Leadership
Royal Ontario Museum is an agency of the Government of Ontario.
ROM Trustees
Royal Ontario Museum is an agency of the Government of Ontario. The Board of Trustees is the governing authority for the Museum, responsible for its policies, its operational continuity and the collections and other assets which the Museum holds in trust for the people of Ontario.
The board consists of 21 Trustees - 15 are appointed, two are ex-officio members and four are elected by ROM members. The provincial government makes appointments through the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
Trustees are volunteers who are dedicated to public service and the ROM’s well-being and long-term stability.
Robert Chant
Board Director (Ex-Officio) Chair, ROM Board of Trustees
Senior Advisor, StrategyCorp Inc.
Louise Moore
Vice Chair, ROM Board of Trustees
Principal, Canton Advisory Services
Brian Astl
ROM Trustee
President, Lind Equipment Ltd.
Jennifer Bell
ROM Trustee
Vice President, Communications for High Liner Foods
Mike Coates
ROM Trustee
Executive Chairman, Rubicon Strategy Inc.
Robert D. Cooper
ROM Trustee
Senior Executive Strategist, Business Solutions Consulting
Rita Shelton Deverell
ROM Trustee
Gervon Fearon
ROM Trustee
President, George Brown College
Mitch Gascoyne
ROM Trustee
Partner and Senior Vice President, Development, CentreCourt
Meric Gertler
ROM Trustee
Ex-officio, President, University of Toronto
Doug Gibson
ROM Trustee
Matthew Gibson
ROM Trustee
Senior Vice-President and National Sector Lead, Energy + Industrials, Hill + Knowlton Strategies
Stacey Jack
ROM Trustee
Hanoz Kapadia
ROM Trustee
Managing Partner, Kapadia & Associates
Anna Kennedy
ROM Trustee
Ex-officio, Governing Council, University of Toronto
Jaclyn Seidman
ROM Trustee
Partner, Goodmans LLP
Virginia Van Vliet
ROM Trustee
ROM Executive Leadership Team oversees all aspects of Museum work, from collections management to finances to visitor services. They ensure that the ROM is managed according to the Museum's mission and objectives, Board policy and the accepted standards of the larger museum community.
Josh Basseches
Board Director (Ex-Officio)
Director & CEO, Royal Ontario Museum
Joe Aschaiek
Deputy Director & Chief Financial Officer
Susan Fruchter
Deputy Director for Museum Operations & Chief Operating Officer
Valerie Huaco
Deputy Director, Collections & Research and Chief Innovation Officer
Jennifer Wild
Deputy Director, Engagement
Manuelita Cherizard
Chief Human Resources Officer
Alexis Easton
Chief Public Affairs Officer & Board Secretary
David C. Evans
Co-Chief Curator, Natural History; James and Louise Temerty Endowed Chair of Vertebrate Fossils
Brian McCrady
Chief Facilities Officer, Capital Development & Facilities
Shyam Oberoi
Chief Digital Officer
Leela Outcalt
Chief of Collections Care
Chen Shen
Co-Chief Curator, Art and Culture; Senior Curator, China
Sally Tindal
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
ROM Governors Executive Leadership
ROM Board of Governors is a federally incorporated private sector Board, responsible for the ROM’s long-term financial health and for the growth and management of its financial assets (endowments, capital and flow-through funds).
Charitable registration number: 136282126RR0001
Janice Price
ROM Governors
President and CEO
Steven Presser
ROM Governors
Executive Vice President, Philanthropy
Sandy Wilson
ROM Governors
Executive Vice President, Operations
Caitlin Coull
ROM Governors
Vice President, Communications
ROM Governors
The ROM Board of Governors is a federally incorporated private sector Board, responsible for ROM’s long-term financial health and for the growth and management of its financial assets (endowments, capital and flow-through funds).
