Ms. Giguère is a firm believer in the power of the arts to uplift the spirit of the community and that volunteering is a fundamental building block of a just society. She has compiled a three-decade record of volunteer support for the arts notably with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB) and the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (RMTC), Culture Days and Winnipeg Theatre Awards.  Her experience with the RWB led to her appointment to the board of Q Dance. Ms. Giguère was appointed to the Board of the Canadian Museum of History in 2014 and was recently reappointed for a third term. 

Ms. Giguère was a member of the Canadian Arts Summit Steering Committee for ten years and chaired the Montreal Summit. She was an original member of the Culture Days National Steering and Fund Development Committees.  Subsequently, she founded Culture Days Manitoba and Nuit Blanche Winnipeg.

She has also served on the board of the United Way and is a founder of the Guardian Angel Break Cancer Benefit. Her service as chair realized the establishment of the Breast Cancer of Hope as well as a mobile mammography unit and the Manitoba Breast Cancer Advisory Council. She has also worked as an instructor and Board Chair for the Manitoba Therapeutic riding program for children with disabilities. 

In 2011, Ms. Giguère was honoured with the first-ever “Making a Difference Award” by the Winnipeg Arts Council. She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Media for her contribution to the artistic life in Canada and is the recipient of the Governor General Ramon Hnatyshyn Award for volunteerism in the Performing Arts. In 2014, Ms. Giguère was inducted as a Member of the Order of Canada.

Chris Lorway was born on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, where a love of singing, piano and saxophone led him to his first jobs in the performing arts. Over the past quarter-century, Chris has gone on to have leadership roles at major organizations on both side of the border. He started his post-university career at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, where he worked on the Lincoln Center Festival for two years, had roles in marketing and development and worked on the first phase of the campus redevelopment project. His time at Lincoln Center was followed by six years of consulting with AMS Planning and Research and AEA Consulting. These two roles offered him detailed insight into the governance and operations of major cultural organizations, including Carnegie Hall, the Edinburgh International Festival, the West Kowloon Cultural District and San Francisco Opera. 

In 2007, Chris was invited to return to Canada to be the inaugural Artistic Director of the Luminato Festival where he commissioned or co-commissioned nearly 50 new works from Canadian and International artists. In 2014, Chris was appointed Director of Programming and Marketing at The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall where his focus was on having the programming at the halls reflect the diversity of the city of Toronto. He worked closely with the hall’s resident companies (including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto International Film Festival) and was part of the leadership team charged with the redevelopment of Massey Hall. 

Most recently, Chris served as both Executive and Artistic Director at Stanford Live where he was responsible for over 200 performances and events across 4 venues, including the recently opened Bing Concert Hall and the Frost Amphitheater. In this role he continued to commission and develop new works including the west coast premieres of Taylor Mac’s 24 Decades of Popular Music, Kyle Abraham’s Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth and Dimitris Papaioannou’s Transverse Orientation. 

During COVID, Chris created a comprehensive digital season of short films that featured Bay Area artists captured by local filmmakers. Without access to either federal or state relief funds, he was able to generate a significant surplus in FY21 by opening up Stanford Live’s outdoor venue (Frost) to arts organizations across the Bay Area (SF Symphony, SF Jazz and SF Ballet). 

Chris is excited to once again return to Canada in his new role as President and CEO of the Banff Centre.  

H. Roger Garland is a member of the Board of Soulpepper Theatre Company in Toronto and a Director of a number of public and private corporations. He was Vice-Chairman of Four Seasons Hotels until 2000, having joined the company in 1981 as Senior Vice-President, Finance. Prior to joining Four Seasons, he was a Vice-President, Corporate Banking with Citibank N.A. in Canada and Switzerland. He began his career with Pricewaterhouse and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1966.

