Bill Anderson joined the University of Windsor as the Ontario Research Chair in Cross-Border Transportation Policy in 2008. He was formally on the faculties of McMaster University and Boston University. An economic geographer, his interests include the Canada-US border; economic analysis of transportation infrastructure investments; Canada-US economic integration; urban and regional economic development; transportation and border security; international trade and transportation planning. He is author of the recently published textbook Economic Geography.

At Windsor, he founded the Cross-Border Transportation Centre, which conducts research on the movement of goods and people across the Canada-US border and the economies of the border regions. He is currently Past President of the North American Regional Science Council and a member of the Board of Directors of the Windsor-Essex Chamber of Commerce. His new report The Border and the Ontario Economy is available from the Centre website: http://www.uwindsor.ca/crossborder/research-0.

Austin, 50, directs the Michigan Economic Center at Prima Civitas Foundation, www.MiEconomicCenter.org a center for ideas and network-building to advance Michigan's economic transformation. Austin was elected in 2000, and re-elected in 2008, by the people of Michigan to the State Board of Education, and unanimously elected President by his peers. He is also serves as a Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Brookings Institution.

With the Michigan Economic Center, Austin is spearheading the "Michigan Dream" Restored initiative to develop citizen-informed strategies for better supporting Michigan's foundational assets - the "public goods" that drive Michigan's economy: strong education and higher education institutions, improved transportation and communications infrastructure, vital and attractive cities and communities; protection of our lakes, waters and outdoor recreation assets. He also is facilitating state strategy and policy development for urban core city development, and how Michigan can accelerate the growth of Michigan's new mobility, and water-innovation "blue economy" sector (a term Austin coined).

In recent years, Austin created and directed the Great Lakes Economic Initiative for the Brookings Institution where he authored key Brookings reports that directly shaped the region's economic development agenda: "The Vital Center: A Federal-State Compact to Renew the Great Lakes Region;" "The Vital Connection: Reclaiming Great Lakes Economic Leadership in the Bi-National Great Lakes Region;" and "Healthy Waters, Strong Economy" (See www.brookings.edu/projects/great-lakes.aspx) led to federal support for Great Lakes clean-up and restoration, and regional understanding and actions to build on our Great Lakes and water resources as an economic asset.

Mr. Austin also served as Policy Director for Michigan's Governor-appointed Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth, and was principal author of the Commission's influential report. He was the founding Director of the New Economy Initiative for Southeast Michigan-a $100 million effort by the region's philanthropies to aid in the area's economic transformation, and initiated the Global Detroit program to welcome immigrants as a source of economic strength and renewal.

Austin received his Masters in Public Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and a Bachelors from Swarthmore College in Economics and Political Science, with High Honors and Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Austin has been married 25 years to his wife Terese. They and their three children reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jim Blanchard has dedicated his life to public service and law, serving with distinction as governor of the State of Michigan, ambassador to Canada and a member of the United States Congress.Currently, he is co-chair of Government Affairs for the global law firm of DLA Piper and chairman of the Meridian International Center, a leading public diplomacy, non-profit center in Washington D.C.

During his tenure as ambassador (1993-96), Blanchard managed a broad range of trade, environmental and energy issues between the United States and Canada, including spearheading the Open Skies Agreement. In recognition of his outstanding performance as ambassador, Blanchard received the Secretary of State's Foreign Affairs Award for Public Service, making him one of only a handful of ambassadors to receive this prestigious award.

Blanchard's eight years as Michigan's chief executive (1983-91) were notable for his success in turning around Michigan's finances. When he took office the state faced a $1.7 billion deficit, the threat of bankruptcy, record high unemployment of more than 17 percent and the worst credit rating in America. Working with leaders of business, labor, education and local government, Blanchard made the tough decisions to put Michigan on the right track. The result was seven upgrades in Michigan's credit rating, 650,000 net new jobs, and a "rainy-day fund" of $422 million. Most noteworthy, Blanchard initiated Michigan's first Office of the Great Lakes and created the Michigan Education Trust (MET), the nation's first tuition guarantee program.

Newsweek Magazine credited Blanchard with leading "one of the most dramatic economic turnabouts in the recent history of state government," and US News and World Report listed him among the best governors in America.

During four terms in Congress (1975-1983) Blanchard distinguished himself by leading the fight to save the Chrysler Corporation.

From 1969 to 1974, Blanchard was an assistant attorney general of Michigan.

Blanchard is a Vice President of the Foundation of the National Archives and also serves as Co-Chair of the Canada-U.S. Law Institute. He served as a member of the National Debt Reduction Task Force of the Bipartisan Policy Center and also on the Council on Foreign Relations Trade Task Force. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Enbridge, Inc. and recently served (2009-2012) on the Board of Directors of the Chrysler Group LLC.

In 1997, Blanchard authored Behind the Embassy Door-Canada, Clinton and Quebec, a book highlighting his experiences as ambassador.

Jim and Janet Blanchard reside in Beverly Hills, Michigan. Both Jim and his son Jay Blanchard are proud graduates of Michigan State University. Jim received his law degree from the University of Minnesota

Joel Brammeier is president and CEO of the Alliance for the Great Lakes. He oversees a staff of 20 professionals and more than 11,000 volunteers dedicated to protecting and restoring clean water, educating citizens and youth and building a sustainable future for the Great Lakes. Joel has developed laws and regulations to prevent invasive species in several Great Lakes states and published a first-of-its kind report describing options for permanent separation of the Great Lakes from the Mississippi River. He also advises the state governors and provincial premiers on regional implementation of the Great Lakes Water Resources Compact. Prior to his work at the Alliance, Joel worked for the American Medical Association. He received his master's degree from the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment and his bachelor's degree from Valparaiso University.

Laurel Broten was first elected to the Ontario legislature in 2003 and was re-elected in 2007 and 2011. She was appointed Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs in February 2013. Broten is also the Minister Responsible for Women's Issues.

Broten has served as Minister of Education, Minister of Children and Youth Services, Minister of the Environment, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care and to the Premier. She also had responsibility for Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy.

