leon Rubin
1982 – 1984………………………………………………………..Mrs. Lynne Axworthy
1984 – 1986……………………………………………………………Mrs. Louise Soubry
1986 – 1988…………………………………………………………Joseph J. Wilder, K.C.
1988 – 1989………………………………………………………………….Arthur Pearson
1989 – 1991………………………………………………………………………..Rod Zimmer
1991 – 1992………………………………………………………………………..Diane Wolch
1992 – 1993……………………………………………………………..John F. Fraser, O.C.
1993 – 1995…………………………………………………………….W. Terrance Wright
1995 – 1998…………………………………………………………….Susan J. Glass, C.M.
1998 – 2000……………………………………………………………………Sandra Foster
2000 – 2001……………………………………………Justice Deborah McCawley
2001 – 2005…………………………………………………………….Jean Giguère, C.M.
2005 – 2007………………………………………………………….James Cohen, O.M.
2007 – 2008……………………………………………………………Jean Giguère, C.M.
2008 – 2010…………………………………………………………………Charlene Rocke
2010 – 2011………………………………………………………………Dr. Glenn Feltham
2011 – 2012………………………………………………………………Martin Thibodeau
2012 – 2017…………………………………………………………………………..David Reid
2017 – 2023………………………………………………………………………….Don Leitch
2023 – 2025…………………………………………………………………………..John Osler