Board Members

Research Manitoba’s board appointments are made by Lieutenant Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister of Advanced Education and Training.
The board will consist of at least nine but not more than 17 directors.

Current Board Members:

Andrea Legary (Chair)
Managing Partner, The Recoup Group

Jason Leibert (Vice-Chair)
Chief Growth Officer, MSP Starch Products Inc.

Dr. Mario Pinto
Vice-President – Research and International, University of Manitoba

Dr. Peter Nickerson
Vice-Provost (Health Sciences) and Dean, Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Immunology, Flynn Family Chair in Renal Transplantation, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

Dr. Athar Ata
Chair and Professor of Chemistry, Michigan Tech

Dr. Hani El-Gabalawy
Professor of Medicine and Immunology, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Luis Escobar
Senior Transportation Consultant, Morrison Hershfield now Stantec

Erin Romeo
Executive Vice-President and General Manager, Glacier FarmMedia

Dr. Sri Navaratnam
President and CEO, CancerCare Manitoba

Angie Bruce
Vice-President – Indigenous, University of Manitoba

Dr. Lucy Delgado
Assistant Professor – Educational Administration, Foundations & Psychology – University of Manitoba

Dr. Wayne Kelly
Director – Rural Development Institute, Brandon University

Gursharn Wander
Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology

Dr. Poonam Singh
Professor in Horticultural Science, Manitoba Institute of Culinary Arts – Assiniboine College 

Ex Officio, Non-Voting Members:

Jan Forster
Deputy Minister
Advanced Education and Training

Scott Sinclair
Deputy Minister
Health

Dr. Jean-Eric Ghia
Chair
Research Manitoba Research Advisory Committee

Dr. Nathan Nickel
Chair
Research Manitoba Provincial RITHIM Committee