Announcement: A Warm Welcome to our New Board of Directors for 2025/2026

Last night, the Ottawa Board of Trade proudly hosted our 168th Annual General Meeting and reception at the NCC River House. We came together to celebrate our members, reflect on all that we’ve accomplished together over the past year, and share what’s next for OBOT. A new Board of Directors for 2025/2026 was also elected and is as follows:

Incumbents 

• Incumbents 
  • Brendan McGuinty, Strategies 360 Inc. – Chair
  • Hugh Gorman, Colonnade BridgePort – Vice-Chair
  • Kimberly Stone, Giatec Scientific - Treasurer
  • Megan Wallace, Mann Lawyers – Corporate Secretary
  • John Proctor, PwC Canada – Executive Member at Large
  • Riaz Sidi, sidi.io - Director
  • Devinder Chaudhary, Aiana Restaurant Collective - Director
  • Julie Lupinacci, Hydro Ottawa - Director
  • Kayla Isabelle, Startup Canada - Director
  • Melissa Reeves, Linebox Studio - Director
  • Sacha Gera, Healwell.ai - Director

  Incoming Directors

  • Dan Dore, Deloitte - Director
  • Krista Kealey, Ottawa International Airport Authority - Director
  • Samara Belitzky, Emond Harden LLP - Director
  • Stephen Willis, Stantec - Director

Please click here to read the 2024 OBOT Annual Report, which was presented at the Annual General Meeting. We look forward to working with this new Board of Directors, our economic partners, members, and Pillar Partners to advocate for collaborative and sustainable community prosperity, support businesses at every stage of growth, and champion Ottawa as the best place to live, work, learn, play, visit and invest.