A tireless advocate for women and children, Broten conducted province-wide consultations that led to the government's Domestic Violence Action Plan and launched the Sexual Violence Action Plan in March 2011. Broten also established the innovative Microlending for Women in Ontario program, which will help low-income women start and build successful businesses.

Broten again took bold and progressive steps when she authored a report detailing a five-point action plan to create more opportunities and reduce barriers for internationally trained doctors in Ontario. Her report formed the basis for legislation introduced in 2008 that helps to improve access to health care for Ontario families.

As Minister of Children and Youth Services, Broten introduced legislative changes to make it easier for would-be parents to adopt, while removing legal barriers so that more kids in the care of children's aid societies could be adopted. In addition, Broten led the transformation of the children's aid society sector, appointed the first Aboriginal Advisor to the Minister of Children and Youth Services and hosted the province's first Aboriginal Child Welfare Summit. Minister Broten also helped launch Ontario's Comprehensive Mental Health and Addictions Strategy, which will ensure children get fast access to high-quality services and support.

As Minister of the Environment, Broten developed policies under one of Canada's most comprehensive climate change plans that supports business, creates jobs and sets aggressive targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. She also introduced the Clean Water Act designed to better safeguard Ontario's drinking water, ban diversions from the Great Lakes and, for the first time, charge commercial and industrial users for the water they take and use.

As Minister of Education, Broten introduced the Accepting Schools Act, which is helping ensure Ontario students feel welcome, accepted and connected to their school, making them more likely to succeed academically. She was also responsible for introducing the Putting Students First Act to protect the gains made in education, including smaller class sizes, increased test scores, more students graduating and the continued implementation of full-day kindergarten.

Broten's work in the area of corporate social responsibility and better protection of investors led to a review of Ontario's reporting standards after receiving unanimous support by the legislature.

Broten has always been an active member of her community. Prior to running for office, she built a successful career practicing equity, commercial and human rights law. She received a B.A. and B.Sc. from McMaster University and earned her law degree from the University of Western Ontario with distinction. She also articled at the Supreme Court of Canada for one of Canada's most preeminent jurists.

Andy Buchsbaum is the Regional Executive Director of the National Wildlife Federation’s regional Great Lakes Regional Center.

The 20-staff regional office works with NWF and other organizations in each of the Great Lakes states. Major projects include Great Lakes restoration; protection of the Great Lakes from global warming; prevention of the introduction of aquatic invasive species; Great Lakes water management reform; environmental education; and protection of Lake Superior from sulfide mining.

Andy has testified on a wide range of Great Lakes issues before state, regional and national government bodies, including the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, the International Joint Commission, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the Michigan legislature, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, and the Indiana Department of the Environment.

He is currently the co-chair of the 90-member "Healing Our Waters--Great Lakes Coalition," the primary non-governmental coalition championing Great Lakes restoration. He serves as one of the designated conservation representatives on the Council of Great Lakes Governor’s Advisory Group on the Great Lakes Charter Annex 2001, and was a lead negotiator in securing a proposed Compact to implement the Annex in 2005. He is also a Trustee (a member of the Board of Directors) for the Michigan-based foundation, the Great Lakes Fisheries Trust, and a Board member of the Leslie Science and Nature Center in Ann Arbor. He also co-chaired the multi-stakeholder Mercury Workgroup of the Ohio EPA’s TMDL Advisory Group from 1999-2001, developing consensus recommendations that were adopted by the Director of the Ohio EPA. He also was the chair of the Education Committee for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Centennial Celebration at the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in September, 2003.

Andy has co-authored numerous media-generating publications while at NWF, including:

Pollution Paralysis II: Code Red for Watersheds (a national report on the Clean Water Act's watershed cleanup program) (2000)
Clean the Lakes, Clean the Rain: Mercury in Rain Is Polluting the Great Lakes (1999)
Ecosystem Shock: The Devastating Impacts of Invasive Species on the Great Lakes Food Web (2004).

He also conceived and edited:

Prescription for Great Lakes Protection and Restoration (2005)
America’s North Coast: A Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Program to Protect and Restore the Great Lakes (2007).
Prior to joining NWF in 1998, Andy was the senior attorney for the Midwest office of the National Environmental Law Center and the Program Director for the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan. There, he published numerous reports and studies on environmental policy, law and science.

Andy got his undergraduate degree from Harvard College, his law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Laws from Georgetown University Law Center. He has published articles in law reviews on environmental law and campaign finance reform. For the past 10 years, he has taught environmental law courses at the University of Michigan Law School.

Paul Cantor advises on business and governance related issues.

Mr. Cantor is Chair of the Board of Revera Inc and of the Global Risk Institute in Financial Services. He also serves on the Board of Intact Financial Corporation.

David Crane is an award-winning Canadian writer on economic, political and environmental issues. His writings appear in publications across Canada. He is a member of the National Statistics Council, an advisory body to Statistics Canada, the Board of Directors of the Network of Centres of Excellence – Tech-Value Net, and the advisory committee of the Canada-U.S. Law Institute. He has also served as a board member of the University of Toronto’s Innovations Foundation, a member of the Ontario Science and Technology Council, a member of the original steering committee of the Toronto Vital Signs Project, a member of the President’s International Advisory Council at the University of Toronto and as a member of the Challenge Dialogue of the Alberta Energy Research Institute. David Crane also served for five years as a judge for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

He is a graduate of the University of Toronto. David Crane has an Arbor Award from the University of Toronto for his contributions to the university, honourary doctorates from Wilfrid Laurier University and Victoria University (affiliated with the University of Toronto), and an award of recognition from Conestoga College He was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Medal for his contribution to Canadian life. He was also awarded a Social Work Doctoral Award by the Social Work Doctors’ Colloquium. He has written several books, including The Next Canadian Century, The Canadian Dictionary of Business and Economics, and Controlling Interest. He has also been a contributor to a number of other books. He recently completed a monograph for the Blue Water project on how to developer a strategy for Canada’s water industry.

Jim Dickmeyer arrived in Toronto on August 9, 2012 to take up his duties as Consul General of the United States of America. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Mr. Dickmeyer has served in six countries during his 28 years of diplomatic service. Most recently he was a faculty member at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., where he taught national security studies. During this latest tour in Washington, Mr. Dickmeyer also served as Director of the Office of Policy, Planning and Resources of the Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, and for two years was Director of the State Department’s Foreign Press Centers located in Washington, D.C. and New York City, serving over 3000 foreign journalists based in the United States.

