Daniel Doz - current board member

Dean, Faculty of Communication & Design; Prof. of Image Arts Ryerson University Formerly: Head, Division of Architecture & Art, Norwich University (Vermont) 2001-05 Assoc. Prof. of Architecture, Ball State University (Indiana), 1996-01
Ed. Doc in Theatrical and Cinematographic Studies, Univ of Paris (1985); Dipl. Architect (1985)

Therese Gaudry - current board member

TGV & Assoc (mgt consultant to public and not-for-profit corporations);
Formerly: Pres, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Foundation 2000-01; Exec Director Jules and Paul Émile Léger Foundation 1995-99; Pres. Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation 1992-94 (VP 1988-92)
Other: VP French Ctee City of Toronto 2002-09; Consultative Ctee Member MBA Program in Phi-lanthropy York University 1994-03; Co-Founder, Pres. Prof Assn of Philanthropic Execs 1988-09
Ed.: MBA University of Quebec at Montreal, M.Phil University of London (UK), BA History Con-cordia University

Hon John Godfrey - current board member

Headmaster Toronto French School 2008-09, MP 1993-08, Minister of state for Infrastructure and Communities 2004-06, Parliamentary Secretary to Minister Resp. for la Francophonie, Chair National Children’s Agenda Caucus Ctee; Chair Standing Ctee on Children and Youth at Risk; Prof French History and Modern European History (17 years) Dalhousie University (Halifax); Editor The Financial Post
Other: Ed. D.Phil and M.Phil Modern French History, Oxford University; UPPER Canada College for secondary
Publications: ‘The Canada We Want: Competing Visions for the New Millennium’ co-author

Hon. Bill Graham - current board member

Former MP Toronto-Centre-Rosedale (1993 to 2007), Min of Foreign Affairs 2002-04) Min of National Defence 2004-06) Leader of the Official Opposition 2006 Interim Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada 2006
Currently : Chancellor Trinity College, Univ. of Toronto 2007-09; Chair, Atlantic Council of Canada; Co-Vice Chair Canadian International Council; Hon. L.Col. Governor General’s Horse Guards (2008)

Eric Jennings - current board member

Director of Graduate studies and Associate Professor of History, UofT
Ed.: PhD French History, Univ of Calif Berekely, 1998
Other: author books and articles in French and on French colonial history; board of editors of several historical societiesl; dual citizen: France-Canada

Hon. Robert Kaplan - new board member

Lawyer Davies Ward & Beck
Formerly: MP (25 years - 1968-93), retired 1993
Other: VP Alliance Française, represented Canada at the General Assembly of the UN
Ed: LLB Un of Ottawa
Other: Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur

Akshara Kothari - new board member

Akshara Kothari is a Business Analyst in the Toronto office of SECOR Consulting, a Montreal-based management consulting firm. Prior to joining SECOR, she worked with Travelex Worldwide, a multi-national foreign exchange company, and Barclays Global Investors. Akshara completed a year at the Grande École ESSEC in Paris before graduating as a Beta Gamma Sigma scholar from the School of Business at Queen’s University, where she acted as Co-Chair of the Equality Issues Committee.

Education: Queen’s School of Business (Kingston), Grande École ESSEC (Paris)
Previously: Travelex Worldwide (Toronto); Barclays Global Investors (Toronto)
Other: Instructor, Junior Achievement (Toronto); Co-Chair, Equality Issues Committee (Kingston);
Teaching Assistant, Queen’s School of Business (Kingston)

Gail Lord - current board member

President, Lord Cultural Resources Planning & Management Inc., 1981–09 (to present); specializ-ing in Management Consulting, Facilities Plan-ning, Exhibition Development, Heritage Site Man-agement
Formerly: was with the Information Branch, Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages, 1980–81; Instructor, Art History and Multi–disciplinary Studies, Ryerson University, Toronto, 1970–75; Art Critic and Feature Writer for the Toronto Star, 1964–69; Commentator on weekly CBC national broadcast, The Arts in Review, 1968–70 Contributor to Chatelaine, Toronto Telegram, Toronto Calendar, and other publications Authored publications include The Manual of Museum Management, The Manual of Museum Exhibitions
Ed: Graduate Studies, History, U of T 1968–70; Hon. B.A. History, U of T 1968

Deni Martin - CA Treasurer

Corporate controller Desgrippes Gobe Group 2001-09, International branding and design agency.
Formerly: Senior Audit Mgr BDO Dunwoody, LLP CA’s 1995-99
Other: Bd Mbr Etobicoke Municipal Employees’ Credit Union,
Ed : B.Comm, UofToronto.

