Board of Directors

  • Don Gordon (Chair, Dairy Farmers of Ontario Representative Director)

  • RJ Taylor (Vice Chair, Partner Organization Director)

  • Karen Sanders (Ontario Pork Representative Director) Chair of Governance Committee

  • Joost Van Der Heiden (Beef Farmers of Ontario Representative Director)

  • Neil Campbell (Poultry Industry Representative Director)

  • Picture of Ian Ross

    Ian Ross (Appointed Director)

  • Jim White (Appointed Director)

  • Sonya Fiorini (Appointed Director)

  • Mohamad Yaghi (Appointed Director)

Ex Officio Members

  • Robert Matson (Production Research Manager, Dairy Farmers of Ontario)

  • Reid Buchanan (Research Environment Specialist, Ontario Pork)

  • Maria Leal (Director of Regulatory Compliance and Farming Operations, Poultry Representative)

  • Barb Caswell (Supervisor of Provincial Programs, Beef Farmers of Ontario)

  • Doug Reddick (Director, Research and Innovation Branch, OMAFA)

  • Shayan Sharif (Interim Vice President Research and Innovation University of Guelph)