In his most recent overseas assignment, Mr. Dickmeyer was Minister Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico. In his other foreign postings he served in press and public affairs positions at U.S. diplomatic missions in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Guatemala.

Jim earned a Masters degree in History from the Ohio State University and completed his undergraduate studies at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He is married to Heather Dickmeyer. They have two grown sons.

Julie Dill is president and chief executive officer for Spectra Energy Partners, LP, the $3 billion master limited partnership formed by Spectra Energy. She also serves as group vice president of strategy for Spectra Energy, responsible for leading the company's long-term strategic development efforts.

Dill has a wealth of experience in the energy sector, having served in a number of executive capacities in the natural gas and power industries.

Before assuming her current role in January 2012, Dill served as president of Union Gas Limited, Spectra Energy's major Canadian natural gas utility company.

She has also served as group executive of investor relations and chief communications officer for Duke Energy, and as senior vice president of planning and finance and chief financial officer for Duke Energy International (DEI). While with DEI, Dill was named executive vice president, Asia Pacific, responsible for the company's assets and operations in Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia.

Prior to joining DEI, Dill was fiscal director of transportation with Equilon Enterprises, a Royal Dutch Shell company. During her 17 years with Shell Oil Company, she served in several leadership capacities that included assignments in exploration and production, internal auditing, and refining and marketing.

Dill received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, summa cum laude, in finance from New Mexico State University.

Dill serves on the Advisory Council for the College of Business and Economics at New Mexico State University. She was named one of the top 50 Women in Energy in 2002 and named by the Ontario Energy Association as the Energy Leader of the Year in 2010. She was named to the New Mexico State University College of Business Hall of Fame in 2000, and was the 2010 Distinguished Alumni for the College of Business. Dill was also named One of Houston's Most Influential Women for 2012.

Renato Discenza is the President and CEO of Invest Toronto, Toronto's foreign direct investment marketing and sales agency. In this role, Renato Discenza continually strives to build relationships with international partners, businesses and stakeholders in order to ensure that Toronto remains the premiere business destination for companies to invest and locate.

Discenza background both in the private and the public sectors as a senior executive and leader, has allowed him to gain valuable experience in economic development , public-private partnerships, sales, corporate functions, technology and operations. He was educated at the University of Toronto as an electrical engineer and received his MBA from York University.

Prior to joining Invest Toronto, Discenza was the Senior Vice President of Technology and IT Projects at Infrastructure Ontario and was involved in creating public-private technology deals to enhance delivery of large public sector projects leveraging the skills and resources of the private sector. He worked extensively and successfully in bringing together government and the private sector to deliver projects that would benefit all Ontarians. He has served in an advisory capacity for initiatives at Metrolinx as well.

Discenza brings extensive private sector corporate experience from Bell Canada and ATT Canada where he held several senior officer level functions in Business Sales, Wholesale, Operations, Customer Service, Capital Management, Engineering, Procurement and Supply Chain and Business Transformation.

Discenza has contributed extensively to both the business and broader communities, serving on the Board of Directors at Change Foundation and as Vice-Chair at the Windsor Airport (YQG Inc). He has previously served on the boards of Waterfront Toronto, the Credit Valley Board of Governors, Amtelecom Income Trust, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, Junior Achievement of Central Ontario and other advisory boards. Discenza was also a board member and eventually Chairman at the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance. He has also been on the cabinet for United Way Toronto.

Discenza was recognized for his significant contribution to work and the community by receiving the Top 40 Under 40 Award.

Discenza has also been very active in the Toronto community through his work at Bell Canada as Ontarios Executive Sponsor, personally engaging in supporting initiatives such as the Mayors Community Safety Awards, the Bell Urban Art Award, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Sledge Hockey for Bloorview Kids, ProAction Cops and Kids, the Canadian Paralympics, Kids Help Phone, United Way Toronto and many other community-based projects in Toronto and across Ontario.

In October 2009, Gary Doer assumed his responsibilities as Canada's 23rd representative to the United States of America.

Prior to taking up his current position in Washington, Ambassador Doer served as Premier of Manitoba for ten years. During that time, he worked extensively with U.S. Governors to enhance Canada-U.S. cooperation on trade, agriculture, water protection, climate change and renewable energy.

Ambassador Doer won three consecutive elections as Premier of Manitoba with successive increased majorities. In 2005, he was named by Business Week magazine as one of the top 20 international leaders on climate change. His government introduced balanced budgets during each of his ten years in office while reducing many taxes, including a plan to eliminate small business tax. As Premier, he led strategic investments in health care, education, and training and infrastructure.

Ambassador Doer hails from Winnipeg. He is married with two daughters.

Kathryn Friedman is a Research Associate Professor of Law and Policy and serves as Director of Cross-Border and International Research at the University at Buffalo Regional Institute. Friedman serves as direct program manager for Region’s Edge, the institute's research program focused on Canada-US border policy, security, trade and cross-border governance. She frequently speaks on cross-border and international issues to academic and non-academic audiences, including events hosted by Brookings and the Foreign Policy Association. Recognized as an “up and coming scholar doing innovative work” by the American Society of International Law, Friedman has published research on international law, border policy and cross-boundary governance.

Friedman has contributed to several cross-border research networks, including helping to establish the Northern Border University Research Consortium, serving on the steering committee for the Transborder Research University Network (TRUN) and participating in the LAKESNET and BORDERNET initiatives of the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. She also teaches courses on NAFTA, comparative law and international development, research and writing for international students, and international trade in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning and at the School of Law. She is a Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association, member of the Advisory Council for the Niagara Observatory at Brock University and Women in International Security. She also served as Vice Chair of the International Law and Practice Section of the New York State Bar Association.

In addition to receiving a PhD in political science, with concentrations in international relations and comparative political economy, Kathryn graduated magna cum laude from the University at Buffalo School of Law where she served as an International Law Fellow and as Editor-in-Chief of the Buffalo Law Review. She received the Carlos C. Alden Award for greatest contribution to the Law Review and the Law Faculty Award for outstanding contributions to the law school. Friedman served as Confidential Law Clerk to two Associate Judges on the Court of Appeals of New York.

