Vineland operates within a governance framework reflecting our status as a not-for-profit corporation. Our Board of Directors, a diverse mix of leaders drawn from Canada’s private sector, is provided advice from two councils including the Innovation Advisory Council and the Stakeholder Advisory Council.

The Innovation Advisory Council is made up of leading Canadian and international experts in horticulture and innovation. The Stakeholder Advisory Council includes provincial and national horticulture sector representatives.
 

Innovation Advisory Council Members Stakeholder Advisory Council

Ian Potter, PhD, Chair
President & CEO and Board Director,
Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

May Chang
Board Chair, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Joe Dales
Founder, RH Accelerator

Tony DiGiovanni
Board Vice Chair, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Jolon Dyer
Director, Science
New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research 

Rale Gjuric
Founder and Manager, Haplotech

John Groenewegen, PhD
Board Director, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

George Kantor, PhD
Senior Systems Scientist of the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

Valérie Mialon
Global Sensory Director, MMR Research Worldwide Inc.

Glen Price
Board Director, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Sandra Schillo, PhD
Associate Professor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa

Nadina Galle, PhD
Ecological Engineer, National Geographic Explorer, and fellow at MIT’s Senseable City Lab,

Bob Chapman
Chief Scientific Officer for Dosecann LD Inc.

Joseph Lake
VP Applied Technology & Innovation, McCain Foods

Laurie Schramm
Co-founder and past Board Chair of Innoventures Canada Inc. (since re-branded as CAITRO) and co-founder of Canada’s Innovation School®

Government Observers
Sergio Paulo
Director, Harrow, London & Ontario, Development & Technology, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada’s Harrow Research & Development Centre

Douglas Reddick
Director, Research and Innovation
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness

Liz Stokes Bajcar, Chair
Board Director, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Kristin Ego MacPhail
Board Director, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Jamie Aalbers
Grower’s Manager, Canadian Nursery Landscape Association

Rodney Beirhuizen
President, National Association Flowers Canada Growers

May Chang
Board Chair, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Ian Potter, PhD
President & CEO and Board Director,
Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Rob Enns
Owner, P.G. Enns Farm
Secretary/Treasurer, Wine Growers Ontario

Rose Gage
Vice-Chair, Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario

Marco Hoogenboom
Owner, Hoogenboom Farms
Board Member, Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers

John Laughlin
Chief Technology Officer, NGen Manufacturing Canada

Sarah Marshall
Manager, Ontario Tender Fruit Growers

Mike Mauti
Board Member, Canadian Produce Marketing Association

Cathy McKay
Chair, Ontario Apple Growers

Joann Chechalk
Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association

Joe Salemi
Executive Director, Landscape Ontario

Jan VanderHout
President, Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada

Government Observers
Sergio Paulo
Director, Harrow, London & Ontario, Development & Technology, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada’s Harrow Research & Development Centre

Douglas Reddick
Director, Research and Innovation
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness

 

 

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