Ontario Chamber of Commerce Announces New Members to its Board of Directors

(Toronto – May 4, 2022) – Today, Rocco Rossi, President & CEO, Ontario Chamber of Commerce, released the following statement announcing new members to the Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s (OCC) Board of Directors.

“We are absolutely thrilled to welcome new members to the Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors,” said Rocco Rossi, President and CEO, Ontario Chamber of Commerce. “Our sincere thanks to those retiring members and welcome those returning to the Board. We look forward to working with the new Chair, Don Ludlow of the Royal Bank of Canada.”

The OCC extends a warm welcome to our newly elected Board Members:

• Gervan Fearon, George Brown College
• Marilyn Horrick, Desjardins
• Melissa Hardy-Giles, ORIGIN
• Tammy Giroux, GM Canada
• Bill Stewart, 1000 Islands Gananoque Chamber of Commerce
• Luigi Ciciretto, BDO Canada LLP
• Brenda Whitehead, Port Hope & District Chamber of Commerce

“Thank you to our now Past Chair, Nathan Lawrence, Dominion Lending Centres Mortgage Excellence, and Retired Past Chair, Murad Bhimani, MNP LLP, for their contributions to the OCC,” added Rossi.

The OCC extends our appreciation to our other retiring Board Members: 

• Tracy Nutt, ServiceMaster Sudbury & Build North Construction
• Lucy Casacia, WSP Canada
• Rory Ring, Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce
• Shakiba Shayani, Guelph Chamber of Commerce
• Wendy Parsons, General Manager, Leamington District Chamber of Commerce

The OCC is grateful for our returning Board Members:

• Joaquim Ballès, Trudell Medical Limited
• Ilda Dinis, Northbridge Financial Corporation
• Farah Jivraj, Biogen Canada
• Hélène Lavictoire, Medavie
• Sahezad Pardhan, Cadillac Fairview
• Nadia Theodore, Maple Leaf Foods
• Kevin Wyer, Marriott Hotels
• Tabatha Bull, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
• Bilal Khan, Snowflake Canada
• Michael Klubal, KPMG
• Cathy Lennon, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
• Aliya Ramji, McCarthy Tétrault
• John Tory, Dexterra
• Vasudha Seth, ArcelorMittal Dofasco
• Sueling Ching, Ottawa Board of Trade

To learn more about the OCC’s 2022-23 Board of Directors, please visit our website: https://occ.ca/governance/

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About the Ontario Chamber of Commerce
For more than a century, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) has been the independent, non-partisan, indispensable partner of Ontario business. The OCC’s mission is to support economic growth in Ontario by defending business priorities at Queen’s Park on behalf of its network’s diverse 60,000 members.

For more information, please contact:
Michelle Eaton
Vice President, Public Affairs
michelleeaton@occ.ca| Mobile: (647) 261-4594