William D. Friedman became president and CEO of the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority in June, 2010. Since that time the Port has aggressively pursued growth in its core maritime business and in late 2011 issued a Strategic Action Plan, defining an expanded role for the Port Authority squarely aimed at job creation and increased economic vitality for Cleveland and Cuyahoga County.

During Mr. Friedman's tenure, the Port has achieved a series of accomplishments. They include: Adoption of the Strategic Action Plan; construction of an on-dock rail loop, the Port's first major capital investment on the lakefront in nearly a decade; providing financing for a range of major construction projects, including the $275 million Flats East Bank project; opening an 88-acre nature preserve on Lake Erie; and reducing operating expenses by 22 percent since 1999. As part of the Strategic Action Plan the Port is leading infrastructure and environmental restoration initiatives in Cleveland Harbor to safeguard the jobs, commerce and recreational activities dependent on the Cuyahoga River, and set the stage for new development and expanded public access along the riverfront and the downtown Lake Erie shoreline.

Mr. Friedman has more than 25 years experience in port management, real estate development, the international supply chain and multimodal distribution. He served as vice president of ports and logistics for Duke Realty Corp. from 2004 to 2009, helping the national real estate company bring distribution centers to major port markets and inland intermodal centers including the Rickenbacker Global Logistics Park in Columbus, Ohio.

As CEO of the Ports of Indiana from 2000 to 2004 Mr. Friedman increased net income, cargo volumes and private investments, resulting in a record $1.5 billion annual impact on Indiana's economy. He also helped win passage of legislation to allow innovative port financing for economic development projects throughout the state.
Prior to that, Mr. Friedman served 10 years with the Port of Seattle in a variety of management roles including director of seaport strategic planning, general manager of cargo piers and industrial properties, and senior harbor development planner. Mr. Friedman's planning work in Seattle laid the foundation for $600 million in terminal expansion projects at one of the nation's busiest container ports.

He currently serves on the boards of the American Association of Port Authorities, the American Great Lakes Ports Association, the Northeast Ohio Development Fund, the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, and the Cuyahoga County Economic Development Commission.

Mr. Friedman holds two degrees from Indiana University -- a bachelor's degree in history, and a master's degree in public administration with a concentration in urban and regional planning.

Gary Goodyear was first elected to the House of Commons in 2004 and was re-elected in 2006, 2008 and 2011. On October 30, 2008, he was appointed Minister of State for Science and Technology, and on August 13, 2009, he was named Minister of State responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He was re-appointed to both positions on May 18, 2011.

Prior to entering federal politics, he practiced chiropractic medicine and worked as an advisor to investment firms in the biomedical industry.



A former Public Relations Director and Past President of the College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences in Toronto, Dr. Goodyear taught at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College and the University of Waterloo. He was co-designer of a three-year post-graduate sports fellowship program and co-author of “Practice Guidelines.” He has worked with many athletes, both amateur and professional, and served as medical services chair of the Ontario Special Olympics.



Dr. Goodyear attended the University of Waterloo, specializing in kinesiology and psychology, before graduating from Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. He worked his way through university as a meat packer and labourer.

A native of Cambridge, Ontario he is married to Valerie and they have two children. He enjoys scuba diving, writing and rebuilding motorcycles.

Whether it is a conversation with a resident in a northern Ontario community, conducting a government briefing or reaching out to OPG’s Twitter followers province-wide, Jacquie and her team work to ensure the company is transparent and approachable to anyone with an interest in OPG’s nuclear, hydro and thermal operations.

After joining OPG in 2003, Jacquie spent the first several years of her career with the company in a number of progressive capacities in community, media and stakeholder relations with a strong focus on issues management and the public aspects of regulatory issues for nuclear projects and operations. She also led the Nuclear employee communications program supporting employee alignment around behaviours and activities to meet OPG’s safety, reliability and cost performance goals. Jacquie took over the corporate vice president role in 2010.

Prior to joining OPG, Jacquie was an award-winning community news reporter and editor in Durham Region for many years. Over the past 28 years, she has also worked in radio, advertising and publishing.

Jacquie is just concluding the Master of Communication Management joint degree program through the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University and S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Jacquie is an accredited business communicator (ABC).

An avid volunteer, she has served in various capacities from board member to coach with community and minor sports organizations.

Ambassador Jacobson was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Canada on September 25, 2009, having been nominated by the President and unanimously confirmed by the Senate. On October 2, 2009, Ambassador Jacobson presented his credentials to the Governor General of Canada and became the 22nd U.S. Ambassador to Canada.

Before coming to Ottawa, Ambassador Jacobson served as Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel. Prior to serving in the White House, Ambassador Jacobson spent 30 years as a lawyer in Chicago gaining expertise in the areas of complex commercial, class action, securities, insurance and business litigation as a partner at the law firm Sonnenschein, Nath and Rosenthal LLP. He has also gained extensive experience working with regulatory and administrative agencies and all levels of government. In addition to his litigation experience, Ambassador Jacobson has helped clients large and small to address the legal and business issues they confront as they adapt their business models to incorporate new technologies. He has written and spoken extensively on the importance of new technologies and the novel legal issues they present.

While working as a partner at Sonnenschein, Ambassador Jacobson also founded AtomWorks, an organization to bring together corporate, civic and academic leaders in order to foster nanotechnology in the Midwest. He served as a member of CEOs for Cities, a national bipartisan alliance of 75 mayors, corporate executives, university presidents and nonprofit leaders organized to advance the economic competitiveness of cities. He has served on other boards, including the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago and the Better Boys Foundation. Ambassador Jacobson received a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and was the Administrative Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. He received his B.S. from the Johns Hopkins University.

Ambassador Jacobson and his wife, Julie, have two children, Wynne and Jeremy.

Frank G. Jackson, the 56th Mayor of Cleveland, lives in Cleveland's Central neighborhood, where he grew up. He graduated from Cleveland Public Schools and served in the U.S. Army. After returning to Cleveland, he earned an associate's degree from Cuyahoga Community College and his bachelor's degree, master's degree, and law degree from Cleveland State University.

