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2009-2010 Board of Trustees

United Way of Winnipeg's Board of Trustees consists of thirty individuals, representing the interests of the community first and foremost.

The board meets six to eight times a year including four quarterly meetings, two planning meetings and one to two other information sharing opportunities.

The Board of Trustees directs United Way of Winnipeg's operations and affairs including:

  • all policy decisions, development and allocation of resource, appointment of officers, standing committee chairs and deputy chairs (immediately following the annual meeting each year), and board task group chairs and deputy chairs
  • appointment of the President
  • identification of key organizational and community issues, the vision, long-term goals, and organizational objectives which will drive the development of annual and long-term plans
  • review and approval of long-term and annual organizational plans, financial plans, and budgets, review and approval of policies governing operations, and oversight of the implementation of annual and long-term plans

Executive Committee

Chair - Allan Fineblit
The Law Society of Manitoba

Chairperson-Elect & Senior Chairperson
Elizabeth Marr

Greystone Managed Investments Inc.

Vice-Chair Technology
Ramon G Ayre

Mirage Consulting Ltd.

Vice-Chair Finance & Administration
Réal Cloutier

Deer Lodge Centre

Vice-Chair, ResourceDevelopment
Douglas E. Finkbeiner, Q.C.

Taylor McCaffrey LLP

Vice-Chair Marketing & Communications
Trevor Buhnai

Canad Inns

Vice-Chair Community Investment
Richard Irish

Investors Group (One Canada Centre)

2009 Campaign Chair
Jeffrey Zabudsky

Red River College

Chair, Urban Exchange
Regina Ramos-Urbano

Manitoba Advanced Education & Literacy

Honorary Solicitor
Herbert J. Peters

Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP

Past Chair
Jackie Lowe

National Leasing

Secretary
Susan Lewis

United Way of Winnipeg

Members

Harvey Bostrom

Kingsley N. Bowles

Markus Chambers

Lindy J. R. Choy

Anna Fontaine

Heather G. Grant-Jury

Michael Krebs*

Stefan K. Kristjanson

Sam Pellettieri

Tanis L. Petreny

Christine Pierre

Bruce Popham

Robert J Reimer

Noralou Preston Roos

Colin E. Ryan

Pat Solman

Ayn Wilcox

Randy Williams

Cathy Woods*