Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors play a key role in the Chamber. They advise, govern, oversee policy and direction, as well as provide leadership. They are our champions in the community.

Officers

Vice Chair of the Board

Hon. Joanne Bernard

Easter Seals Nova Scotia
Past Chair of the Board

Chris Cowper-Smith

Mable Health and Cedar Point Solutions
Chair of the Board

Ann Divine

Ashanti Leadership

Donna Harding

Engel & Völkers

Kimberly Stephens

High Liner Foods

Caroline Wolfe Stewart

Nova Scotia College of Nursing

Directors

Dr. Denise Daley

Nasore Personalized Wellness

Ifeanyi Emesih

My East Coast Experience Media Group Inc.

Nancy Foran

ESG Partners

Captain (N) Annick Fortin

Maritime Forces Atlantic

Martina Kelades

Life Out Loud - Mental Health Consulting

Wade Keller

Labatt Brewing

John Legatto

O'Regan's Automotive Group

Melissa Mbeba

Delectable Desserts

Nadia Middleton

Middleton Group

Mahmoud Mirmehrabi

SolidStatePharma

Heath Moore

Grant Thornton

Mohammad Ali Raza

Cox & Palmer

Katherine Risley

KBRS & Meridia Recruitment Solutions
President & CEO

Patrick Sullivan

Halifax Chamber of Commerce

Paul Way

TD Private Wealth

Wyatt White

The Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq

Governors

Past Chair of the Board, 2022-2023

Faten Alshazly

WeUsThem
Past Chair of the Board, 2015-2016

Robert Batherson

Trampoline Branding
Past Chair of the Board, 2013-2014

Andrew Boswell

Rimot Io Inc.
Past Chair of the Board, 2019-2020

Margaret Chapman

Narrative Research
Past Chair of the Board, 2018-2019

Cynthia Dorrington

Vale & Associates Human Resource Management
Past Chair of the Board, 2014-2015

Francis Fares

Fares Inc.
Past Chair of the Board, 2010-2011

Jeff Forbes

Knightsbridge Robertson Surrette
Past Chair of the Board, 2017-2018

Mark Fraser

440Park
Past Chair of the Board, 2012-2013

Paula Gallagher

Deloitte
Past Chair of the Board, 2020-2021

Gavin MacDonald

Cox & Palmer
Past Chair of the Board, 2016-2017

Carol MacMillan

The Shaw Group
Past Chair of the Board, 2011-2012

Ian Penny

Commercial Banking, CIBC
Past Chair of the Board, 2009-2010

Bruce Russell

McInnes Cooper
Past Chair of the Board, 2021-2022

Mark Sidebottom

Nova Scotia Power

Nominations

Interested in becoming a Board Member?

The official call for Board nomination is open from November 1 to November 30 each year. However, the Nominating Committee welcomes expressions of interest throughout the year. Please send your expression of Board interest to Kassinda Tolliver, Executive Assistant to the President and CEO.