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, Chair
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Louise Moore, Vice Chair
Principal, Canton Advisory Services -
Brian Astl
President, Lind Equipment Ltd. -
Jennifer Bell
Vice President, Communications for High Liner Foods -
Mike Coates
Executive Chairman, Rubicon Strategy Inc. -
Robert D. Cooper
Senior Executive Strategist, Business Solutions Consulting - Rita Shelton Deverell, C.M.
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Mitch Gascoyne
Partner and Senior Vice President, Development, CentreCourt -
Meric Gertler
Ex-officio, President, University of Toronto -
Doug Gibson -
Matthew Gibson
Senior Vice-President and National Sector Lead, Energy + Industrials, Hill + Knowlton Strategies -
Stacey Jack -
Hanoz Kapadia
Managing Partner, Kapadia & Associates -
Anna Kennedy
Ex-officio, Governing Council, University of Toronto -
Jaclyn Seidman
Partner, Goodmans LLP - Virginia Van Vliet
ROM Executive Leadership Team
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.
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Josh Basseches
Director & CEO -
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 Evans
Co-Chief Curator, Natural History -
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 & Culture -
Sally Tindal
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
ROM Governors Executive Leadership Team
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Janice Price
President and CEO -
Steven Presser
Executive Vice President, Philanthropy -
Sandy Wilson
Executive Vice President, Operations -
Caitlin Coull
Vice President, Communications
ROM Governors
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).
Honorary Governors
Heritage Governors are a select group of senior 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 programs.
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
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