1. Chair 2022 – 2024 – Denise Zaporzan, President and CEO, Asteria Global Inc. 
   
2. Chair 2020-2022 – Andrew Stibbard, Regional Managing Partner, MNP LLP
3. Chair 2018-2020 – Colin Ryan, Executive Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Director, Wellington-Altus Private Wealth
4. Chair 2016-2018 – John Proven, Chief Operating Officer, Conviron
5. Chair 2014-2016 – Rick MacKay, Partner (Retired), Deloitte LLP
6. Chair 2012-2014 – Joe Cyr, President & COO, Price Industries Ltd.
7. Chair 2010-2012 – Don Whitmore, Chairman, Vector Construction Ltd.
8. Chair 2008-2010 – Debra Jonasson-Young, Executive Director, Stu Clark Centre
9. Chair 2006-2008 – Barry Rempel, President & CEO, Winnipeg Airports Authority
10. Chair 2004-2006 – James Lawton, President, Lawton Partners Financial
11. Chair 2002-2004 – Gordon Webster, Corporate Director
12. Chair 2000-2002 – Rick Workman, President & CEO, Workman & Associates
13. Chair 1998-2000 – William Watchorn, President & CEO, Watcor Ltd.
14. Chair 1996-1998 – Robert Chipman, Chairman, The Megill-Stephenson Company Limited
15. Chair 1994-1996 – Lawrie Pollard, Chairman, Pollard Banknote Limited
16. Chair 1992-1994 – Del Crewson, Partner (retired), Deloitte & Touche
17. Chair 1990-1992 – Kevin Kavanagh, Chairman and CEO (retired), Great-West Life
18. Chair 1987-1990 – Kerry Hawkins, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cargill Limited
19. Chair 1984-1987 – Arni Thorsteinson, President, Shelter Canadian Properties Limited
20. Founding Director 1981-1984 – John (Jack) Fraser, OC, Corporate Director

Chair: Manny Atwal

Committee: Ryan Behie, Steve Boulton, Sandy Chahal, Felipe Garcia (YA), Gregg Hanson, Debra Jonasson-Young, Leilani Kagan, Joanne Sigurdson

Objective

To engage and retain members who exemplify leadership and are committed to the relationship between the School and the business community.

Roles & Responsibilities

The purpose of the Member Engagement Committee is to develop and support programs that will:

• Increase member participation in Associates and Young Associates programs and encourage leaders in business who believe in the Foundation’s mandate become long-term, active members of the Associates and Young Associates.
• Strengthen stakeholder relationships through reciprocal value creation (between members and the larger business community). The Committee focuses on providing value to the Membership offering.

Chair: Denise Zaporzan

Committee: Hardev Bains, Debra Jonasson-Young, Colin Ryan, Andrew Stibbard

Objective

To ensure that the organization conforms to the principles of corporate governance, ensure guidelines are adopted, disclosed and applied, including board composition, director qualification standards, director responsibilities, orientation of new members, and succession planning.

Roles & Responsibilities

The Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for recommending, reviewing and modifying, as approved by the Board, all governance-related activities. The Committee is also responsible for identifying qualified individuals for nomination to the Board of Directors of the Foundation and for the Associates Board, for ensuring new members are properly integrated onto the Board, including orientation, and ensuring the stability and depth of the Board is maintained over time by undertaking ongoing succession planning.

Chair: Don Solman

Committee: Justin Boonen, Connor Egan (YA), Melani Fernando (CSA), Susan Goldie, Nathan Greidanus (Asper School), Scott McCulloch, Lukas Neville (Asper School), Derek Rolstone, Bruno Silvestre (Dean)

Objective

To strengthen stakeholder relationships through reciprocal value creation between the business community, members and School stakeholders.

Roles & Responsibilities

The purpose of the School Relations Committee is to develop and support programs that will:

• Increase business community participation in the School’s priority initiatives
• Encourage the Dean, faculty and School staff toward greater involvement with the business community.

Composition

The School Relations Committee is comprised of 3 to 7 members ideally including, but not held to:

• 1 Associates Board Directors (one acting as Chair),
• 1 Associates Member-At-Large,
• 2 Members of the Asper School faculty/staff,
• 2 Young Associates Members and
• 1 student
  • Connect the Manitoba Business Community to the knowledge and talent available within the School’s faculty including opportunities available for collaboration, cooperation and interaction
  • Increase faculty participation in external advocacy programs
  • Facilitate two-way communications with the Dean

Chair: Paul Soubry

Committee: Bill Baines, Hardev Bains, James Cohen, Susan Feldman, Seth Henoch, Rosanne Hill-Blaisdell, Debra Jonasson-Young, Vanessa Koldingnes (UM), Rick MacKay, Susan Mainella, Ash Modha, John Proven, Colin Ryan, Bruno Silvestre (Asper School), Andrew Stibbard, Arni Thorsteinson, Geeta Tucker, Denise Zaporzan, Corinne Gusnoski (YA)

Objective

To bring recognition and awareness to the Asper School of Business and the University of Manitoba.

Roles & Responsibilities

IDEA is the University of Manitoba Business School Foundation’s signature event, and the premier event in Manitoba, that provides an opportunity for the business and academic communities to honour an individual who meets exacting criteria of the International Distinguished Entrepreneur Award.

The IDEA Committee is responsible for recommendation of a recipient to the Board and University President for approval, securing the recipient’s acceptance, promoting, and overseeing the management of the annual IDEA Dinner.

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• Richard Bracken
• Paul Hill
• Gerry Price
• Hartley Richardson
• Richard Riess
• Arni Thorsteinson