Gordon McIvor*** - current board member

VP Strategic Acquisitions, Public and Government Affairs, Cda Lands Company, 1995-09
Formerly: VP, Public Affairs, CN Real Estate, 1988-95
Other Boards: Pointe-à-Callière Archeology Museum, Montréal; Vision TV (Board of Directors), Communications and Public Relations Foundation (National Board of Directors)
Previous Boards: Bd Mbr, President Le français pour l’avenir/French for the Future***,, Canadian Unity Council (Board of Governors)

Paul Perron - former VP and Brd Mbr

Former Principal University College, U of T
Author: 30 books
Formerly: professor (semiotics), head Dept French Studies UofT
Ed: Doctorate French Studies, Un of Bordeaux early education in Manitoba and B.C.
Boards: Board Mbr Alliance Française (2001-04), Mbr Standing Ctee on Policy & Planning and Standing Ctee on Nominations--Ontario Council of Ontario Universities
Other: Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Legion d’Honneur; Officer Ordre des Palmes Académiques (for services to French culture)

Donald Rumball - new board member

Born in South Africa in 1941, Donald Rumball has lived in the U.K and Canada since 1963. In 1962, he obtained his B.A. at Witwatersrand University, majoring in Mathematics, French and Economics. In 1966, he became a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (F.I.A.) in London.

He left the actuarial profession in 1972 to become a journalist for the Financial Post, where he rose to become Business Editor, winning numerous prizes and awards for his writing. In 1981, he started Canada’s first national magazine for entrepreneurs, The Magazine That’s All About Small Business (now called Profit), leading it through its growth pangs to become both widely respected and profitable by the time he left in 1987. He has since contributed to several major newspapers and magazines. Since 1975, he has been a regular commentator on business and economics for Radio Canada and the French channel of TV Ontario.

Since 1981, he has concentrated primarily on entrepreneurs. He has published three books – The Entrepreneurial Edge (1988), Peter Munk: The making of a Modern Tycoon (1996 and 1997) and The University Club of Toronto: Its Life, Its Times (2009); he has completed two other manuscripts – a biography of Sándor Demján, a highly successful Hungarian entrepreneur who succeeded under both communism and capitalism (to be published in 2010) and a biography of Frank Stronach, Chairman and Founder of Magna International, which was not published.

During 1991-93, he ran a national network of entrepreneurs (the National Entrepreneurship Development Institute), sponsored by the federal government, and played a major role in creating a comparable network in Ontario (the Innovators Alliance). He has consulted to the publishing industry and to clients of the Industrial Research Assistance Program, on strategy, marketing and financing. He has also designed seminar programs for new entrepreneurs for the Business Development Bank of Canada.

He was Entrepreneur-in-residence at the Centre for Entrepreneurship in the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Toronto (1993-95) and Executive-in-residence at Ryerson University (1995-97). He was named a Fellow of Ryerson in 1990. He has served on the boards of the Canadian Council of Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the International Council for Small Business. He has researched and written numerous studies (in both official languages) on entrepreneurs for the federal and Ontario governments, especially those committed to rapid growth. He also led a research program at the University of Toronto on entrepreneurship in the arts and cultural sector. He designed the intellectual content for the Toronto Stock Exchange’s Visitor Centre (Stock Market Place), including a video on the history of money and several games illuminating the role of the stock market in the economy.

He is Past President of the University Club of Toronto and York Cricket Club, as well as Pleiades Theatre and is currently the President of Théâtre français de Toronto. He has also served on a number of volunteer boards, including the Alliance Française de Toronto and the Lycée Français de Toronto.

Francine Watkins - current board member

Pres. Francine Watkins Translation Services Inc, 1999-09; Prof. Translation, Glendon College
Formerly: Director Communications & Information Services Metro Toronto 1997-99; Director Translation and Interpretation Metro Toronto 1991-99; Asst Regional Director - Official Languages Ontario Region of Dep’t of Secretary Of State 1989-91
Ed: DEUG Certificat de maîtrise d’anglais 1972-73 and DEUG d’études françaises, University of Strasbourg
Other: Pres Parent-Teacher Assn of Gabrielle-Roy (2 yrs), Mbr-founder Council of French Schools of Metro Toronto, Bd Mbr French Canadian Assn of Ontario, Mbr of French Ctee of City of Toronto

***French for the Future – French for the Future is a national not-for-profit organization committed to shaping tomorrow's leaders by supporting and motivating high school students to live and learn in French.

Their French-language programs highlight the social and career advantages of bilingualism and forge linguistic and cultural links among secondary school students enrolled in French courses across the country.