Charitable registration number: 136282126RR0001
Jeff Willner
Board Director
Owner and CEO, Navigatr Group
Stephen W Bowman
Board Director
Vice Chair and Managing Partner, People and Talent Bennett Jones
Patricia L Olasker
Board Director
Partner, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Isabel Alves Vettoretto
Board Director
Vice President, Finance, MARANT Construction Limited
Daniel N Argiros
Board Director
President & Chief Executive Officer, Conundrum Capital Corporation
Salvatore (Sal) M. Badali
Board Director (Ex-Officio), ROM Honorary Governors, Chair
Partner, Odgers Berndston
Josh Basseches
Board Director (Ex-Officio)
Director & CEO, Royal Ontario Museum
Suresh Pal Singh Bhalla
Board Director
Retired Senior Financial Executive
John Bianchini
Board Director
Chairman & CEO, Hatch Ltd.
Mary Anne Bueschkens
Board Director
Corporate Director, Algoma Steel
Sarah Bull
Board Director
Partner & Portfolio Manager, KJ Harrison Investors
Helen Burstyn
Board Director
Co-founder & Principal, Burstyn Inc.
Robert Chant
Board Director (Ex-Officio) Chair, ROM Board of Trustees
Senior Advisor, StrategyCorp Inc.
W Robert Farquharson
Board Director
Vice-Chairman Emeritus, AGF Management Ltd.
David Fleck
Board Director
Principal, First Avenue Investment Counsel
Angelita Graham
Board Director
Partner, Toronto Office Leader, Mercer Canada
Linda Hasenfratz
Board Director
Executive Chair of the Board, Linamar Corporation
Barbara Hennick
Board Director
President, The Hennick Family Foundation
Jennifer Ivey Bannock
Board Director
Director, IVEY Foundation
Christopher W Jamroz
Board Director
Executive Chairman of the Board & CEO, Roadrunner Transportation Systems and Ascent Global Logistics
Robert A Keilty
Board Director
Executive Chairman, HUB International Ontario
Harry Lebovic
Board Director
Chief Executive Officer, Lebovic Enterprises Limited
Michael Lee Chin
Board Director
Chairman, Portland Holdings
Salim Manji
Board Director
President, Barney River
Geof Marshall
Board Director
SVP, Head of Fixed Income & Lead – Private Markets, CI Global Asset Management
D. Jim Mirkopoulos
Board Director
Vice President, Cinespace Film Studios
Dan Mishra
Board Director
Chairman, 4thWave
Robert E Pierce
Board Director
Senior Principal, CI Private Wealth
Robert H Pitfield
Board Director
Chair of the Board, TravelEdge Group
Jamie Porter
Board Director
Executive Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer, Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.
Jordan Sarick
Board Director
President, Samuel Sarick Limited and Eastwood Developments
Cathy Spoel
Board Director
Retired Board Member, Ontario Energy Board
R Browning Watt
Board Director
In Association, Mills & Mills LLP
Richard S Wernham
Board Director
Chairman, Soutterham Group
Honorary Governors
Honorary Governors are a select group of dedicated volunteers with extensive records of service and support of the Museum. They advance the objectives of the Royal Ontario Museum acting as important advocates and ambassadors for the Museum’s mission and program.
Charitable registration number: 136282126RR0001
Salvatore (Sal) M. Badali
Board Director (Ex-Officio), ROM Honorary Governors, Chair
Partner, Odgers Berndston
Brenda McCutcheon
ROM Honorary Governors
Vice Chair
Harriet Walker
ROM Honorary Governors
Vice Chair President, Harriet Walker & Associates
Shreyas Ajmera
ROM Honorary Governors
President, Seenergy Foods Ltd.
Rudolph (Rudy) Bratty
ROM Honorary Governors
Senior Partner, Bratty and Partners LLP
Bonnie Brooks
ROM Honorary Governors
Former Chair, ROM Board of Trustees; former Vice Chair and CEO, HBC
Tye W. Burt
ROM Honorary Governors
Jack Cockwell
ROM Honorary Governors
Group Chairman, Brookfield Asset Management Inc
Michael E. Detlefsen
ROM Honorary Governors
Managing Director, Pomegranate Capital Advisors Inc.