Paul Genest was appointed Senior Vice-President of Power Corporation and Power Financial in 2016. His background includes academia, government, and business. He served in a number of portfolios as a Deputy Minister in the Ontario Government, including Intergovernmental Affairs and Francophone Affairs. Mr. Genest was also Deputy Minister responsible for oversight of the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games held in Toronto in 2015. He has served in the federal government in various roles, including as Director of Policy and Research in the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada. He has held executive positions with the Council of Ontario Universities and Bell Canada and has served as Adjunct Professor at Glendon College, York University.

A Fellow at the Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Ryerson University, Mr. Genest is an active volunteer with a number of organizations including the Alliance Française de Toronto, Pine River Institute which provides residential rehabilitation support for teenagers, and The Nature Conservancy of Canada, Ontario Region. A champion of diversity, he has been honoured for his advocacy for the rights of the LGBTQ community. He is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Mr. Genest holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours (graduating cum laude) in English and Philosophy from the University of Guelph, a Masters in Philosophy from the University of Ottawa, and a PhD in Philosophy from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School and has completed the Rotman School of Management, Institute of Corporate Directors – Directors Education Program (ICD.D).

Duane Green is president and CEO of Franklin Templeton Investments Canada and of Fiduciary Trust Company of Canada. Leveraging more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, he oversees Franklin Templeton’s Canadian business.

Mr. Green previously served as managing director – Canada, responsible for the firm’s Canadian retail, institutional and HNW distribution business. Prior to that, he was head of Institutional, Canada. Duane joined Franklin Templeton in 2004 as vice president, Strategic Alliances. Before joining the firm, he was a vice president at an international insurer.

Mr. Green is chair of the board and director of Franklin Templeton Investments Corp, director of Fiduciary Trust Company of Canada and is chair and director of FTC Investor Services Inc. He also serves as president, CEO and director of both Templeton Growth Fund Ltd and Franklin Templeton Corporate Class Funds Ltd.

Duane is on the Board of Directors of the Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) and sits on the Pension Committee of Canada’s National Ballet School. He is a past board member of Canada’s National Ballet School and of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada.

Mr. Green has a degree in economics from the University of Ottawa and is a fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute. He holds the FMA, CIM, and FCSI designations.

Lawrence L. Herman, B.A., LL.B., is a graduate of the University of Toronto Law Faculty (1969) and a member of the Saskatchewan and Ontario bars. He was in the Canadian Foreign Service in the 1970’s in a variety of posts, including at the United Nations in Geneva. Lawrence concentrates on international trade and international business transactions in his law practice with Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Toronto. He has acted for private sector clients, governments and international agencies. He sits on the Market Access Advisory Group (MAAG) of the Canadian Foreign Affairs and International Trade Department. Lawrence is currently chair of the Trade Policy Committee of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters and is on the Executive Board of the Canada-U.S. Law Institute; the International Affairs Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce; the C.D. Howe Institute; and several other business and government policy organizations. He is Vice-Chair of Jazz-FM.91, a publicly funded radio station in Toronto. He was Director of the Task Force on Energy Trade and Investment Rules of the World Energy Council in 2007-2010. He was an op-ed columnist on international trade and business for the Financial Post (Toronto) from 1993 to 1998. Lawrence has also written several legal text-books: Canadian Trade Remedy Law & Practice (1997); Canadian Trade Law (2008); Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (2010).

As CFO of Ipsos Canada, Victoria is responsible for the finance and accounting functions of the Canadian business, including driving growth and optimizing financial operations.

Victoria is a seasoned finance executive with more than 20 years of experience in corporate strategy, compliance, and financial planning and analysis, including driving operational effectiveness and leading business transformation, in professional services organizations.

Prior to joining Ipsos, Victoria worked at Colliers, a global commercial real estate services firm, where she led the finance function of its Canadian business, including enterprise strategic planning and ESG initiatives. Before that, she spent the bulk of her career at KPMG in corporate strategy, and in client service as an external auditor of TSX- and SEC-listed companies with a focus on the Mining sector.

Outside of the professional realm, Victoria is actively involved in the community, serving on the Board of the Bata Shoe Museum, including the Finance Committee, former Board member of the Design Exchange Museum, and a Business Mentor with the national charity RiseHelps. She is bilingual in English and French.

