Board of Directors

The RWB Board of Directors determines the road map that guides and inspires the organization.

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Royal Winnipeg Ballet John Osler Image

John Osler

Chair

Royal Winnipeg Ballet Trudy Schroeder, O.M. Image

Trudy Schroeder, O.M.

Member

Royal Winnipeg Ballet Tara Snider Image

Tara Snider

Member

Royal Winnipeg Ballet Rick Singh, MD, CCFP, FRCP(C) Image

Rick Singh, MD, CCFP, FRCP(C)

Member

Royal Winnipeg Ballet Dr. Ernest Cholakis Image

Dr. Ernest Cholakis

Vice-Chair

Royal Winnipeg Ballet Don Leitch Image

Don Leitch

Past Chair

Royal Winnipeg Ballet Jason Gorchynski, B.Comm, CPA Image

Jason Gorchynski, B.Comm, CPA

Chair, Audit and Finance Committee

Royal Winnipeg Ballet Wayne Mackelson, MBA, B.Comm Image

Wayne Mackelson, MBA, B.Comm

Vice-Chair, Audit and Finance Committee

Royal Winnipeg Ballet Dwight MacAulay, CVO Image

Dwight MacAulay, CVO

Member

Royal Winnipeg Ballet Rebecca Parkinson Image

Rebecca Parkinson

School Committee Chair

Royal Winnipeg Ballet Beverly Davies Image

Beverly Davies

Member

Royal Winnipeg Ballet Dr. Natalie Richardson Image

Dr. Natalie Richardson

Member

Royal Winnipeg Ballet Maureen Kinnear Image

Maureen Kinnear

Member

Royal Winnipeg Ballet Dr. Lorraine Yau Image

Dr. Lorraine Yau

School Committee, Vice-Chair

People of the RWB

Jean Giguère, C.M., Chair Emeritus

Kathleen Richardson, Honourary Chair (in memoriam)

Sheldon Bowles, Dee Buchwald, James Cohen, O.M., Jane Emslie, Ashleigh Everett, Susan Glass, C.M., Richard Kroft, C.M., Don Leitch, The Honourable Otto Lang, O.C,. Peter J. Macdonald, Marilyn Marshall, Jennifer Moncrieff, Stuart Murray, O.M., Kevin Regan, Arni Thorsteinson, O.M., Terrence Wright, Q.C.

1939 – 1943…………………………………………………………..Gweneth Lloyd, O.C.
1943 – 1944……………………………………………………………………..Mrs. C.S. Riley
1944 – 1945……………………………………………………………….Mrs. W.H. Collum
1945 – 1947……………………………………………………..Mrs. Harold D. Barbour
1947 – 1949…………………………………………………………………….Dr. H.S. Gillson
1949 – 1951………………………………………………………..Mrs. Douglas Edmond
1951 – 1953……………………………………………………………………..John A. Russell
1953 – 1956…………………………………………………………………………Robert Kipp
1956 – 1957……………………………………………………………………..F.N. McKenzie
1957 – 1961………………………………Miss Kathleen Richardson, C.C., O.M.
1961 – 1962……………………………………………………………………………….J.G. Scott
1962 – 1965…………………………………………………………………Dennis H. Carter
1965 – 1967………………………………………………………….Sol Kanee, C.C., O.M.
1967 – 1970…………………………………………………………Mr. Justice R.J. Matas
1970 – 1973…………………………………………………………….Peter J. Macdonald
1973 – 1975………………………………………………………………….John W. Graham
1975 – 1977…………………………………………………………….Richard Kroft, C.M.
1977 – 1980………………………………………………………………………..John Condra
1980 – 1982……………………………………………………………………Dr. Leon Rubin
1982 – 1984………………………………………………………..Mrs. Lynne Axworthy
1984 – 1986……………………………………………………………Mrs. Louise Soubry
1986 – 1988…………………………………………………………Joseph J. Wilder, K.C.
1988 – 1989………………………………………………………………….Arthur Pearson
1989 – 1991………………………………………………………………………..Rod Zimmer
1991 – 1992………………………………………………………………………..Diane Wolch
1992 – 1993……………………………………………………………..John F. Fraser, O.C.
1993 – 1995…………………………………………………………….W. Terrance Wright
1995 – 1998…………………………………………………………….Susan J. Glass, C.M.
1998 – 2000……………………………………………………………………Sandra Foster
2000 – 2001……………………………………………Justice Deborah McCawley
2001 – 2005…………………………………………………………….Jean Giguère, C.M.
2005 – 2007………………………………………………………….James Cohen, O.M.
2007 – 2008……………………………………………………………Jean Giguère, C.M.
2008 – 2010…………………………………………………………………Charlene Rocke
2010 – 2011………………………………………………………………Dr. Glenn Feltham
2011 – 2012………………………………………………………………Martin Thibodeau
2012 – 2017…………………………………………………………………………..David Reid
2017 – 2023………………………………………………………………………….Don Leitch