While many brides-to-be are focused on wedding cakes and flowers, Sarah Murphy and her fiancé Jeff Howard looked beyond themselves, to the common good, as they planned their September 2008 wedding. They decided to offer guests the opportunity to give back to the community instead of giving wedding gifts to them. Read more...

About

Board Members

Board of Directors and Officers of Hamilton Community Foundation
2011-2012


The Board of Directors of Hamilton Community Foundation consists of 20 members who serve a term of four years and who are appointed by an external Nominating Committee consisting of:

Chair

Dr. Gary Warner, CM

former Director, Arts & Science Program, McMaster University (retired)

Past Chair

Dr. Lindsey George

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University

Vice-Chair

Dr. Justin Cooper
President Emeritus, Redeemer University College

Treasurer

Sarah Murphy, CIM

Investment Advisor and Portfolio Manager, CIBC Wood Gundy

Strategic Advisor

Paul Gibel, FCA

Partner, Grant Thornton

Directors

Dr. Jane Aronson

Director, School of Social Work, McMaster University

Graham Browne

Vice President, Human Resources and General Administration, ArcelorMittal Dofasco

Robert D. Crockford

Chairman, Valley City Manufacturing

Dr. Patrick Deane
President & Vice Chancellor, McMaster University

Brent Foreman
Partner, Evans Philp LLP

Jeremy Freiburger

Executive Director/Founder, Imperial Cotton Centre for the Arts

Eric Girt, MOM, PESM, B.A.(Hons)

Deputy Chief of Police, Hamilton Police Service

Matthew Green

President & CEO, Integrated Active Living Inc.

Geoff Hogarth

Director of Marketing, Pioneer Energy LP

Cheryl Jensen
Vice President, Academic, Mohawk College

Paul Lee-Chin
Investment Advisor, Mentorship Wealth Management, Manulife Securities Incorporated

Ruth Liebersbach, BA, FCMA, C.Dir

Director of Finance and Administration, McMaster Innovation Park

P.J. Mercanti
President, Carmen’s Inc.

Demetrius Tsafaridis

President, CareGo Holdings Inc

Marita Zaffiro, R.Ph., BScPhm, MBA

President & CEO, Marchese Health Care

 

Co-Chairs, Youth Advisory Council (ex-officio):

Erin Jansen

Melisa Okanovic


President & CEO/Secretary of the Board

Terry Cooke