2024-2025 (July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025)
Name | Position |
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Jane Allen | Chair of the Board |
Stephen Elop | Vice-Chair of the Board |
Andrea Thyret-Kidd | Secretary of the Board |
Name | Position |
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Santee Smith | Chancellor (Ex Officio) |
David Farrar | President & Vice-Chancellor (Ex Officio) |
Susan Tighe | Provost and Vice President, Academic & Chair of the University Planning Committee (Ex Officio) |
Name | Position |
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Jane Allen | Elected by the Board of Governors |
Sandra Cruickshanks | Elected by the Board of Governors |
Stephen Elop | Elected by the Board of Governors |
Robert Walker | Elected by the Board of Governors |
Barry Hill | Elected by the Board of Governors |
VACANT | Elected by the Board of Governors |
Kevin Nye | Elected by the Board of Governors |
Fareen Samji | Elected by the Board of Governors |
Mamdouh Shoukri | Elected by the Board of Governors |
Wayne Purboo | Elected by the Board of Governors |
Michael Ferencich | Elected by the Board of Governors |
David Huctwith | Appointed by the Board of Trustees of McMaster Divinity College |
Lisa Brown | Appointed by the Alumni Association |
Lance Trumble | Appointed by the Alumni Association |
Justin Boye | Appointed by the Alumni Association |
Bradley Merkel | Appointed by the Alumni Association |
Jennifer Rowe | Appointed by the Alumni Association |
Dina Brooks | Appointed by the Senate |
Saara Greene | Appointed by the Senate |
Sue McCracken | Appointed by the Senate |
Catherine Anderson | Elected by the Teaching Staff |
Megumi Harada | Elected by the Teaching Staff |
Mayu Nishimura | Elected by the Teaching Staff |
Brenda Vrkljan | Elected by the Teaching Staff |
Arlene Dosen | Elected by the Non-Teaching Staff |
Nicole Agyei-Odame | Elected by the Non-Teaching Staff |
Rishav Jaiswal | Elected by the Graduate Students |
VACANT | Elected by the Undergraduate Students |
Ryan Clarke | Appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council |
Ben Menka | Appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council |
Michael Ramsay | Appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council |
Natalia Lishchyna | Appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council |
VACANT | Appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council |
Silvia Stankovic | Appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council |
H Douglas Barber | Honorary Governor |
Colum P. Bastable | Honorary Governor |
Quentin Broad | Honorary Governor |
Richard Buckingham | Honorary Governor |
David A Lazzarato | Honorary Governor |
Edward A Minich | Honorary Governor |
Barry D. Nicol | Honorary Governor |
Emechete Onuoha | Honorary Governor |
Donald A. Pether | Honorary Governor |
Jagoda Pike | Honorary Governor |
Edwin A. Taylor | Honorary Governor |
Thomas Weisz | Honorary Governor |
Paul Douglas | Honorary Governor |
Michelle Zheng | Associate Secretary of the Board of Governors (non-voting) |
Kelly Snow | Assistant Secretary of the Board of Governors (non-voting) |
Observer Name | Position |
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Andy Knights | Vice-President (Research), Acting |
Saher Fazilat | Vice-President (Operations & Finance) |
Lili Litwin | Vice-President (University Advancement) |
Paul O’Byrne | Dean and Vice-President (Health Sciences) |
Rob Walters | Chief of Staff & Senior Advisor to the President |
Andrea Farquhar | Chief Executive, Internal & External Engagement |
Omer Ahmed | Associate Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer |
Ehab Kamarah | Associate Vice-President & Chief Facilities Officer |
Wanda McKenna | Associate Vice-President & Chief Human Resources Officer |
Debbie Martin | Associate Vice-President, Real Estate, Partnerships & Ancillary Operations |
Richard Stubbs | Appointee, McMaster University Retirees Association |
Paul Andrews | President, McMaster University Faculty Association |
Anna Purina | Chief Internal Auditor |
Jovan Popovic | President, McMaster Students Union (MSU) |
Kusum Bhatta | President, Graduate Students Association (GSA) |
Emily Heikoop | President, UNIFOR Local 5555 |
Terms of Reference
The legal responsibilities of the Board of Governors are set out in Section 9 of The McMaster University Act, 1976. While the President and senior administrative officers exert the central influence in policy as well as providing the dominant force in management under the authority of the Board, Board members play an important role in the governance of the University, since the Board is the legal owner and the final authority for the institution whose assets and operations the Board holds in trust. Except for such matters as are assigned by the 1976 Act to the Senate, the government, conduct, management and control of the University and of its property, revenues, business and affairs are vested in the Board. In carrying out its financial responsibilities, the Board must accept full accountability for the finances of the University, including monitoring and authorizing the annual operating budget, prudent investments, and comprehensive fund-raising activities, as well as the obligation to ensure that financial assets are appropriately managed. The Board receives nominations from the Senate with respect to the hiring, promoting and suspending of senior administrative and teaching personnel, and delegates the appointment, promotion, suspension or removal of all other officers, agents and employees of the University to officers of the University. The Board conducts its affairs by making by-laws, resolutions and regulations to supplement the Act. The composition of the Board of Governors is described in Section 8 of the University Act.