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.
Brian Astl
Vice Chair, ROM Board of Trustees
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
James Cowan
ROM Trustee
Vice Chair, Global Private Markets, Northleaf
Rita Shelton Deverell, CM
ROM Trustee
Senior Fellow, Massey College
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
Andrew MacLeod
ROM Trustee
President & CEO, Postmedia
Louise Moore
ROM Board of Trustees
Principal, Canton Advisory Services
Jaclyn Seidman
ROM Trustee
Partner, Goodmans LLP
Karen Tam
ROM Trustee
Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary, Choice Hotels Canada
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
Yoke Chung
Deputy Director, 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
Sandy Wilson
ROM Governors
Chief Operations and Financial Officer
Caitlin Coull
ROM Governors
Vice President, Communications
Jennifer Green
ROM Governors
Vice President, Corporate, Marketing and Signature Events
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 Chair
Owner and CEO, Navigatr Group
Stephen W. Bowman
Vice Chair
Vice Chair and Managing Partner, People and Talent Bennett Jones
Patricia L. Olasker
Vice Chair
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, CM
Board Director
Co-founder & Principal, Burstyn Inc.
W. Robert Farquharson
Board Director
Vice-Chairman Emeritus, AGF Management Ltd.
David Fleck
Board Director
Principal, First Avenue Investment Counsel
Leslie Gales
Board Director
President and Chief Investment Officer, Midland Group of Companies
Angelita Graham
Board Director
Partner, Toronto Office Leader, Mercer Canada
Linda Hasenfratz, CM
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
Robert A. Keilty
Board Director
Executive Chairman, HUB International Ontario
Harry Lebovic
Board Director
Chief Executive Officer, Lebovic Enterprises Limited
Michael Lee-Chin, OOnt
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
George Mavroudis
Board Director
FCPA, FCA, CFP, President & Chief Executive Officer
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, KC
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, KC ROM Honorary Governors Senior Partner, Bratty and Partners LLP | Bonnie Brooks, CM ROM Honorary Governors Former Chair, ROM Board of Trustees; former Vice Chair and CEO, HBC |
| Tye W. Burt ROM Honorary Governors | Jack Cockwell, CM 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 | Hon. Henry N. R. Jackman ROM Honorary Governors Chairman, Hal Jackman Foundation |
| Thomas E. Kierans, OC 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, OC 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, CM 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, CM Danuta Buczynski* Donald R. Brown, QC Ann Cameron Janet Carding Neera Chopra Francis Chou Allen B. Clarke Jack Cockwell, CM Susan E. Crocker David De Abreu Rita Shelton Deverell, CM 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, OC 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