Martha Durdin
ROM Honorary Governors
Former President & CEO, Canadian Credit Union Association (CCUA)
Patricia Harris
ROM Honorary Governors
Gwen Harvey
ROM Honorary Governors
Founder and President, BridgeWater Family Wealth Services
Martha J. Hogarth
ROM Honorary Governors
Henry N. R. Jackman
ROM Honorary Governors
Chairman, Hal Jackman Foundation
Thomas E. Kierans
ROM Honorary Governors
Donald R. Lindsay
ROM Honorary Governors
Former Chairman, Emerging Markets Advisors Inc.
Anne Y. Lindsey
ROM Honorary Governors
Elsie Lo
ROM Honorary Governors
Susanne Loewen
ROM Honorary Governors
Stephens B. Lowden
ROM Honorary Governors
Liz Mitchell
ROM Honorary Governors
Dixie-Anne Montgomery
ROM Honorary Governors
Ellen J. Moore
ROM Honorary Governors
Retired CEO & President of Chubb Insurance Company of Canada
Frank Potter
ROM Honorary Governors
Former Chairman, Emerging Markets Advisors Inc.
Jean M. Read
ROM Honorary Governors
Chair, Currelly Legacy Society
Wendy Rebanks
ROM Honorary Governors
Director, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation
Nita Reed
ROM Honorary Governors
Don Reed
ROM Honorary Governors
Donald M. Ross
ROM Honorary Governors
Francis Shen
ROM Honorary Governors
President, Shen Capital Corporation
Stephen Smith
ROM Honorary Governors
Executive Chairman & Co-Founder, First National Financial Corporation
James C. Temerty
ROM Honorary Governors
Chairman / President, Temerty Foundation
Louise Temerty
ROM Honorary Governors
Director, Temerty Foundation
Lynton R. Wilson
ROM Honorary Governors
Alfred G. Wirth
ROM Honorary Governors
President, HNW Management Inc.
Honorary Trustees
Honorary Trustee is a title conferred upon previous Board of Trustee members who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to ROM and who continue to support the Museum’s purpose.
| Ella (Yeti) Agnew Hon. Mohammad Al Zaibak Elyse Allan Maurice F. Anderson Salvatore (Sal) M. Badali Lawrence S. Bloomberg Stephen W. Bowman Gerald E. Boyce Sally Brenzel Martin Brodigan Bonnie Brooks, C.M. Danuta Buczynski* Donald R. Brown, Q.C. Ann Cameron Janet Carding Neera Chopra Francis Chou Allen B. Clarke Jack Cockwell, C.M. Susan E. Crocker David De Abreu Rita Shelton Deverell, C.M. Alicia Dubois Ann Dumyn Martha Durdin Hon. Nicole Eaton Andrew Faas Lloyd S. Fogler Robert T. Gillespie* Ron Graham Hamlin Grange Paul Haggis Eve Hampson Patricia Harris Martha J. Hogarth Deanna Horton Rodger E. Inglis Christopher W. Jamroz Peter S. Janson Maureen Jensen Thomas E. Kierans, O.C. Won Kim Bronwyn Krog Stanley P. Kwan Sandra D. Lawrence Michael A. Levine Anne Y. Lindsey Elsie Lo | Susanne Loewen Stephens B. Lowden Leila J. MacKenzie Ian Madell Bahadur Madhani Mme. A. Martin Brenda J. McCutcheon Elizabeth McLuhan John McNeill Alan C. Middleton Barbara Milstein David Mirvish Liz Mitchell Dixie Anne Montgomery Kevin Morris Hari Panday Jack Petch Marilyn L. Pilkington John F. Prato Edison J. Quick Joan R. Randall Jean M. Read Wendy Rebanks Flavia C. Redelmeier* Nita Reed Julie Rekai Rickerd Elaine Roper Dr. Colin F. Saldanha Warren S. Seyffert Ray Sharma Alan Smith Keith Spence Barbara Stymiest William Thorsell Atul Tiwari Sara Vered Frederic Waks Harriet Walker Richard S. Wernham Reginald Wheeler Carol Wilding Tim Wilson David J. Winfield Judith Wolfson |
*Deceased