Management & Governance

Management Team

Chief Officers

Hugh Mitchell
Chief Executive Officer

Reg Ash
Chief Administrative Officer

Mike Woods
Chief Operating Officer

Directors & Managers

Heather Blackwell
Director of Agriculture

Michelle Scott
Director of Human Resources

Greg Blanchard
Director of Racing

Cheryl Curtis
Director of Sales & Customer Experience

Scott McLachlan
Director of Finance

Rob Lumsden
Director of Facility Management

Karey Mitchell
Food & Beverage General Manager (Spectra)

Tara Nash
Sports Centre Business Manager

Governance

2017-2018 Governors

The authoritative governing body of the Association.

Chair	Joe Dales
Vice Chair	Ann Straatman
	Dave Little	David Ross
	Dianne McComb	Janet Carr
	Joanne Vanderheyden	Dan McCallum
	John Finan	Scott Courtice
	Tom Cowan
City Representative	Councillor Josh Morgan
Past Chair	Tim Kelly
Programming Council President	Tom Baker

2017-2018 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.

President	Tom Baker
Vice President	Mary Anne Zwambag
	Carrie Fraleigh de Schutter
	Patricia Graham
	Melissa Johnson
	Stacy King
	Betty Ann MacKinnon
	Rhonda Persichilli
	Sharon Peters
	Brian Slaughter
	Eric Thomson
	Warren Hoy
City Representatives	Councillor Virginia Ridley
	Councillor Mohamed Salih
Middlesex County	Warden Marigay Wilkins (as of December 2017)
	Councillor Brian Ropp
Board of Governors, Chair	Joe Dales