campaign & project leadership

Frank McKenna
Deputy Chair, TD Bank Financial Group
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Frank McKenna was appointed Deputy Chair of TD Bank Financial Group on May 1, 2006. He is responsible for supporting the Bank in its customer acquisition strategy, particularly in the area of Wholesale and Commercial Banking.

Frank has held numerous leadership positions in both the public and private sector. For a decade (1987-1997) he was Premier of New Brunswick, having earned three consecutive majority governments, including the historic victory in 1987 of all 58 seats in the legislature. The McKenna government significantly improved the province's standard of living and quality of life. Among its accomplishments, it balanced budgets, pioneered e-government services, attracted innovative industry clusters and improved educational outcomes. Frank also played a central role on the national stage, where among other initiatives, became a lead advocate for the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement.

Prime Minister Martin nominated Frank as Canadian Ambassador to the United States of America in 2005, where he was charged to navigate contentious bilateral issues related to trade and security. In 2006, Frank resigned this position upon change of national government.

In the private sector, Frank is in wide demand as a corporate director. Currently he is the Chairman of Brookfield Asset Management and is on the board of Canadian Natural Resources. He has also been Chairman of the Board of CanWest Global and served on the Boards of Noranda, Shoppers Drug Mart and General Motors.

Frank is a graduate of St. Francis Xavier University as well as Queen's University, where he completed his post-graduate degree in political science and the University of New Brunswick Law School. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2008 and is the recipient of eight honourary doctorates.

Frank and his wife Julie have three grown children and seven grandchildren.

Richard J. G. Boxer
President, Buckingham Capital Corporation

Richard Boxer is President of Buckingham Capital Corporation, a Toronto based business which provides capital and advice to early stage Canadian businesses. Mr Boxer is on the board of many organizations in both the public and private sectors and is also involved as a board member in three not-for-profit organizations. He was one of the founders of the Toronto Public Library Foundation and has had a long-time involvement with both the Toronto Public Library and the Foundation.

Wendy Cecil
President, Brookmoor Enterprises Ltd.

Wendy M. Cecil is President of Brookmoor Enterprises Ltd., Chancellor of Victoria University in the University of Toronto, Chair of the Governors' Council of St. Michael's Hospital, and an Associate Senior Fellow of Massey College as well as being active in a number of other community organizations.

In 2005 she received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Toronto. She is past Chair of the University of Toronto Governing Council, past Chair of Branksome Hall School, and a founding member and past Chair of the St. Michael's Hospital Foundation Board. She has also been a long serving Board Member of St. Michael's Hospital (Vice Chair), the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Chair), The Royal Ontario Museum, The Canadian Opera Company, The Canadian Stage Company, The Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation, The Olympic Trust of Canada, The YMCA of Metro Toronto and The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, among other organizations.

Lawson A.W. Hunter
Counsel, Stikeman Elliott LLP

Lawson Hunter is one of Canada's pre-eminent regulatory and government relations counsel, drawing on a wide range of experience in business, government and private practice. Formerly Canada's senior civil servant in charge of competition policy and enforcement, Mr. Hunter was primarily responsible for the drafting of the federal Competition Act. From 1993 to 2003 he was a Partner of Stikeman Elliott and head of the firm's Competition Group. From 2003 to 2008 he served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Corporate Officer of Bell Canada and BCE Inc., where he was responsible for over-seeing regulatory, governmental relations and corporate affairs. In September 2008, he rejoined the Ottawa office of Stikeman Elliott as Counsel.

William W. "Bill" Linton
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Rogers Communications Inc

Bill Linton was appointed Chief Financial Officer, of Rogers Communications Inc. in 2006, a position he assumed after Rogers acquired Call-Net Enterprises Inc., of which Mr. Linton was President and Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Linton has garnered extensive experience in the technology and communications sectors over the span of his career. As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Prior Data Services, Inc., Mr. Linton managed the sale of the company to X-wave Solutions. At SHL Systemhouse Inc., Mr. Linton served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, prior to which, for sixteen years, he rose through increasingly senior roles at Rogers Wireless and Rogers Cable, serving as Chief Financial Officer for both organizations. Mr. Linton also serves as the Chairman of Softchoice Corporation, a leading North American technology VAR.

Mr. Linton has a bachelor of commerce degree from St. Mary's University and is a fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.