IPIC 2012-2013 Council


Roseann Caldwell
Bennett Jones LLP
President


Mark Eisen
Mark B. Eisen, LLB

Past President


Jeffrey Astle
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.

Vice-President


David Schwartz
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh

Secretary


Peter Wilcox
Belmore Neidrauer LLP

Treasurer


Daphne Maravei
Ridout & Maybee LLP

Councillor


Louis Martineau
Lespérance & Martineau S.E.N.C

Councillor


Tracey Mosley
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP 

Councillor


Stephen Perry
Perry + Currier Inc.

Councillor


The members of Council (IPIC’s board of directors) are elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The Council is composed of nine members: the immediate past president, four officers and four councillors.

Every member of Council, except for the past president, is elected for a term of one year. However, IPIC has adopted a practice which, subject to the vote by the members at the AGM, provides for continuity by allowing councillors to serve on Council for two years with two new members being elected each year.

After being absent from Council for at least a year, a former councillor may be invited by the Nominating Committee to become the treasurer. This person makes a five year commitment: after being treasurer, he or she normally becomes secretary then vice-president, president and finally, past president.

The Nominating Committee is composed of the president, the two immediate past presidents, and an associate member. The Nominating Committee considers, among others, the names of IPIC members who, on their committee application form, have expressed an interest in serving on Council. The
Nominating Committee also takes into consideration volunteer involvement by members as well as the requirement of maintaining a representative Council.

 

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