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

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Nasser Mohieddin Abukhdeir

Faculty

Aubrey Basdeo

Community-at-Large

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Jordan Bauman

Undergraduate Student

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Catherine Boivie

Community-at-Large

Linda B

Linda Blair

Community-at-Large

David Borcsok

Lieutenant Governor in Council

Laura Deakin

Faculty

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Nancy Heide

Staff

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Andre Hladio

Lieutenant Governor in Council

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Achim Kempf

Faculty

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Bilal Khan

Community-at-Large

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Matthew Klassen

Lieutenant Governor in Council

Brian Lipskie

Community-at-Large

Dorothy McCabe

Dorothy McCabe

Mayor - City of Waterloo

Ex-Officio Governor

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Steve Mennill

Community-at-Large

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Damian Mikhail

Undergraduate Student

Terry Mundell

Lieutenant Governor in Council

Patricia O'Malley

Community-at-Large

Sahezad Pardhan

Lieutenant Governor in Council

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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

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Rida Sayed

Undergraduate Student

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James Skidmore

Faculty

Berry Vrbanovic

Berry Vrbanovic

Mayor - City of Kitchener

Ex-Officio Governor

Dan Weber

Dan Weber

Lieutenant Governor in Council

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Stan Woo

Faculty

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Jennisha Wilson

Staff