Community Effort
The bid is supported by ten staff, governed by a bid committee, and guided by a vision, mission and guiding principles. Bid Committee members lead Advisory Committees in the following areas:
- Community engagement and communications
- Theme
- Sponsorship
- Aboriginal Community
- Government relations
Advisory Committee members, who answered a January 2009 call for volunteers, come from a wide range of backgrounds.
Bid Committee
Tony Franceschini, Chair Margaret Bateman George Brookman Jane Batty Sine Chadi Simon Farbrother Randy Ferguson |
Karen Leibovici Al Maurer Ashif Mawji Dave Mowat Gerry Protti Rohit Sharma |
Brian Hahn Don Hickey Ruth Kelly Nancy Southern Dave Ward Bill Werry |
Advisory Committees
Community Engagement & Communications
Jane Batty, Chair Traci Bednard John Chomiak Laurie de Grace Hafsa Goma Ron Gilbertson Jon Hall Pat Hutchison |
Dan Mason Maureen McCaw Steve Nixon Michael Phair Bob Steadward Miriam Trottier Debra Ward Renee Worrell |
Matt Jeneroux Yasmin Jivraj Michael Kroll Chris LaBossiere Ted LeLacheur Nancy Lyzaniwski Mack Male Shahid Malik |
Theme
Randy Ferguson, Chair Giuseppe Albi Vi Becker Nadir Bellahmer Myles Chykerda Bob Gaetz Len Gierach |
Curtis Gillespie Shafraaz Kaba Bernie Kollman John Mahon Alexis Pepin Klaas Rodenburg Chelsea Rogerson |
Martin Salloum Sam Singh Geo Takach Glen Vanstone Karen Wichuk Dick Wong |
Sponsorship
Ruth Kelly, Chair Ken Cantor Chris Curtola Doug Goss |
Wendy Kinsella Trish Macdonald Shawn McMillan Richard Skermer |
Gail Stepanik-Keber Imran Thaver Richard Wong Henry Yip |
Aboriginal Community
Dave Ward, Chair Helen Calahasen Robb Campre Angela Ferguson |
Elena Jacobs MJ Moses Rose Mueller Louise Hayes |
Debbie Houle Sherryl Sewepagaham Lori Sokoluk Richard Mirasty |
Government Relations
Margaret Bateman, Chair | Tony Franceschini | Karen Wichuk |