He began his public service career as an Assistant City Prosecutor in the Cleveland Municipal Court Clerk's Office. From 1990 through 2005, Jackson represented Cleveland's 5th Ward on Cleveland City Council. From 2002-2005, Jackson also served as President of Cleveland City Council.

In January, 2006, Jackson began his tenure as Mayor of Cleveland. As Mayor, Jackson is focused on ensuring that the city offers an excellent quality of life for every resident, business and visitor and is addressing every aspect of City operations and policy to guarantee that he reaches that goal.

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur is the longest serving woman in the House of Representatives where she serves on the powerful Appropriations Committee and Steering and Policy Committee. The first Democratic woman in history to serve on the defense appropriations subcommittee, Kaptur also serves as Ranking Member of the Energy and Water subcommittee. Previous committee assignments include Veterans Affairs, Banking and Budget.

A lifelong Ohioan, Congresswoman Kaptur is nationally known for her successful effort to authorize construction of a World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. The memorial was dedicated in 2004. She is a leader in the commitment to ensure proper care and compensation for veterans and their families and has dedicated her efforts throughout her tenure in Congress to putting America’s veterans and their families first.

Marcy Kaptur brings a solid record of caring service to the people of Northern Ohio. Voted one of 25 hardest working Members of Congress, Congresswoman Kaptur is a tireless advocate for her district, which runs along the Lake Erie coastline and includes parts Lucas, Ottawa, Erie, Lorain, and Cuyahoga Counties. Kaptur has diligently pursued real results with a solid record of accomplishments including initiatives developing our ports, rail transportation, airports, and highways; clean-up of the waterways adjacent to Lake Erie; development of initiatives to enhance the earnings potential of Northwest Ohio crops; shipping of federal cargos on the Great Lakes; acquisition of wildlife refuges and shoreline recreation; and expansion of university-related research. She is a leading voice in the effort to utilize the natural resources of Ohio’s Northern coast toward job development, sustainable energies, and coastal tourism.

Marcy Kaptur has been a leader in national efforts to address the foreclosure crisis, calling for accountability and sound policy. She continues to fight for economic security, retirement security, energy security, educational security, health care security, and national security for every American.

Congresswoman Kaptur remains dedicated to democratic institution-building across the globe and has spearheaded private charitable efforts for peoples of underdeveloped nations, including Ukraine and Vietnam. As Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, she has lead efforts to establish a Congressional-Rada exchange program.

Before being elected to Congress, Kaptur practiced as an urban planner and as an urban advisor to President Jimmy Carter. Kaptur is a graduate of St. Ursula Academy in Toledo. The first in her family to attend college, she earned a scholarship from the University of Wisconsin where she obtained her undergraduate degree in history. She received a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Michigan. She was pursuing her doctoral studies at MIT when asked to run for U.S. Congress. Kaptur is the author of the book, Women of Congress, published by Congressional Quarterly.

As the Managing Director of the Canada-US Law Institute, Professor Kocan leads the Institute's projects in furtherance of its mission. He is responsible for planning and executing the Henry T. King, Jr. Annual Conference, wherein approximately 30 attorneys, academics, think tank researchers, policymakers, and private sector leaders meet over the course of two days to discuss emerging issues in Canada-US relations. Mr. Kocan is also responsible for planning and coordinating the Institute's various Experts' Meetings, wherein stakeholders discuss similar emerging issues in a round-table format. Lastly, Mr. Kocan is tasked with administering the Institute's international moot court competition, wherein schools from across Canada and the U.S. compete in appellate style advocacy over a hypothetical legal dispute before the International Court of Justice.

In addition to his roles as Managing Director, Mr. Kocan also serves as Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve School of Law. In this role, he offers numerous international focused courses, including scholarly writing, Canada-US comparative constitutional law, national security law, and US Coast Guard law. Professor Kocan helped create the U.S. Coast Guard externship program and serves as faculty adviser. He also serves as faculty adviser for the Canada-US Law Journal and the Journal of International Law.

Professor Kocan regularly presents his own research, which focuses on comparative constitutional and administrative law in former British commonwealths. Much of his research involves the regulatory harmonization of business laws in areas like contracts, bankruptcy, agriculture, and trusts. Professor Kocan leads the Institute's research fellows in the development of legal publications. He also regularly consults the U.S. and Canadian governments. Most recently, he led a team of researchers to advise the US Department of Agriculture and Agriculture Canada in their efforts under the Regulatory Cooperation Council initiative.

Dr. Krantzberg is Professor and Director of the Centre for Engineering and Public Policy in the School of Engineering at McMaster University offering Canada’s first Master’s Degree in Engineering and Public Policy. Gail completed her M.Sc. and Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in environmental science and freshwaters. She worked for the Ontario Ministry of Environment from 1988 to 2001, as Coordinator of Great Lakes Programs, and Senior Policy Advisor on Great Lakes. In her tenure there she was intensely engaged in binational Great Lakes science and policy venues, including direct interactions with the Great Lakes Commission, Board membership on the Great Lakes Observing system, president of the International Association of Great Lakes Research, The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, Board Member of the Canadian Water Foundation, member of the International Joint Commission’s Water Quality Board, Sediment Priority Action Committee, Indicators Implementation Task Force, and Council of Great Lakes Research Managers. Dr. Krantzberg was the Director of the Great Lakes Regional Office of the International Joint Commission from 2001 to 2005. In 2007 she was appointed as an adjunct faculty member of the United Nations University Institute for Water and Environmental Health and participated in the twinning of the Laurentian and African Great Lakes (principally Lake Victoria). She has authored 4 books and more than 130 scientific and policy articles on issues pertaining to ecosystem quality and sustainability and is a frequent speaker to media and the public.

Matthew grew up in Montreal and comes from a long line of peddlers. He now peddles evidence-based policy ideas – particularly those designed to strengthen Ontario in Canada and transform how governments deliver public goods.

Matthew founded the Mowat Centre at the School of Public Policy & Governance in 2009. It delivers research-driven recommendations on Canada’s most challenging policy problems and serves as Ontario’s independent voice on public policy.

