Sentences with phrase «vice chairman emeritus»

Bert Thornton, the vice chairman emeritus of Waffle House Inc., is one of those gorillas: He joined the company as a manager trainee and helped it become an iconic restaurant chain, retiring as its president and chief operations officer.

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The new appointees join the following existing board members: • Gordon Nixon (Chair), former CEO, RBC • The Hon. John Manley (Vice Chair), President and CEO, Canadian Council of Chief Executives • Elyse Allan, CEO, GE Canada and Vice-President, GE • Elaine Campbell, Past President, AstraZeneca Canada • Derek Evans, President, CEO and Director, Pengrowth Energy Corporation • Richard W. Ivey, Chairman, Ivest Properties Limited • Geoffrey Matus, President, Mandukwe Inc. • Michael McCain, President and CEO, Maple Leaf Foods Inc. • Meric Gertler, President, University of Toronto • Calvin Stiller, Professor Emeritus, University of Western Ontario, and health executive • Ilse Treurnicht, CEO, MaRS Discovery District

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Gerrit L. Lansing **, Chairman Emeritus; Suydam R. Lansing, Honorary Chair; Patterson Sims, Chairman; Melville Straus, Barbara Toll, Vice Chairs; Jean Minskoff Grant, President; James Cohan, Ann Schaffer, Vice Presidents; Jeffrey Bishop; Jill Brienza; Christo & Jeanne - Claude **; Ann Cook; Susan Coote; Maxine Frankel, Trustee Emerita; Carol Goldberg, Trustee Emerita; Hunter C. Gray; Marilyn Greene; Agnes Gund, Trustee Emerita; Jo Carole Lauder; Caral G. Lebworth **, Trustee Emerita; Laure Lim; Vik Muniz; Mel Schaffer; Susan Sollins *, Executive Director Emerita; Nina Castelli Sundell *, Trustee Emerita; Sarina Tang; Virginia Wright, Trustee Emerita; Ken Tyburski, Ex-Officio Trustee Chair, ICI independents; Kate Fowle, Executive Director

The honorary and distinguished members of the Burton Awards Board of Directors include the following leaders in law: Former Chief Judge Richard Posner, 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals; Judge Alex Kozinski, 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals; U.S. Senator John Cornyn; U.S. Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr.; U.S. Senator Mike Crapo; U.S. Senator Michael F. Bennet; Supreme Court Justice Carol Corrigan of California; Yabo Lin, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP; Jane Sullivan Roberts, Partner, Major, Lindsey & Africa; Lisa Rickard, President, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform; Elissa Lichtenstein, Director, Public Services Division, American Bar Association; Thomas L. Sager, Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP; Les Parrette, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Compliance Officer, Novelis Inc.; James M. Rishwain, Jr., Chairman of Emeritus, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP; Betty Whelchel, Head of Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, BNP Paribas SA; and Stephen R. Mysliwiec, Partner, DLA Piper LLP (US).

Rogers, CEO, Stewart McKelvey Montreal: Yves Fortier, chairman emeritus, Ogilvy Renault LLP Toronto: Clay Horner, partner, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Toronto: Paul Copeland, human rights lawyer and former Law Society of Upper Canada bencher Ottawa: Eugene Meehan, partner, Lang Michener LLP and former Canadian Bar Association president Edmonton: Anne McLellan, former attorney general of Canada, now counsel with Bennett Jones LLP and special faculty member at University of Alberta In - house counsel: Melissa Kennedy, general counsel, corporate secretary, and senior vice president corporate affairs, Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan Legal academia: Ian Holloway, dean, University of Western Ontario law school Internal