EMPIRE CLUB OF CANADA
OUR DIRECTORS

President

Kelly Jackson

Associate Vice-President, Government Relations, Marketing and Communications, Humber College 

3rd Vice-President

Kulvir Singh Gill

Senior Strategist, Clareo

Director

Simmer Anand

Manager, Indigenous Relations, Hydro One Networks

Director

Richard Carleton

CEO, Canadian Securities Exchange

Director

Pierre Cyr

Senior Vice-President, Public Affairs, Fleishman Hillard HighRoad, Ottawa

Past President 2017-2018

Barbara Jesson

President & CEO, Jesson Communications

Director

Arthur Kong

Director of Project Development, Next Generation Manufacturing Canada

Director

Carla Nell

President & CEO, Burlington Chamber of Commerce

Director

Keerthana Rang

Director, Communications, Radical Ventures 

Director

Marsha Seca

Senior Vice-President, Public Affairs, Edelman Canada

Immediate Past President

Antoinette Tummillo

President, Antoinette Tummillo & Associates Inc.

Director

William (Bill) White

Chairman, IBK Capital Corp.

1st Vice-President

Sal Rabbani

Managing Partner, BDC Advisory Services, Business Development Bank of Canada

Treasurer

Carrie Bois

CEO, C+B Consulting

Director

Chris Benedetti

Managing Partner, Sussex Strategy Group 

Director

Matthew Cauz

Radio Host, TSN 1050

Past President 2018-2019

Kent Emerson

Principal, Valorem Insights 

Director

John J. Kirton

Director, G7 Research Group, G20 Research Group, BRICS Research Group; Professor, Political Science, University of Toronto

Director

Atrisha Lewis

Partner, McCarthy Tetrault 

Director

Tenny Nigoghossian

Fundraising and Strategic Consultant, Arts & Culture Sector

Director

Rick Roth

Vice-President, Strategic Communications, Global Public Affairs, Ontario

Director

Natasha Smith

Partner, Miller Thompson LLP

Director

Sue VanderBent

CEO, Home Care Ontario

Director

Paul M. Yeung

Director of Public Affairs, JTI-Macdonald Corp

2nd Vice-President

Jan Westcott

President & CEO, Spirits Canada

Secretary

Jenna Donelson

Pubic Affairs Manager, Humber College

Director

Megan Boyle

Director of Public Affairs, Red Bull Canada

Director

Shakir Chambers

Principal, Earnscliffe Strategy Group

Director

Dr. Mohamad Fakih

President & CEO, Paramount Fine Foods

Director

Michael Kobzar

Director of Sales, Power Transmission & Distribution, Ontario, Siemens Energy Canada 

President, Empire Club Foundation

Dr. Gordon K. McIvor

Past President, The Empire Club of Canada

Director

Farah Qasemi

Lead Account Partner, IBM 

Director

Daniel Safayeni

Vice-President, Policy, Ontario Chamber of Commerce

Director

Tim Smitheman

Vice-President, Rubicon Strategies

Past President 2019-2020

Mike Van Soelen

Managing Principal, Navigator Ltd