From 2004-2009, Matthew served as a Deputy Minister in the Ontario government where he held responsibility for Intergovernmental Affairs, the Democratic Renewal Secretariat, and the Office of International Relations and Protocol. He also served as Associate Secretary to the Cabinet in Cabinet Office.

Matthew spent 10 years as a member of the Political Studies Department at Queen’s University and served as the Director of the Canadian Opinion Research Archive. From 1996-1998, Matthew was a senior advisor in the Privy Council Office in Ottawa.

Matthew received his B.A. from McGill University and Ph.D. from the l’Université de Montréal, and held a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of British Columbia. He has travelled across Canada several times by motorcycle and believes that Canada is home to some of the world’s great cities. He still misses snowboarding outside Vancouver and the Montreal Expos.

An active volunteer for many not-for-profit organizations, Matthew is currently on committees and boards for Civix, the Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance, l’Idée fédérale, Serve! and the United Way of Greater Toronto.

Matthew believes that governments will do the right thing most of the time. He lives in downtown Toronto with his wife and two young sons – who always remind him to try to do the right thing as well.

Craig H. Middlebrook serves as the Acting Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.

A member of the Senior Executive Service and a career employee of the SLSDC since 1995, Mr. Middlebrook was the agency’s Chief of Staff from 1996 to 2000, before becoming Deputy Administrator. He served as the agency’s Acting Chief Counsel from 2004 to 2008, as well as Acting Administrator in 2006.

Prior to coming to the SLSDC, Mr. Middlebrook worked on surface transportation issues at the Interstate Commerce Commission and worked for a merchant bank in the City of London. Mr. Middlebrook holds Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Arts degrees from Northwestern University. In 2011, he was awarded the Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Service by President Barack Obama.

Professor Jatin Nathwani is the Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy and Sustainable Energy at University of Waterloo, in the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Environment. He is the Executive Director, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE).

Prof. Nathwani serves on several Boards at the provincial and national levels. He has appointed Expert Panel Member by Canadian Council of Academies (CCA) for the study on the ‘Potential for New for Innovative Uses of ICTs for Greening Canada'. He is the lead Scientific Advisor to the Waterloo Global Science Initiative (WGSI) established by the Perimeter Institute and University of Waterloo and the lead author of the ‘Equinox Summit-Energy 2030' Blueprint.

As the Consul General of Canada based in Detroit, Roy Norton represents Canada in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The Canadian Consulate General, which he heads, promotes Canadian interests - trade, investment, the environment, culture and academic relations being among the principal ones. The office also provides consular, passport, visa and immigration services.

Until August, 2010, Roy Norton served the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., as Minister (Congressional, Public and Intergovernmental Relations). In that capacity, he was responsible for the Canadian government's relations with the U.S. Congress, as well as for media and public relations, cultural and academic relations, the interests of Canadian provinces and territories in Washington, D.C., the activities of Canadian legislators in Washington, and outreach to US states.

That was Roy's 2nd posting in Washington; he served in the Embassy's Economic Section from 1990-94 and was a member of Canada=s negotiating teams for the intellectual property and investment chapters of NAFTA.
From 2000 until 2006 Roy was based in Toronto, working for the Government of Ontario (in 2005-2006 as Assistant Deputy Minister, International Relations and Chief of Protocol in the Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs; previously as Assistant Deputy Minister B Export Development, and President/CEO of Ontario Exports Inc., in the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade).

Prior to his earlier Washington assignment, Roy worked in the Canadian Parliament (first in the House of Commons, then in the Senate) and, subsequently, for five years, as Senior Policy Advisor to the Canadian Foreign Minister. After leaving the Embassy in 1994 he worked as a consultant to the Canadian Departments of Foreign Affairs and Industry and to several private sector firms.

Born in Ottawa, Roy graduated initially from Carleton University (MA in Canadian History). He also holds Masters Degrees from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government (in Public Administration) and Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (in International Public Policy), as well as a Ph.D. from
Johns Hopkins SAIS (in International Relations).

Pamela Nowina has extensive corporate and public sector leadership experience in Ontario's electricity and natural gas industries.

Pam has been involved in Ontario's energy sector since she graduated from university decades ago.

Pam currently sits on the Board of the Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) and on the advisory board of Sky Energy Consulting.

Pam retired from the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) in March 2010. She held the position of Vice-Chair from 2005 until 2010. At the OEB, Pam adjudicated many of the OEB's most significant cases. She also had a key role in developing many of the Board's policies. As Chair of the OEB's Infrastructure Committee, she was responsible for overseeing policy research and development for transmission and generation regulatory policies.

Pam enjoyed serving on the Executive Steering Committee of the Ontario Market Forum, an independent policy initiative sponsored by the Independent Electricity System Operator. She has provided strategic consulting services to executives and boards through Elenchus Research Associates, and earlier as a partner with IBM Business Consulting Services and and as a partner in PricewaterhouseCooper's Energy Practice where she was responsible for the Energy Strategy Practice for Canada.

Pam is an active member of her community and has served as Chair of the Board of Nazareth House, a shelter for women and babies and as a director with St. Elizabeth Healthcare Foundation. Pam currently sits on the board of St. Joseph's Health Centre.

In Pam's spare time she writes, draws, sails (well, her husband, Richard, sails and she comes along), and tries to keep track of the lives of her daughter, two sons, three step-sons, granddaughter and five grandsons.

Pam has a Bachelor of Computer Science degree from the University of Windsor and an MBA from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. She also holds the ICD.D (Rotman) and the A.C.C. (McMaster) designations for corporate directors.

Michelle Parker oversees Shedd's Great Lakes program, as well as Right Bite, Shedd's award-winning sustainable seafood program, and sustainability efforts at the aquarium. Michelle guides strategic planning for Shedd to make meaningful contributions in Great Lakes science, education and conservation. She is passionate about Great Lakes animals and serves as a Shedd spokesperson on regional wildlife and habitat issues. A respected member of the sustainability and sustainable seafood movements, Michelle served on the Steering Committee for the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions and as the elected Chair of the Association for Zoos and Aquarium's Green Scientific Advisory Committee. Before joining Shedd, Michelle worked closely with scientists worldwide to develop volunteer-based research expeditions for the international non-profit, Earthwatch Institute. Michelle graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Conservation and holds a Masters of Zoology from Miami University of Ohio.

