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Board Members
Michel Roy

Michel Roy

Chair of the Board
West-Bolton – Quebec

Michel Roy is an administrator and a creator who has served in both the public and private sectors. His career has taken him to Quebec City, Montreal, Chicago and Miami. Michel Roy worked in television production in the 1960s and edited more than 60 programs for Radio- Canada. He then joined the Quebec Public Service, where he held among others the positions of Deputy Minister of Tourism, Deputy Minister of Communications, and Head of the Quebec Delegation in Chicago for twelve Midwest states. Following this, he was a management consultant in the private sector. As a musician and a composer, he produced two jazz albums. He also wrote a biography of hockey goaltender Patrick Roy entitled Le Guerrier, which was translated into English under the title Patrick Roy – Winning. Nothing Else. Mr. Roy holds a master’s degree in Public Administration.
Yvon Bélanger

Yvon Bélanger

Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee
Quebec City – Quebec

Now retired, Mr. Belanger is a chartered accountant by profession. Over the course of his career, he worked at several major accounting firms, most notably Mallette, where he was employed for more than 25 years. As an audit partner, Mr. Belanger was responsible for undertaking numerous far-reaching projects, which allowed him to gain significant expertise in issues pertaining to the standardization and reporting of financial statements. Mr. Belanger is a member of the Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec and the Chambre de commerce du Québec. Mr. Belanger lives in Quebec City, and enjoys tennis, hunting, fishing, skiing and cycling, among other leisure activities.
G. Grant Machum

G. Grant Machum

Chair of the Nominating, Evaluation and Governance Committee
Halifax – Nova Scotia

A lawyer by profession, Mr. Machum is a Partner with the firm Stewart McKelvey. His practice focuses on workplace litigation, dispute resolution, human rights, and employer-employee relations. In addition to his numerous professional affiliations, Mr. Machum has sat on boards of many organizations including the Atlantic Theatre Festival, Prescott Group, Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, Nova Scotia Yachting Association, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University (NSCAD) as well as the Management Committee of his law firm. Mr. Machum is a Life Member of the Nova Scotia Art Gallery. Married with four children, Mr. Machum is also a skilled and enthusiastic sailor.
Marlie Oden

Marlie Oden

Chair of the Strategic Planning and Communication Committee
 Vancouver – British Columbia

Originally from Edmonton, Alberta Marlie Oden is now the managing partner of Bridge Communications in Vancouver, BC. Her firm specializes in marketing, strategic planning, public relations and advertising. She has had a long career at the senior management level of major Canadian advertising firms. Extremely active in the cultural community, Ms. Oden has sat on the boards of the Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver Jewish Film Festival, Fringe Festival, Stanley Theatre and Vancouver TheatreSports. In 2007, she was awarded the Patron of the Arts Award.
Elise Orenstein

Elise Orenstein

Vice-Chair of the Board
Toronto - Ontario

Elise Orenstein is a Toronto lawyer. Ms. Orenstein obtained a BA (Honours) from McGill University, a M. Phil. from Oxford University and a LL.B from Osgoode Hall law school. She was called to the bar of Ontario in 1983 and has been a senior partner in two major Toronto law firms. Ms. Orenstein has practised in the area of corporate and commercial law with special emphasis on intellectual property law. She has represented public and private corporations as well as clients in a broad range of industries, particularly convergent media, knowledge management and entertainment. Ms. Orenstein has served on the Board of several privately held companies and taught law at York University. As a volunteer, she has served on the Boards of various arts organizations and as Chair of the Artists’ Health Centre Foundation (AHCF). In addition to her independent legal practice, she currently sits on the Advisory Boards of the AHCF and the Dancer Transition Resource Centre.
Tom Perlmutter

Tom Perlmutter

Ex-officio Member
Government Film Commissioner and Chair of the National Film Board
Montreal – Quebec

Throughout his career as a filmmaker, writer and producer, Tom Perlmutter has been a fervent advocate of groundbreaking and socially engaged independent cinema. Before joining the NFB in 2001 as Director General, English Program, Mr. Perlmutter enjoyed a prestigious career in the Canadian film industry as the founding head of documentaries at Barna-Alper Productions, and partner in Primitive Entertainment. Mr. Perlmutter previously partnered with one of Canada’s most noted documentarians, John Walker, on several award-winning documentaries. Prior to this, he was Director of Creative Development for CineNova Productions and Executive Director of Alliance for Children and Television from 1993 to 1995. He has also worked as a writer and journalist, with many articles and publications to his credit.
Tom Perlmutter

Ram Raju

Member
Ottawa - Ontario

Ram Raju is a pioneer in digital goods management through the Internet and is founder and CEO of one of the world's leading providers of hosted solutions in the education market. Kivuto Solutions Inc. currently has over 30,000 institutional customers in over 100 countries and manages digital assets for major software vendors like Microsoft, Adobe and VMware. Mr. Raju serves as an investor, advisor, and board member for Internet start-ups. Prior to Kivuto Solutions Inc., Mr. Raju worked at Dalhousie University as a professor of information systems and as a manager of computing and information systems. His work in this field was recognized in 1995, when he was elected vice-president of the Canadian Association of Campus Computer Stores to represent more than $125 million in purchasing power in negotiations with hardware and software companies. Mr. Raju holds three degrees from Dalhousie University: a bachelor of arts, a bachelor of science, and a master of business administration. Married with three children, Mr. Raju is an avid traveler and has long term interests in literature, art, and history.