Board of Directors
Don Streuber - Chair*
Nominated by the Manitoba Trucking Association
Don Streuber is the President and CEO of Bison Transport Inc an award winning truckload transportation provider throughout Canada and the United States. Don is a Chartered Accountant and has a Bachelor of Commerce, with honors in finance, from the University of Manitoba. Read more...
Joan Hardy - Vice Chair*
Nominated by the CentrePort Canada Inc. Board of Directors
Joan Hardy is Assistant Vice-President - Transportation, Richardson International. In this role, Joan is responsible for managing rail, marine and truck transportation and related logistics activities system-wide for Richardson International, the second largest grain handling company in Canada. Read more...
Kerry Hawkins - Past Chair*
Nominated by the Business Council of Manitoba
Mr. Kerry Hawkins was the founding Chair, and is the current Past Chair, of the CentrePort Canada Inc. Board of Directors. In addition to his role at CentrePort, Mr. Hawkins was the founding Chair of the Business Council of Manitoba, and is a Director of the Winnipeg Airports Authority, Prince Rupert Port Authority, and Manitoba Blue Cross. Read more...
Arthur Mauro - Director
Nominated by the City of Winnipeg
Dr. Arthur Mauro, O.C., O.M., Q.C., KSG, LL.D., D.Comm., was the former Vice-Chair of the founding CentrePort Canada Board of Directors. He was appointed to the Board in December 2008, a nominee of the City of Winnipeg. Dr. Mauro is also Chair Emeritus of the Winnipeg Airports Authority Board of Directors. Read more...
David Barnard - Director
Nominated by the CentrePort Canada Inc. Board of Directors
Dr. David Barnard was appointed 11th President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manitoba effective July 1, 2008.
Dr. Barnard has had a distinguished career as an academic administrator including serving as the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Regina from 1998 to 2005 Read more...
David Fung - Director
Nominated by the CentrePort Canada Inc. Board of Directors
Dr. Fung is the Chairman and CEO of the ACDEG Group of companies. He has business
partnerships in forest products, biomass energy, clean technologies, chemicals, electrical
power cogeneration, agric-foods, marine equipment, OEM parts manufacturing and packaging
wastes recycling in North America, Europe and Asia. Read more...
Eugene Kostyra - Director
Nominated by the Province of Manitoba
Mr. Kostyra concluded employment as the Secretary to the Community and Economic Development Committee of Cabinet (CEDC), Government of Manitoba, where he worked on major community and economic initiatives from January 2000 to September 2006. He reported to Premier Gary Doer and Cabinet as well he worked closely with line departments and the community to coordinate major government initiatives. Read more...
Chris Lorenc - Director
Nominated by the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce
A lawyer by background, Chris Lorenc has been President of the Manitoba Heavy Construction Association
(MHCA) since 1991 and president of the Western Canada Roadbuilders and Heavy Construction Association
(WCR&HCA) since 1995. Read more...
Tom Payne Jr. - Director
Nominated by the Rural Municipality of Rosser
Tom Payne Jr. has served as President & CEO of Payne Transportation LP (Payne) for the past five years. Payne is a limited partner of Mullen-Group Inc. and operates as a standalone independent business. Read more...
Maureen Prendiville - Director
Nominated by the CentrePort Canada Inc. Board of Directors
Maureen is President and CEO of Prendiville Industries, a well integrated, resource-based company that manufactures a wide range of wood products for the building, mining and construction industries. The company has been operating for over 50 years with divisions in Manitoba and Ontario. Read more...
Barry Rempel - Director
Nominated by the Winnipeg Airports Authority
Barry Rempel has served as President & CEO of Winnipeg Airports Authority Inc. (WAA) since April
2002.
Under Barry's leadership and with a strong commitment to customer and community service, the airport
campus has transformed. Home to Canada's newest and greenest air terminal and tenants such as
Greyhound, Canada Post, General Electric, and more, the campus is a budding Airport City. Read more...
Bob Silver - Director
Nominated by Economic Development Winnipeg
• President and partner - Western Glove Works since 1981
• Director and partner - Warehouse One (115 store retail chain)
• Director and partner - Urban Barn (30 store retail chain)
• Director and partner - Free Press, Brandon Sun, Canstar Weeklies
• Founder and partner - Canterbury Park Capital l.p.
• Director - Paragon Pharmacies
Gord Steeves - Director
Nominated by the Government of Canada
Gord Steeves is a lawyer with the law firm of D’Arcy & Deacon LLP in downtown Winnipeg, with a focus on municipal and commercial practice. Gord was a city councilor in Winnipeg for 11 years, many of those years spent as the city’s Acting Deputy Mayor. Read more...
Robert Ziegler - Director
Nominated by the Manitoba Federation of Labour
Mr. Ziegler is President and Chief Executive Officer of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local No. 832, which is the largest private sector union in Manitoba representing 15,000 members, and is a Vice-President of the UFCW Canadian Council.
He is chairperson of the Manitoba Pension Commission as well as Secretary-Treasurer of the Manitoba Federation of Labour. Read more...
*Appointments effective April 1, 2012