Rear Admiral Michael Parks is the operational commander of the Ninth Coast Guard District, which spans the five Great Lakes, Saint Lawrence Seaway and parts of the surrounding states, including 1,500 miles of international border. He leads 6,000 Coast Guard active duty,reserve, civilian and auxiliary men and women serving at 77 subordinate units and on the District staff.

He most recently served as the Deputy Director of Operations for Headquarters United States Northern Command, where he was the principal advisor to the U.S. NORTHCOM Commander on all operational matters.

Rear Admiral Parks is a 1982 graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Government. In 1994 Rear Admiral Parks attended George Washington University, where he earned a Master of Public Administration degree. In 2004 Rear Admiral Parks was selected and attended the National War College in Washington, D.C., where he received a Master of Science in National Security Strategy and Policy.

Rear Admiral Parks' has served in six cutters including assignments as Commanding Officer, Coast Guard Cutter GALLATIN, Charleston, S.C.; Coast Guard Cutter LEGARE, Portsmouth, Va.; Coast Guard Cutter MATAGORDA, Miami, Fla.; and Coast Guard Cutter POINT DIVIDE, Newport Beach, Calif. Rear Admiral Parks also served as Executive Officer aboard Coast Guard Cutter VENTUROUS, and Deck Watch Officer aboard Coast Guard Cutter DECISIVE, both home ported in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Jim Peterson, a former federal Minister and Secretary of State, is Counsel at Fasken Martineau.

Jim has extensive knowledge and first-hand experience in government affairs, having served in the Government of Canada as Minister of International Trade, Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions), and Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance.

As a former Minister of International Trade between 2003 and 2006, Jim has expertise in trade policy and experience in trade disputes. While Minister, he represented Canada at the World Trade Organization's Doha round of negotiations which focused on expanding trade and investment in leading emerging markets including Brazil, Russia, India and China, and dealt with complex issues related to trade with Canada's NAFTA partners, the European Union, the Middle East and the Americas.

As Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions) from 1997 to 2002, Jim was instrumental in piloting significant financial institution reforms through Parliament including legislation permitting foreign bank branching and aligning Canada with international standards in the fight against money laundering and terrorism. He handled the insurance industry demutualization file. Working with caucus and stakeholders, Jim approved major financial institution mergers including BNS – National Trust, Great West Life – London Life, Clarica – Met Life and TD – Canada Trust.

As Chair of the House of Commons Finance Committee between 1993 and 1997, he began the practice of public pre-budget hearings and completed a number of major studies including a review of Canada's value added tax (the GST).

Jim retired from the House of Commons in 2007 after 23 years of public service as the Member of Parliament for Willowdale (Toronto).

Before entering public life, Jim had a distinguished career as both a legal scholar and teacher and as a practitioner of international tax and business law. He was also a consultant for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.

He was appointed head of Negotiation for Ontario in its efforts to reduce barriers to trade, investment and labour mobility, and to enhance economic cooperation with Quebec.

Jim is the author of numerous articles and studies for Canadian and foreign publications on international business, investment, taxation and fiscal policy.

Lana Pollack was appointed Chair of the U.S. Section, International Joint Commission, by President Barack Obama, effective June 26, 2010.

Throughout a diverse career in public office, education and the public interest sector, Ms. Pollack has demonstrated leadership on a range of public policy issues. She served from 1996-2008 as president of the Michigan Environmental Council, a coalition of 70 environmental organizations working to protect the Great Lakes and Michigan's environment. She was elected three times to the Michigan legislature, serving as a state senator from 1983-1994. As a state senator, Ms. Pollack became a leading advocate for women, children and the environment. In this capacity, she earned praise as the architect of Michigan's landmark 1990 polluter pay statute which, before it was substantially amended in 1995, saved taxpayers $100 million by requiring proven polluters to pay for the cleanup of toxic waste.

In addition to these roles, Ms. Pollack was a Fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, taught at the University of Michigan and was an elected trustee of the Ann Arbor Board of Education. Other professional experiences included co-founding a statewide general interest magazine, and co-directing a school for elementary education in Lusaka, Zambia. .

She served on a number of educational, non-profit and corporate boards, including the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board, which annually directed $35-50 million in discretionary public funds to protect, purchase and enhance parkland and open space for preservation and recreation.

Ms. Pollack, who grew up on the shore of Lake Michigan in Ludington, earned a BA in political science from the University of Michigan (U-M) in 1965 and an MA from U-M in 1970. She is married to Henry Nathan Pollack, with whom she raised two children.

Douglas Porter has over 25 years of experience analyzing global economies and financial markets. He excels in interpreting and communicating the impact of key economic and financial data for businesses, and was identified as the best economic forecaster in Canada for the prior two years by Bloomberg in May 2012.

In his role as Chief Economist at BMO Capital Markets, he oversees the macroeconomic and financial market forecasts and is co-author of the firm’s weekly flagship publication, Focus. Douglas manages the team that won the prestigious 2010 Lawrence Klein award for forecast accuracy of the U.S. economy during the tumultuous 2006 to 2009 period.

As a respected commentator on economic and financial trends, Douglas is often quoted in the national press and is interviewed regularly on radio and television. He is also known for bringing to light the most serious error on record by Statistics Canada (in the consumer price index) and for first highlighting the large price gaps on many consumer goods between Canada and the US.

Before joining BMO Capital Markets, Douglas held positions of Economist and Country Risk Analyst with other Canadian financial institutions, and also worked in the Research Department at the Bank of Canada.

Douglas has been a Chartered Financial Analyst since 1995 and earned a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario. He has been on the Board of Directors of the Toronto Association of Business and Economics since 1996, and has been a member of the C.D. Howe’s Monetary Policy Council since 2008. Douglas also serves on the Investment Management Committee of the Bank of Montreal’s Pension Fund Society.

