Introducing 2010-11 MRIA National Board and Officers

The National Board of Directors of MRIA is ultimately responsible for the Association’s fulfillment of its mission.  Directors are collectively the representatives of the MRIA membership, and are charged with exercising visionary leadership; establishing values and goals; setting policies and procedures; creating value in programs and services for the benefit of the members; and supporting the other volunteer leaders and staff of the Association and respecting them as partners in advancing MRIA’s mission.

MRIA members and the Councils and Divisions of the Association recently elected or acclaimed 10 experienced industry leaders to the Association's National Board of Directors for a two-year term, 2010-11 and 2011-12. These newly elected/acclaimed Board members join eight Directors who are continuing on the Board for the next year.
On behalf of all members of the Association, the MRIA Nominating Committee extends sincere thanks to all candidates who stepped forward and demonstrated leadership by running for the 2010-11 Board of Directors, and congratulates those who were elected by or their fellow members or acclaimed to the Board.

The following 10 members were recently elected or acclaimed to the National Board:

At Large
Shane Skillen, Hotspex Inc., Toronto

Western Canada Region
Anastasia Arabia, Trend Research Inc., Edmonton

Ontario Region
Janine Keogh, Kraft Canada Inc., Toronto

Atlantic Canada Region
Carol Wilson, CMRP, Corporate Research Associates, Moncton (duly nominated and acclaimed)

Business-to-Business Research Division
Tricia Benn, Rogers Publishing Ltd., Toronto (duly nominated and acclaimed)

Chapter Council
Rick Frank, Dufferin Research, Ottawa (duly nominated and acclaimed)

Client-Side Researcher Council
Ron Silverton, CMRP, Invesco Trimark, Toronto (duly nominated and acclaimed)
John Tabone, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, Toronto (duly nominated and acclaimed)

Qualitative Research Division
Alana Richman, re:search re:sources, Toronto (duly nominated and acclaimed)

Research Agency Council
James Conrad, Millward Brown, Toronto (duly nominated and acclaimed)

2010-11 Officers of the Association
The new Board took office and held its first meeting on March 29 in Toronto, where it appointed the following Directors as Officers of the Association:

• President: Ed Gibson, CMRP, CRC Research, Vancouver
• President-Elect: Kimberlee Niziol Jonas, Glaxo Smith Kline, Mississauga
• Vice-President: Sandra Janzen, Ipsos Reid Corporation, Toronto
• Secretary-Treasurer: Carol Wilson, CMRP, Corporate Research Associates, Moncton

In addition to the newly elected/acclaimed Directors and the MRIA Officers, the following Directors will complete their current term on the MRIA National Board in 2010-11:

• Ruth Corbin, CMRP, Corbin Partners Inc., Toronto
• Jean-Marc Leger, Leger Marketing, Montreal
• Tammy Power, Unilever Canada, Toronto
• C. Gail Tibbo, CMRP, Vancouver
• David Stark, CIPP, TNS Canadian Facts, Toronto (Immediate Past-President, ex officio for 2010-11)