The C.D. Howe Institute is governed by its Board of Directors, which is composed of leaders from business and the not-for-profit sector. The Board meets twice per year, in the spring and the fall. The Board has three main responsibilities: to approve the strategic direction of the Institute’s policy work, to ensure that the Institute’s commitments to independence and quality are upheld, and to ensure that the Institute’s management runs the organization efficiently and prudently, making the best possible use of donations and member and subscriber contributions.

Chair, Hugh L. MacKinnon
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bennett Jones LLP
Vice-Chair, Blake C. Goldring, C.M., M.S.M., CD
Executive Chairman, AGF Management Ltd.
Vice-Chair, Aaron Regent, FCPA, FCA
Chairman and CEO, Magris Performance Materials Inc.; Chairman of the Board, Scotiabank
CEO, William B.P. Robson
Chief Executive OfficerDirectors

Éric Bédard
Managing Partner, Québec, Fasken
Scott Burns
Chairman & CEO, BURNCO Group of Companies
Heather Chalmers
President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Canada
Bert Clark
President and Chief Executive Officer, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario
Brad W. Corson
Chairman, President & CEO, Imperial Oil Limited
Hélène Desmarais, C.M.
Chairman & CEO, IVADO Labs
Laura Dottori-Attanasio
President, Element Fleet Management Corp.
Rick Ekstein
President and CEO, Phaze 3 Management
Heather Evans
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Tax Foundation