Kasi Rao is a consultant and advisor based in Toronto providing guidance on India related strategies. In this capacity he advises corporations, universities, think tanks, not-for-profit organizations, and, different levels of government. As well, he serves as the Senior Advisor (India) to the law firm Bennett Jones.

In 2005, he led a collaborative initiative relating to the automotive sector, as the founding Executive Director of the Beacon Project at the University Of Ontario Institute Of Technology. Immediately prior to this he worked for three-and-half years as the Director, Office of the President & CEO at BMO Financial Group.

At the University of Toronto, where he worked for seven years, Rao served in a twin-pronged role: Director of the Office of the President & Director of Government Relations. He worked for the Province of Ontario in various capacities over a period of five years: Senior Policy Advisor to the Ontario Government in New York, Policy Advisor to the Premier of Ontario, and, Special Assistant in Cabinet Office.

He is a Senior Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. He was recognized as “Member of the Year 2012” by the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce and a recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal. Rao has an M.A. from the University of Toronto and a B.A. from the University of Waterloo, majoring in Political Science. He obtained his primary and secondary education from schools in Gangtok, Bengaluru, New Delhi and Toronto.

Christopher Sands is senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and director of the Hudson initiative on North American Competitiveness. He is currently the Ross Distinguished Visiting Professor of Canada–United States Business and Economic Relations at Western Washington University, on leave from his position as professorial lecturer in Canadian Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He is a member of the CUSLI Advisory Board.

B.Mus. (Memorial) 1988; M.Mus. (U. Ottawa) 1990; LL.B. (Toronto) 1999; Ph.D. (Osgoode Hall Law School) 2008; called to the Ontario Bar 2000

Sara Seck, PhD, joined the Faculty of Law, Western University, as an assistant professor in July 2007. Her PhD research concerns home state obligations to regulate transnational mining companies under international environmental and human rights law (Osgoode Hall Law School, 2008). Sara’s research interests include corporate social responsibility, international environmental, human rights, and sustainable development law, climate change, and indigenous law. She is particularly interested in international and transnational legal theory, notably the relationship between Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) and international legal process theories that are informed by constructivist understandings of international relations. Her research has been supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, including research focused upon the UN Protect, Respect, Remedy Framework, and Guiding Principles, for Business and Human Rights. Sara welcomes expressions of interest from graduate students working in these areas.

Bob Taft began his career in public service as a Peace Corps Volunteer, working as a school teacher in Tanzania, East Africa right after graduating from college. He went on to get a masters degree in government from Princeton and a law degree from the University of Cincinnati.

His first job in government was with the Bureau of the Budget in the State of Illinois. He has served as an elected official in Ohio for 30 years, as a member of the state legislature, a county commissioner, Ohio Secretary of State and, most recently, as Governor of Ohio.

In his role as Governor, he focused on improving schools, reforming Ohio's tax system, attracting advanced, high paying jobs and helping communities clean up polluted properties and provide better recreational opportunities for their citizens.

Former Governor Taft is currently a Distinguished Research Associate with the University of Dayton, lecturing in a number of different classes, teaching a political science course on the U.S. Congress and working with the School of Education on special projects.

P. Kelly Tompkins is Executive Vice President – Legal, Government Affairs and Sustainability & President, Cliffs China at Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (CLF:NYSE), an international mining and natural resources company with operations in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. He has responsibility for global legal and external affairs, Cliffs' ongoing relationships with all U.S. and international government and regulatory bodies and the execution and reporting of the Company's increasingly critical sustainable development practices. As we elevate our focus on China, Mr. Tompkins will be expanding his role to focus on developing Cliffs' business relationships in the region. His diverse range of experience and diplomatic leadership skills will serve to bring a senior level executive focus on this strategically complex and evolving market.

Mr. Tompkins joined Cliffs in May 2010, having previously been executive vice president and chief financial officer for RPM International Inc., a NYSE-listed, global specialty chemical company. Prior to becoming RPM's chief financial officer, Mr. Tompkins served as RPM's senior vice president and general counsel. Before joining RPM in 1996, he held various legal and management positions with Cleveland-based Reliance Electric Company (REE:NYSE) and Exxon Corporation (XOM:NYSE) in Houston, Texas.

Mr. Tompkins received his B.A. degree from Mercyhurst College and his J.D. degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1981. Long committed to being a citizen lawyer, actively engaged in both his profession and community, Mr. Tompkins is currently working with a number of organizations in Northeast Ohio. Mr. Tompkins is chair of the Advisory Council for the Baldwin-Wallace Center for Innovation & Growth; chair of the Board of Directors of Magnificat High School, the largest all-girl Catholic high school in Ohio. Mr. Tompkins is a director of the Great Lakes Science Center and of the Cleveland State University Foundation as well as a trustee of the Playhouse Square Foundation.

In 2005-2006, Mr. Tompkins served as the 95th president of the Cleveland Bar Association. From 2001-2006, he was the Chairman of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Visiting Committee and currently serves on the National Advisory Council and currently co-chairs the law school's annual campaign to support its Fund for Excellence. He is a past trustee of the Alzheimer's Association and past director of the University Hospitals Case Medical Center. Mr. Tompkins is a past recipient of the: Mercyhurst College Distinguished Alumni Award (2008); Cleveland State University George B. Davis Service Award (2005); the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Alumni of the Year (2008); and the Champion Award from the Alzheimer's Association (2012).

Kelly lives in Westlake with his wife, Cathy. They have three daughters: one is a practicing lawyer in Cleveland and two work in the fashion industry in New York City.

Mark’s professional experience combines work on competition, trade and investment law in private law firms in Canada, the EU and the U.S., and at the OECD in Paris. He is admitted to practice in Ontario and New York. Prior to joining the OECD, Mark was a professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law. He has published widely and has been invited to speak on competition, trade and investment law and policy at conferences around the world.

Mark is a former Director of Legal Services for the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and the Ministry of Research and Innovation and Acting Legal Director for the Ministry of Consumer Services. He led Ontario's legal team for the insolvency / restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler, the creation of the $250 million Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund, and the passage of the Not For Profit Corporations Act (Ontario).

BA (Hons) (McGill), MA (Toronto), JD (Osgoode), LLM (Georgetown)