As a corporation without share capital, the GTAA has Members rather than shareholders. The Members of the GTAA are also its Directors. The GTAA is governed by a 15-member Board of Directors. Directors serve a term of three years and are eligible to be re-appointed subject to a maximum limit of nine years. Seven Directors are appointed by the Board on a cyclical basis from a pool of candidates identified in a search process provided that at least three of these appointments are candidates who have been nominated by the Named Community Nominators comprised of The Board of Trade of the City of Brampton, The Board of Trade of the City of Mississauga, The Toronto Board of Trade, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. The Board appoints five Directors from municipal candidates. Each of the regional municipalities of York, Halton, Peel and Durham, and the City of Toronto are entitled to provide, on a rotating basis, the names of three candidates. The Board appoints one of the three candidates for each available position as a Director. In addition, the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario are entitled to appoint two Directors and one Director respectively.
Current Members
Marilynne E. Day-Linton, Chair of the Board
Marilynne Day-Linton has served on the GTAA’s Board of Directors since May 2004. She was appointed to a two-year term as Chair effective January 1, 2009. Ms. Day-Linton has a business background having held senior management positions with Signature Vacations, the Gemini Group and Wardair International.
Named Community Member (Nominated by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario)
W. Douglas Armstrong
Douglas Armstrong is a retired executive and serves as a Board Member for a number of professional and community service committees.
Federal Member
Patrick S. Brigham
Patrick Brigham is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Brigham Holdings Inc. and is a Director of several Boards.
Community Member
Scott R. Cole
Scott Cole is President of Cole Engineering Group Ltd., a civil engineering company with over 60 professional and technical staff providing services in the municipal engineering, transportation and waste/wastewater areas to regions, municipalities and the private development industry.
Municipal Member (York Region)
Paul W. Currie
Paul Currie is a Chartered Accountant and the Managing Partner of Currie & Co. He is a seasoned executive with senior officer and director level commercial experience in North America, Europe and Asia.
Named Community Member (Nominated by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario)
Shaun C. Francis
Shaun Francis is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Medcan Health Management Inc.
Federal Member
Stephen J. Griggs
Stephen Griggs is Executive Director of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance and Chairman and Partner of Investeco Capital Corp.
Municipal Member (Peel Region)
Brian P. Herner
Brian Herner is a Senior Corporate Advisor, Founder and Past President and CEO of BIOREM Technologies Inc., a leading supplier of biofilters for air pollution control with over 600 installations world-wide for control of odour and chemical emissions.
Municipal Member (Halton Region)
Vijay J. Kanwar
Vijay Kanwar is currently the President and Chief Financial Officer of K.M.H. Cardiology and Diagnostic Centres Inc., North America’s largest provider of nuclear cardiology services.
Provincial Member
Norman B. Loberg
Norman Loberg is a retired Enbridge Inc. senior executive, Chairman of the Credit Valley Board of Directors, past Chairman of Tourism Toronto and a director of several public and private sector boards.
Community Member
Terry F. Nord
Terry Nord is a senior advisor to start-up cargo airlines in Asia (China and Indonesia) and to aircraft leasing companies on aircraft purchase lease contracts. He has held various senior executive positions with DHL Express (Brussels, Belgium), FedEx Express (Memphis, Tennessee), Air Canada, Altius Corporation and Canadian Airlines International.
Community Member
Poonam Puri
Poonam Puri is an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University and Co-Director of the Hennick Centre for Business and Law. She is one of Canada's leading experts on corporate law, securities regulation, corporate governance and corporate and white-collar crime.
Municipal Member (City of Toronto)
Richard M. Soberman
Richard Soberman is an Associate of Trimap Communications Inc., and former Chair of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto. He is a transportation specialist.
Named Community Member (Nominated by the Toronto Board of Trade & the Professional Engineers of Ontario)
Danielle M. Waters
Danielle Waters is the Principle of Waters Edge Consulting and has senior operational and management experience in the travel industry.
Community Member
Lawrence D. Worrall
Lawrence Worrall is currently a Director of several boards, including Magna International Incorporation and PIC Group Holdings Limited.
Municipal Member (Durham Region)
