Executive Members of the Board
		Keith Martin President   Keith Martin is Director of Client Services and Business Implementation at Centract, a real estate closing firm that is part of the Brookfield group of companies. He has taught at Ryerson University’s Business School, focusing on “Concepts of E-Business.” Keith is a member of the Board of Directors and a past president of the Club canadien, a French-language speakers club in Toronto, and he is active in numerous other volunteer and community activities. He holds a BA in Economics (Honours) from McGill University, a Masters of Politicial Science from the University of Western Ontario, and a Masters in International Affairs from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University.   tel: 416-386-4318 email: keith.martin@centract.com
		Renee van Kessel Vice-President   Renee van Kessel is a corporate/commercial lawyer in private practice in Toronto with Cohen LLP, a charter member of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms. Prior to beginning her own practice, Renee spent over 10 years as in-house counsel to some of Canada’s best known organizations, including the LCBO, the AIR MILES® Program, and OWL Magazine and Television. Renee received her Bachelor of Laws from Osgood Hall Law School at York University, and her B.A.(Honours) in Political Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston. Renee has a long-standing interest in international affairs and conflict resolution, sitting on the board of the CIC Toronto for the past 5 years, advising Proyecto Accesso (a democratization organization for Latin America), participating in the organization and facilitation of the Worldview Conflict Resolution Conference for students in 2005, providing Canadian counsel to the Centre for Peace Through Culture, and in 1993, was a founding member of the Canadian Chapter of the Canadian German Lawyers’ Association. Renee has travelled extensively and is working on maintaining her languages.
		Jo-Ann Davis Programming Chair   Jo-Ann Davis is a Senior Associate with Leman Group, a Toronto-based management consulting firm, specializing in the delivery of critical initiatives and large one-time change for Fortune 500 firms and government ministries and agencies. Jo-Ann holds a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science from the University of Toronto, a Masters in Chinese Government from the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), and was a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics (LSE) until taking a leave from studies to pursue professional goals. In addition to her academic pursuits, Jo-Ann’s long standing interest in politics and international affairs is reflected in her involvement with policy-focused organizations both in Canada and abroad, including the CIC, the Fabian Society and the European Movement. In addition to her work for the CIC Toronto branch, Jo-Ann currently works with advocacy and international development organizations in Toronto. Jo-Ann has lived in London and Hong Kong, and has traveled extensively.
		Robin Oliphant Treasurer   Robin Oliphant joined Royal LePage Relocations, a wholly owned company of Brookfield Asset Management Inc, as National Controller in 2004 and in 2007, expanded her role to include Centract Settlement Services as Director, Corporate Finance. Prior to that, she has held financial positions within the Entertainment Group of Alliance Atlantis Communications and NetStar Communications, the parent company of TSN and Discovery Channel. Ms. Oliphant trained and earned her CA designation at Coopers & Lybrand and has been a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants since 1995. In 2007, she became a CFA charterholder.
Members at Large
		Andrea McCabe Member at Large   Andrea McCabe is a co-owner of The Lemongrass Tours and Treasures Group Inc., a boutique tour company and import business, which allows her to host tours to Vietnam and India as well as to import goods from those countries. Before joining Lemongrass, Andrea worked in the film industry as an Assitant Director organizing and scheduling various multi-million dollar films and television shows. Because of the seasonal nature of the film business, she was able to spend anywhere from 2 to 5 months travelling each year. Passionate about getting out and exploring the world since her first trip to Paris as a teenager, leading tours to Vietnam and India is a dream come true. Endlessly curious about other cultures, she has traipsed around the world often ending up “on the ground” during interesting times. She travelled Europe at the time of the Falklands war and Africa, including South Africa, at a time when apartheid was still in full force. She has travelled extensively in the Middle East, where she lived on an Israeli kibbutz for a year that coincided with the start of the first intifada. She spent more than a year travelling, living and working in Australia and New Zealand – an uneventful year as it happens. She has also travelled through Central and South America, learning Spanish on the rooftops of buses while driving through Chiapas Mexico during the 2nd uprising of the Zapatistas. In February, 1997, she found herself in Ecuador during the 48-hour general strike staged to force President Abdala Bucaram, known as “El Loco”, out of office.
		Fraser Mann Member at Large   Fraser Mann practises primarily in the areas of technology and intellectual property law. He provides advice to various companies in the private sector (including publicly traded companies), and various government ministries and agencies, municipalities, hospitals, colleges and other institutions in the public sector. Fraser has extensive experience with all aspects of procurement law, BPO and IP outsourcing transactions, licensing agreements, development agreements, telecommunications agreements, and consulting and professional service agreements. He provides assistance at all stages of a major outsourcing or IT procurement project, from the preparation of an RFP, through the selection of a vendor, negotiation of the agreement, management of legal issues during the course of the project, and termination of the agreement and transition to a new provider. Fraser also provides advice on legal issues relating to the use of Internet in commerce, copyright law and privacy law. He also provides advice on various forms of dispute resolution for IT and IP transactions, including the mediation and arbitration of disputes. Fraser was previously co-founding partner of Mann & Gahtan LLP of Toronto, which established an exclusive association with a leading U.S. technology law firm. He has also been a partner at other large Canadian law firms. Mr. Mann is the author of the first major Canadian text on computer law, Computer Technology and the Law in Canada (Carswell), and is also editor-in-chief of Information & Technology Law (Carswell), co-author of Internet Law: A Practical Guide for Legal and Business Professionals (Carswell) and co-editor of Electronic Commerce – A Practitioner’s Guide (Carswell). He is contributor to a number of other publications and is a frequent conference speaker. Fraser Mann has served as Chairman of the International Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association, director of the York Technology Association and director of the Canadian Information Technology Law Association. Mr.Mann was also Co-Chair of the Technology and E-Commerce Law Committee of the International Bar Association. He is currently a member of ICT Advisory Committee of the Toronto Board of Trade. Mr. Mann has been named as one of the leading 25 IT lawyers in the world in various editions of “The Best of the Best” published by Euromoney Legal Media Group. He was also named as one of the leading 500 lawyers in Canada in various editions of Lexpert/American Lawyer Media 500 Guide published since 1999.
		Josh Bowen Member at Large   Josh Bowen is a 4th-year student in the Peace and Conflict Studies Specialist program at the University of Toronto. Josh’s academic focus is on Canadian foreign policy as it pertains to the military, and on the processes through which diplomatic, information, military and economic efforts can be integrated within conflict zones. Josh has been active within the U of T community having played for the Varsity rugby team and captaining it during the 2006 season. He was one of the organizers of the 2006 and 2007 Peace and Conflict Society (PACS) conferences and is currently the Director of Academics for the 2008 PACS Conference. Outside of his university life, Josh is an infantry officer in the Canadian Forces (regular force) and is currently working with one of the Toronto-based reserve regiments.
		Ron Clark Former President
		Larry Herman Former President

Board of Directors (Toronto Branch)
 
The Board of Directors of the Toronto branch of the CIC is represented by a variety of public and private sector professionals with a background in international relations. Their primary responsibility is to provide governance, manage the financial affairs of the organization, and represent the interests of the membership. Specifically, they organize events, provide guidance to the branch, and manage the annual activities.