Management & Governance

Management Team

Chief Officers

Hugh Mitchell
President

Reg Ash
Chief Executive Officer

Mike Woods
Chief Operating Officer

Directors & Managers

Tara Santagapita
Director of Corporate Services

Heather Blackwell
Director of Agriculture & Urban Affairs

Greg Blanchard
Director of Marketing & Communications

Cheryl Curtis
Director of Sales & Agriplex Operations

Rob Lumsden
Director of Raceway & Grandstand

Governance

2018-2019 Governors

The authoritative governing body of the Association.

Chair	Joe Dales
Vice Chair	Ann Straatman
	David Ross
	Dave Little	Diane McComb
	John Finan	Bill Boyce
	John Leitch	Peter Whatmore
City Representative	Councillor Josh Morgan
Past Chair	Tim Kelly
Second Past Chair	Don McCallum
Programming Council President	Mary Anne Zwambag

2018-2019 Programming Council (Revised Dec. 14, 2018)

The Programming Council is an advisory committee of the Board. The Programming Council shall be responsible for advising the Board on all matters relating to programming for the Annual Fair and all Association owned and operated shows.

Mary Anne Zwambag, President
Carrie Fraleigh de Schutter, Vice President
Agriculture	Melissa Johnson	Brian Slaughter
	Betty Anne MacKinnon
Community	Eric Thomson	Stacy King
	Rhonda Persichilli	Patricia Graham
At Large	Tom Baker	Warren Hoy
	Sharon Peters
City Representatives	Councillor Arielle Kayabaga	Councillor Mo Salih
Middlesex County	Kurtis Smith	County Rep Brian Ropp
Board of Governors, Chair	Joe Dales