UPEI board of governors names Island business mogul as new chairperson
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — The UPEI board of governors has appointed a brand new chairperson following the resignation of earlier chair Pat Sinnott.
Shannon MacDonald was voted by her friends to go the place throughout a gathering on June 23.
MacDonald is a associate with Ernst and Younger Canada’s nationwide healthcare apply and has held senior management roles with Accenture Canada and Deloitte in well being system coverage and transformation.
She joined the board in 2017, has served as chair of the governance and appeals committee since 2018 and is present chair of the UPEI presidential search committee.
The Blooming Level native graduated from UPEI in 1990 and was named one in all Canada’s Most Highly effective Ladies by the Ladies’s Government Community 4 instances.
She can be a two-time Atlantic Canadian Prime 50 CEO in each 2011 and 2012.
“I’m dedicated to main the board of governors by means of a renewal course of, which is able to give attention to assuring a variety of voices and a radical board governance overview that ensures board members are supplied with the data and instruments they should fulfill their mandate,” mentioned MacDonald.
Six board vacancies stay open, three to be voted on by board members, and 4 to be appointed by the lieutenant governor in council.
