Board of Governors biographies 2025-2026

Murray G

Murray Gamble

Chair of the Board of Governors

Teresa Fortney

Teresa Fortney

Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors

Jagdeep Singh Bachher

Chancellor

Vivek Goel

Vivek Goel

President and Vice-Chancellor

Nasser

Nasser Mohieddin Abukhdeir

Faculty

Aubrey Basdeo

Community-at-Large

Jordan Bauman

Undergraduate Student

Catherine Boivie

Community-at-Large

Linda B

Linda Blair

Community-at-Large

David Borcsok

Community-at-Large

Laura Deakin

Laura Deakin

Faculty

Nancy H

Nancy Heide

Staff

Andre H

Andre Hladio

Lieutenant Governor in Council

Picture of Achim Kempf

Achim Kempf

Faculty

Bilal K

Bilal Khan

Community-at-Large

Matthew Klassen

Community-at-Large

Brian Lipskie

Community-at-Large

Dorothy McCabe

Dorothy McCabe

Mayor - City of Waterloo

Ex-Officio Governor

Steve Mennill

Community-at-Large

Damian Mikhail

Undergraduate Student

Terry Mundell

Lieutenant Governor in Council

Patricia O'Malley

Community-at-Large

Sahezad Pardhan

Lieutenant Governor in Council

Nicholas Pellegrino

Graduate Student

David P

David Porreca

Faculty

Tracy Primeau

Community-at-Large

Neil Randall

Faculty

Karen Redman

Karen Redman

Regional Chair

Ex-Officio Governor

Meray Sadek

Graduate Student

Rida Sayed

Undergraduate Student

James Skidmore

Faculty

Berry Vrbanovic

Berry Vrbanovic

Mayor - City of Kitchener

Ex-Officio Governor

Dan Weber

Dan Weber

Lieutenant Governor in Council

Stan Woo

Faculty

Jennisha W

Jennisha Wilson

Staff