Message from the Chair

Executive Committee

Senior staff compensation sub-committee Strategic Planning Committee (SPC)

Board of Trustees committees

Capital Infrastructure Committee (CIC) Financial Planning, Investment and HR Committee (FPIHRC)

Pension sub-committee

Audit Committee Governance/ Nominating Committee (GNC)

Governance at Brock University

The University was incorporated in 1964 through The Brock University Act (the Act), a Statute of the Province of Ontario. The University is governed by the Act and its bylaws (the Bylaws). The Act provides that except as otherwise specifically assigned to the Senate, the government, conduct, management and control of the University’s property and the conduct of its business and affairs is vested in the Board of Trustees (the Board). The Senate is responsible for the education policy of the University. This bicameral system of governance, consisting of two governing bodies – the Board and the Senate – is shown below.

The bicameral system of governance

Board of Trustees Ex officio members Senate

Standing committees and ad hoc or special committees

Standing committees and ad hoc or special committees

2014-15 Board of Trustees

The Board consists of 32 members, including 21 community members elected by the Board, as well as three Brock students, three faculty members and three staff members elected by their respective constituencies. The Chancellor and the President and Vice-Chancellor are ex officio members of the Board.

Board of Trustee members

• Harish Aggarwal (student member – SPC) • David Blackmore (lay member – CIC & FPIHRC) • Joshua Bowslaugh (student member – CIC) • Jeffrey Cairns (committee vice-chair – CIC; lay member – GNC) • Allan Cole (lay member – FPIHRC and SPC) • Gary Comerford (lay member – Audit Committee and CIC) • Mario De Divitiis (lay member – Audit Committee and GNC) • Aurora Di Fruscia (committee vice-chair – Audit Committee; lay member – CIC) • Nick DiPietro (Chair – FPIHRC; lay member – SPC) • Glen Fell (lay member – Audit Committee and SPC) • Kristine Freudenthaler (Chair – CIC; lay member – SPC) • Gloria Gallagher (staff member – CIC) • Ned Goodman (Chancellor) • Dennis Hewko (Chair-Audit Committee; lay member – SPC) • Carolyn Hurst (Chair – SPC; lay member – CIC) • Jack Lightstone (President and Vice-Chancellor) • Kelly Lockwood (faculty member – CIC) • Marco Marrone (lay member – CIC and FPIHRC) • Laura Menechella (lay member – CIC and SPC) • Beverley Morden (lay member – FPIHRC and GNC) • Philip Nardangeli (staff member – SPC) • Joseph Robertson (Past Board Chair; Chair – GNC) • Deborah Rosati (lay member – Audit Committee and SPC) • Mike Sawyer (staff member – Executive Committee) • Hugo Sorensen (committee vice-chair – SPC, lay member – FPIHRC) • Leanne Standryk (committee vice-chair – FPIHRC; lay member – GNC) • John Suk (Chair of the Board) • Susan Sydor (faculty member – Executive Committee) • Mary-Louise Vanderlee (faculty member – SPC) • Noel Vijeyakumar (student member – Executive Committee) • Robin Williams (lay member – Audit Committee and GNC) • Lawrence Zimmering (lay member – FPIHRC and SPC)