The Board of Directors is the principal source of policy and political direction for the Association, and its major decision making body. The Board manages the affairs of the Association and reports to the general membership each year at the Annual General Meeting.

Each District School Board Member in good standing is entitled to appoint at least one Director to the OPSBA Board of Directors. Each District School Board that is a Member and which has a pupil enrolment of more than five per cent of the total enrolment of all Member Boards is entitled to appoint an additional Trustee from that District School Board to the Board of Directors. Each District School Board that is a Member and which has a pupil enrolment of more than fifteen percent of the total enrolment of all Member Boards is entitled to appoint a further additional Trustee from that District School Board to the Board of Directors.

School Authorities elect one Director at the Annual General Meeting to represent their interests on the OPSBA Board of Directors.

Treatment Centre School Authorities elect one Director to represent their interest on the OPSBA Board of Directors.

The Indigenous Trustees’ Council elects one Member to represent their interests on the OPSBA Board of Directors.

The Past President is appointed to the Board of Directors for a one year term. The President, First and Second Vice-Presidents and Regional Chairs, who are elected at the Annual General Meeting, also serve on the Board of Directors.

Members

As of December 2022

Michelle Aarts
Enrolment Representative
Toronto District School Board

Cathy Abraham
President
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Kate Baggott
Central West
District School Board of Niagara

Julia Burgess
Western
Greater Essex County District School Board

Emma Cunningham
Central East
Durham District School Board

Donna Danielli
Regional Chair, Central West
Halton District School Board

Alexis Dawson
Central East
Toronto District School Board

Kim Dougherty
Eastern
Renfrew County District School Board

Jack Fletcher
Western
Lambton Kent District School Board

Michael Graham
Northern (West)
Rainy River District School Board

Jeanne Gray
Central West
Halton District School Board

David Green
Enrolment Representative
Peel District School Board

Susan Humphries
Regional Chair, Eastern
Renfrew County District School Board

Jennifer Jennekens
Eastern
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

Elaine Johnston
Indigenous Trustees’ Council
Algoma District School Board

Jan Johnstone
Western
Bluewater District School Board

Jaine Klassen Jeninga
Regional Chair, Central East
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Gerald Kleist
Northern (West)
Keewatin-Patricia District School Board

Judy Kosmerly
Northern (East)
Rainbow District School Board

Benoit Laberge
Treatment School Authorities
CHEO School

Angela Lloyd
Central East
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Jodi Lloyd
Central East
Simcoe County District School Board

Martha MacNeil
Central West
Upper Grand District School Board

Nadeem Mahmood
Central East
York Region District School Board

David McDonald
Eastern
Upper Canada District School Board

Kathy McDonald
Central West
Peel District School Board

Karen McGregor
Eastern
Limestone District School Board

Sherri Moore
Western
Thames Valley District School Board

Arlene Morell
Regional Chair, Western
Thames Valley District School Board

Jason Nesbitt
Northern (West)
Superior-Greenstone District School Board

Deb Oldfield
Central East
Durham District School Board

Scott Piatkowski
Central West
Waterloo Region District School Board

Kathryn Pierroz
Second Vice-President
Rainy River District School Board

Rosemary Pochopsky
Northern (East)
District School Board Ontario North East

Russell Reid
Northern (East)
Algoma District School Board

Amanda Robertson
Eastern
Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board

Meagan Ruddock
Western
Thames Valley District School Board

George Saarinen
Regional Chair, Northern
Lakehead District School Board

Lynn Scott
Eastern
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

Elizabeth Sinclair
Central East
York Region District School Board

Ryan Sitch
Northern (West)
Lakehead District School Board

Bill Steer
Northern (East)
Near North District School Board

Claudine VanEvery-Albert
Central West
Grand Erie District School Board

Bruce Whitaker
Western
Avon Maitland District School Board

Colleen Wilcox
Central East
Trillium Lakelands District School Board

Deborah Williams
Central East
Toronto District School Board

Elizabeth Wong
Central West
Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board

Kathleen Woodcock
First Vice-President
Waterloo Region District School Board