Members of the Board of Governors 2020-2021

Chair, Vice-Chair & Secretary
Mr. Bradley Merkel	Chair of the Board
Ms Jane Allen	Vice-Chair of the Board
Ms Andrea Thyret-Kidd	Secretary of the Board

Ms. Santee Smith	Chancellor (Ex Officio)
Dr. David Farrar	President & Vice-Chancellor (Ex Officio)
Dr. Susan Tighe	Provost and Vice President, Academic & Chair of the University Planning Committee (Ex Officio)

Ms Jane Allen	Elected by the Board of Governors
Ms Sandra Cruickshanks	Elected by the Board of Governors
Mr. Paul Douglas	Elected by the Board of Governors
Mr. David Horwood	Elected by the Board of Governors
Ms Rebecca Jamieson	Elected by the Board of Governors
Ms Fareen Samji	Elected by the Board of Governors
Mr. Neil Skelding	Elected by the Board of Governors
Ms. Connie Stefankiewicz	Elected by the Board of Governors
Dr. Emőke J.E. Szathmáry	Elected by the Board of Governors
Dr. Robert Walker	Elected by the Board of Governors
Dr. David Huctwith	Appointed by the Board of Trustees of McMaster Divinity College
Ms Lisa Brown	Appointed by the Alumni Association
Mr. David Feather	Appointed by the Alumni Association
Ms Stephanie McLarty	Appointed by the Alumni Association
Mr. Bradley Merkel	Appointed by the Alumni Association
Ms Jennifer Rowe	Appointed by the Alumni Association
Dr. Dina Brooks	Appointed by the Senate
Dr. Lia Bronsard	Appointed by the Senate
Dr. Laura Parker	Appointed by the Senate
Dr. Juliet Daniel	Elected by the Teaching Staff
Dr. Carlos Filipe	Elected by the Teaching Staff
Dr. Rafael Kleiman	Elected by the Teaching Staff
Dr. Deborah Sloboda	Elected by the Teaching Staff
Ms Leah Allan	Elected by the Non-Teaching Staff
Ms Melissa Pool	Elected by the Non-Teaching Staff
Ms Ghada Sasa	Elected by the Graduate Students
Ms Zeina Hassan	Elected by the Undergraduate Students
Mr. Jeff Coles	Appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council
Mr. Sean Donnelly	Appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council
Mr. Michael Ferencich	Appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council
Mr. Kevin Nye	Appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council
Mr. Joseph Mancinelli	Appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council
Vacant	Appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council
Mr. H Douglas Barber	Honorary Governor
Mr. Colum P. Bastable	Honorary Governor
Mr. Quentin Broad	Honorary Governor
Mr. Richard Buckingham	Honorary Governor
Mr. T. Glen Chambers	Honorary Governor
Mr. Donald M. Green	Honorary Governor
Mr. David A Lazzarato	Honorary Governor
Mr. Douglas C. Marrs	Honorary Governor
Mr. Edward A Minich	Honorary Governor
Mr. Barry D. Nicol	Honorary Governor
Mr. Emechete Onuoha	Honorary Governor
Mr. John H. Panabaker	Honorary Governor
Mr. Donald A. Pether	Honorary Governor
Mr. Edward B. Priestner	Honorary Governor
Mr. Edwin A. Taylor	Honorary Governor
Mr. Thomas Weisz	Honorary Governor

Associate Secretary of the Board of Governors

Ms Michelle Zheng

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.