Board Of Directors
Pierre Casgrain, Chair
Director and Corporate Secretary, Casgrain & Company Limited, Montreal
Laura Jones, Vice Chair
Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, Vancouver
Brian Lee Crowley, Managing Director
Managing Director, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Martin MacKinnon, Treasurer
Co-Founder & CFO, B4checkin, Halifax
Vaughn MacLellan, Secretary
Partner, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, Toronto
Wayne Critchley, Director
Senior Associate, Global Public Affairs
Blaine Favel, Director
CEO, Kanata Earth Inc., Cut Knife, Saskatchewan
Colleen Mahoney , Director
Sole Principal, Committee Digest
Jayson Myers, Director
CEO, Jayson Myers Public Affairs Inc., Aberfoyle
Dan Nowlan, Director
Vice Chair, Investment Banking, National Bank Financial, Toronto
Hon. Christian Paradis, Director
Co-founder / Senior advisor, Global Development Solutions
Gerry Protti, Director
Chairman, BlackSquare Inc.
Vijay Sappani, Director
CEO, Ela Capital Inc.
Veso Sobot, Director
Director of Corporate Affairs, IPEX Group of Companies
Managing Director
Brian Lee Crowley, Managing Director
Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Advisory Council
John Beck
President and CEO, Aecon Enterprises Inc., 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
David Emerson
Corporate Director, Vancouver
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
J. Wayne Gudbranson
CEO, Branham Group Inc., Ottawa
Calvin Helin
Aboriginal author and entrepreneur, Vancouver
David Mulroney
Former Canadian Ambassador to China
Peter John Nicholson
Inaugural President, Council of Canadian Academies, Annapolis Royal
James Peterson
Former federal cabinet minister, Counsel at Fasken Martineau, Toronto
Jacquelyn Thayer Scott
Past President and Professor, Cape Breton University, Sydney
Barry Sookman
Senior Partner, McCarthy Tétrault, Toronto
Rob Wildeboer
Executive Chairman and co-founder of Martinrea International Inc
Research Advisory Board
Janet Ajzenstat
Professor Emeritus of Politics, McMaster University
Brian Ferguson
Professor, 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
Prinicipal, Dr. Larry Martin and Associates and Partner, Agri-Food Management Excellence, Inc.
Chris Sands
Senior Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Elliot Tepper
Senior Fellow, NPSIA
William Watson
Associate Professor of Economics, McGill University
Staff
Brett Byers, Communications and Digital Media Manager
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Allison Carrigan, Administrative and Event Coordinator
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George Habchi, Director of Business Development, Outreach & Stakeholder Relations
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David McDonough, Deputy Editor
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Jonathan Berkshire Miller, Deputy Director (CACIA) and Senior Fellow
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Amber Russell, Manager, Administration & Finance
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David Watson, Managing Editor and Director of Communications
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