Board of Directors

John Chisholm (Chairman)
SB Partners LLP - CEO and Partner

SB Partners is a full-service financial services firm and trusted resource for assurance/advisory services, tax minimization, valuations, estate and succession planning, SRED tax credits, U.S. tax services, mergers and acquisitions.

Mark Gregory (Past Chair)
Locomotion Public Relations & Communications Ltd. - Managing Partner

From the right strategy to the best channels, LocomotionPR provides communications and marketing expertise to high performance organizations including leading utilities, universities, cities, regional governments and healthcare providers.

Mayor Rick Goldring
City of Burlington 

Rick has been a member of the City and Regional Council since 2006 and became Mayor on December 1, 2010. A lifelong Burlington resident, Rick is passionate about his community and has extensive experience in the financial sector.

Councillor Jack Dennison
City of Burlington

Jack has represented Burlington at the local and regional levels since 1994. As the owner of Cedar Springs Health Racquet and Sportsclub, Jack offers insight and a balanced approach to economic development in Burlington.

Michael Desnoyers
Etratech Inc. - President & CEO

With over 500 employees worldwide and annual sales approaching $50 million, Etratech is a group of companies that specialize in the engineering and manufacturing of advanced electronic controls for the automotive, appliance, HVAC, and RV/Marine sectors.

Angela Jaques
VMware - Director, Global Support Services

VMware is a global leader in Business Infrastructure Virtualization, and delivers proven solutions from the desktop, through the datacenter, and to "the cloud".

Cheryl L. Jensen
Mohawk College - Vice-President, Technology, Apprenticeship & Corporate Training

Mohawk College continues to be a leader in co-operative education in Canada. As a main supplier of skilled labourers in the community, Mohawk is critical in sustaining economic development.

Brad Lambert
RBC Financial Group - Regional Vice President, Real Estate Markets, Ontario
Head, Commercial Mortgage Orientation - Canada

Responsible for the overall management of RBC Royal Bank's construction and real estate banking business in Ontario, which includes the residential and multi-residential, industrial, commercial office and hospitality sectors, as well as the construction and real estate services markets.

Dan Lawrie
Dan Lawrie Insurance Ltd. - President & CEO

Dan Lawrie Insurance provides a complete range of personal/corporate insurance and related financial services solutions. With over 85 employees, the firm is ranked in the top 5% of brokerages in Canada.

Pat McKay
L-3 Wescam Communications - Director of Finance

L3 Wescam Communications is a prime contractor in C3ISR (Command, Control,Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) systems, aircraft modernization and maintenance services.

P.K. (Phil) Nanavati
Martel Commercial Realty Inc., Brokerage - President & Broker of Record

Martel Commercial Realty’s sales force of 10 professionals serve the Burlington business community in all areas of commercial real estate. The watchwords of Martel are Relationships, Innovation and Real Estate Profits.

James Peters
Hadrian Manufacturing Inc. - President

Hadrian Manufacturing Inc. is a worldwide supplier of quality commercial washroom partition and locker products. Working closely with the design and distribution communities, Hadrian has developed leading edge design and project management software for use with its products.

Councillor Paul Sharman
City of Burlington

Paul Sharman is Burlington’s Ward 5, City and Regional Councillor. He is a professional accountant and has a successful career as a consultant and as President and CEO of one of the largest professional US based associations of accountants in the world.

Gerry Smallegange
Burlington Hydro Electric Inc. - President & CEO

Burlington Hydro, the home of GridSmartCity™, delivers reliable electricity and conservation programs to homes and businesses in Burlington.

Ruta Stauskas
Boehringer Ingelheim Canada Ltd. - Vice President, Human Resources

Boehringer Ingelheim is a worldwide operating affiliated group of companies with 41, 534 employees and two main business areas: Human Pharmaceuticals and Animal Health.

Louise St-Pierre
Cogeco Cable Canada LP - Senior Vice-President, Residential Services

As the second largest cable system operator in Ontario, Cogeco Cable Canada builds on its cable distribution base, offering Analogue and Digital Television, High Speed Internet and Telephone Services.

Paul Subject
STANMECH Technologies Inc. - President

Operating across Canada, STANMECH Technologies specializes in innovative, customer-focused engineering solutions that increase profits, advance processes, improve efficiency, save energy, reduce reject rates, and provide their customers with spectacular results.

Ronald J. Weston
Feltmate Delibato Heagle LLP - Partner

Feltmate Delibato Heagle consists of a team of innovative legal experts who cover wide-ranging areas of practice. With over twenty years’ experience, Ron specializes in corporate, commercial and real estate law.

Alfred N. Zeuner
AXYZ Automation Inc. - President

AXYZ is a highly integrated global company manufacturing, selling and servicing computerized industrial machinery, specifically CNC router tables.  Sales are conducted from thirteen locations based in Canada, USA, UK, Poland, and India.

Steve Zorbas
City of Burlington - Acting General Manager of Development & Infrastructure 

Steve has held a number of senior executive management positions in the municipal world, including overseeing the development of corporate budgets ranging in size from $175 million to $500 million.