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 (Revised Oct. 23, 2019)

2020 Governors

The authoritative governing body of the Association.

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

2020 Programming Council

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
Brian Slaughter, Vice President
Ann Straatman, Board of Governors Chair
Tom Baker	Carrie Fraleigh de Schutter
Patricia Graham	Betty Ann MacKinnon
Rhonda Persichilli	Councillor Arielle Kayabaga
Councillor Mohamed Salih	Eric Thomson
Warden Cathy Burghardt-Jesson	Angie Wilson
County Councillor Alison Warwick	Sharon Peters
Jim Wilson