Genome Canada’s Board of Directors is comprised of up to 16 individuals, drawn from the academic, private and public sector communities. The presidents of five major federal research agencies —the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the National Research Council Canada, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada — are ex officio advisors to the Board of Directors.

The Board has established a number of committees to help it discharge its duties, including an Executive Committee, Audit and Investment Committee and a Governance, Election and Compensation Committee.

The Board of Directors has also established a Science and Industry Advisory Committee that provides strategic and visionary advice and expertise on an integrated strategy for research and development in the areas of genomics and proteomics in Canada.

On a regular basis, the Board of Directors evaluates its effectiveness in fulfilling its roles and responsibilities. The process assists the Board of Directors in determining what is working well, and identifying areas for improvement. Evaluation tools have included questionnaires and comprehensive governance reviews.

Board of Directors

C. Thomas Caskey, (Chair of the Board of Directors of Genome Canada)
Director and Chief Executive Officer
The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX

Prabhat D. (Pete) Desai, (Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of Genome Canada)
President
Desai & Desai Inc
Calgary, AB

Heather Davis
Executive Director
Pfizer Global R&D, Vaccines Research, Site Head, Ottawa Laboratories
Ottawa, ON

Sylvie Dillard
Past President
Conseil de la science et de la technologie
Quebec City, Quebec

René Douville
Montreal, QC

Daniel Gagnier
Chairman
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Rawdon, QC

Peter Harder
Senior Policy Advisor
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
Ottawa, ON

Yvan Hardy
Panel member at International Resource Panel for
Sustainable Resource Management
Ottawa, ON

Lorne Hepworth
President
CropLife Canada
Ottawa, ON

Eric M. Meslin
Founding Director, Indiana University Center for Bioethics
Associate Dean for Bioethics
Professor of Medicine, Medical and Molecular Genetics,
Public Health and Philosophy
Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN

Pierre Meulien
President and CEO
Genome Canada
Ottawa, ON

Robert Orr
Chairman
Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd
Dartmouth, NS

Stephen W. Scherer
Senior Scientist
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, ON

George Weinstock
Associate Director
The Genome Center
St. Louis, MO
USA

Ex-officio Advisors

Alain Beaudet
President
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Ottawa, ON

Suzanne Fortier
President
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Ottawa, ON

Chad Gaffield
President
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Ottawa, ON

John R. McDougall
President
National Research Council
Ottawa, ON

Gilles G. Patry
President and CEO
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Ottawa, ON