The McMichael Canadian Art Collection’s Board of Trustees and the McMichael Canadian Art Foundation are both governed by members who bring a wide range of skills and experience to the McMichael.
McMichael Board of Trustees
Noreen Taylor, Chair
Patrick Gossage, Vice-Chair
Lori Abittan
Upkar Arora
Jamie Cameron
Steven Diener
Joyce Frustaglio
Neil Harris
Mark Hilson
Michael Johnston
Paul Ladouceur
Diana MacKay
Don McCutchan
Richard Self
Betty Steinhauer
Anne Wright
Wenda Yenson
Ex-officio Members:
Tom Smart, Executive Director & CEO
McMichael Canadian Art Foundation Board
Directors
Michael W. Johnston, Chairman
Robert C. Dowsett, Secretary
Tom Smart, President
Edwin F. Hawken, Treasurer
H. Michael Burns
David Grace
Joseph McArthur
George McLean
Noreen Taylor
Anthony Webb
Staff
Peter Ross, Director of Development
Rebecca Couch, Manager, Special Projects and Board Services
Governing Members
Esther Farlinger
Rev. Edward J.R. Jackman
Hon. Henry N.R. Jackman
McMichael Senior Staff
Tom Smart, Executive Director and CEO
Mary Benvenuto, Director of Finance and Human Resources
Peter Ross, Director of Development
Alexander Meadu, Director of Operations
Scott McDonald, Director of Education and Programs
Collection Services
Janine Butler, Registrar
Alison Douglas, Conservator
Chris Finn, Assistant Curator
Sharona Adamowicz-Clements, Assistant Curator, Collections
The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is an agency of her Majesty, an operational enterprise agency of the Government of Ontario. The governing legislation is the McMichael Canadian Art Collection Act, R.S.O. 1990, C.M. 4 as amended from time to time. The affairs of the corporation are under the control of the Board of Trustees appointed according to the Act. The Board reports to the legislature through the Minister of Culture.
