Management Team
Chief Officers
Hugh Mitchell
President
President
Reg Ash
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Directors & Managers
Tara Santagapita
Director of Corporate Services
Director of Corporate Services
Heather Blackwell
Director of Agriculture & Urban Affairs
Director of Agriculture & Urban Affairs
Greg Blanchard
Director of Marketing & Communications
Director of Marketing & Communications
Rob Lumsden
Director of Raceway & Grandstand
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 |
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|
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 |
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|
Ann Straatman, Board of Governors Chair |
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| 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 |
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2020 Senate
The Senate acts as advisors to the Board on matters that affect the overall well-being and future of the Association.
| Joe Dales, Chair | |
|
Michelle Campbell |
Jan Delaney |
| Bill Grieve | Denny Lang |
|
Ken Levy |
Al Marr |
| Don McCallum | Karl Nevin |
| John White | Gary Williams |
| Tim Kelly |