Janice Price became President of The Banff Centre on March 16th, 2015. She most recently served as CEO of the Luminato Festival, Toronto’s Festival of Art and Creativity, an organization she led since its inception in 2006. As the Festival’s Founding CEO, Price helped Luminato become one of the world’s largest and most respected annual multi-arts festivals. The Festival reaches over 800,000 audience members annually, and in its first eight seasons, the Festival commissioned 75 new works. Previous to Luminato, Price was the President and CEO of The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia from 2002-2006, and prior to that position, she was Vice President of Marketing and Communications and then Interim Executive Director at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Prior to her professional engagements in the United States, Price held senior positions at a number of Toronto arts organizations, including the Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts and The Corporation of Roy Thomson Hall and Massey Hall. From 1992 – 1996, Price was the Director of Marketing and Special Projects for the Stratford Festival.

Janice Price also served as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Festivals and Major Events (FAME) coalition of large Canadian festivals and as a member of the board of Festivals and Events Ontario where she served on the advocacy and education committees. She is also a member of the National Board of Culture Days.

Irfhan Rawji is the Founder & CEO of MobSquad, an innovative Canadian start-up that ensures high-caliber software engineers with US work visa challenges remain working with their current company, but are near-shored from Canada. Irfhan is also a Principal with Totem Capital Corporation, a Venture Partner with Relay Ventures and an Adjunct Professor at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia.

Irfhan is actively involved in civic affairs as Board Chair of Glenbow Museum, Board Member of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, and Board Member of Venture for Canada. Additionally, Irfhan serves as Chair of the Heart & Stroke Foundation’s Impact Fund Advisory Committee, as an advisor to the Canadian government’s Impact and Innovation Unit within the Privy Council Office, and as a member of the New Economy Advisory Committee of the Alberta Securities Commission. Irfhan is also on the National Advisory Committee of The Walrus, is an Advisor to the Canadian Urban Institute, and is co-Chair of the Board of Governors of Look Forward.

Irfhan holds an MBA with High Honors from Harvard Business School and also holds a BCom with Honours from the University of British Columbia. He is a recipient of The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Heart & Stroke Foundation’s Award of Merit, the Sauder School of Business’ Teaching Excellence Award, Business for the Arts’ Arnold Edinborough Award, and is a member of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 (2017).

Greg A. Reed is a director of the National Arts Centre Foundation and a former director of the National Ballet of Canada. Following a 20-year career with international consulting firm McKinsey & Company in New York, London, and Toronto, he served as the CEO of both an investment firm and a private bank. Greg holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Toronto.

Ms. Watson has more than 25 years experience as a senior fundraising executive, political advisor, and consultant. For more than 20 years she worked at Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC). During her years as CEO of the NAC Foundation, she raised more than $125 million to support creation, learning and performance initiatives across Canada. Prior to joining the NAC, she served as the Director of Communications at Export Development Canada, and held senior communications roles in the Office of the Speaker of the House of Commons and Canada Post Corporation.

David Binet is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Woodbridge Company Limited, an investment holding company for Canada’s Thomson family. Woodbridge’s largest asset is its 55% stake in Thomson Reuters Corporation, listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges, and it has numerous other investments.

David is Deputy Chairman of Thomson Reuters, and also serves on the board of directors of Woodbridge, The Globe and Mail (Canada’s national newspaper), and a number of other companies in which Woodbridge has invested. David is Chairman of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, a London-based charity dedicated to journalism training and promoting the rule of law. David is also Chairman of the Board of The National Ballet of Canada and on the board of directors of Canada’s National Ballet School.

Before joining Woodbridge, David was a partner in the Canadian law firm Torys LLP, where his practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance. Prior to that, he was a news reporter. David attended Queen’s University (BA Hons), McGill University (LLB) and Northwestern University (MSJ) and he has received certification from the Institute of Corporate Directors (Canada).