The Board of Directors is the principal source of policy and political direction for the Association, and its major decision making body. The Board manages the affairs of the Association and reports to the general membership each year at the Annual General Meeting.
Each District School Board Member in good standing is entitled to appoint at least one Director to the OPSBA Board of Directors. Each District School Board that is a Member and which has a pupil enrolment of more than five per cent of the total enrolment of all Member Boards is entitled to appoint an additional Trustee from that District School Board to the Board of Directors. Each District School Board that is a Member and which has a pupil enrolment of more than fifteen percent of the total enrolment of all Member Boards is entitled to appoint a further additional Trustee from that District School Board to the Board of Directors.
School Authorities elect one Director at the Annual General Meeting to represent their interests on the OPSBA Board of Directors.
Treatment Centre School Authorities elect one Director to represent their interest on the OPSBA Board of Directors.
The Indigenous Trustees’ Council elects one Member to represent their interests on the OPSBA Board of Directors.
The Past President is appointed to the Board of Directors for a one year term. The President, First and Second Vice-Presidents and Regional Chairs, who are elected at the Annual General Meeting, also serve on the Board of Directors.
Members
As of November 2024
Michelle Aarts
Second Vice-President
Toronto District School Board
Cathy Abraham
Past President
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
Kate Baggott
Central West
District School Board of Niagara
Karla Bailey
Central West
Peel District School Board
Michael Barrett
Treatment School Authorities
Grandview School Authority
Shannon Binder
Eastern
Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board
Greg Bowman
Northern (East)
Algoma District School Board
Becky Buck
Central West
Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board
Julia Burgess
Western
Greater Essex County DSB
Esther Childs
Central East
Trillium Lakelands District School Board
David Cornish
Northern (West)
Keewatin-Patricia District School Board
Donna Danielli
Regional Chair, Central West
Halton District School Board
Donna Edwards
Central East
Durham District School Board
Jeanne Gray
Central West
Halton District School Board
David Green
Enrolment Representative
Peel District School Board
Susan Humphries
Regional Chair, Eastern
Renfrew County District School Board
Jennifer Jennekens
Eastern
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Elaine Johnston
Chair, Indigenous Trustees’ Council
Algoma District School Board
Jan Johnstone
Western
Bluewater District School Board
Jaine Klassen Jeninga
Regional Chair, Central East
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
Judy Kosmerly
Northern (East)
Rainbow District School Board
Jeff Lehman
Northern (West)
Rainy River District School Board
Diane Lloyd
Central East
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
Jodi Lloyd
Central East
Simcoe County District School Board
Martha MacNeil
Central West
Upper Grand District School Board
Nadeem Mahmood
Central East
York Region District School Board
David McDonald
Eastern
Upper Canada District School Board
Kathy McDonald
Chair, Black Trustees’ Caucus
Peel District School Board
Karen McGregor
Eastern
Limestone District School Board
Marilyn McLeod
School Authorities
Moose Factory Island DSAB
Kelly Miller
Central East
Durham District School Board
Sherri Moore
Western
Thames Valley District School Board
Arlene Morell
Regional Chair, Western
Thames Valley District School Board
Jason Nesbitt
Northern (West)
Superior-Greenstone District School Board
Zakir Patel
Central East
Toronto District School Board
Scott Piatkowski
Central West
Waterloo Region District School Board
Kathryn Pierroz
First Vice-President
Rainy River District School Board
Lori-Ann Pizzolato
Western
Thames Valley District School Board
Rosemary Pochopsky
Northern (East)
District School Board Ontario North East
Karthi Rajamani
Eastern
Renfrew County District School Board
Kelley Robertson
Western
Lambton Kent District School Board
Neethan Shan
Central East
Toronto District School Board
Lynn Scott
Eastern
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Elizabeth Sinclair
Central East
York Region District School Board
Ryan Sitch
Northern (West)
Lakehead District School Board
Patricia Smith
Western
Avon Maitland District School Board
Bill Steer
Regional Chair, Northern
Near North District School Board
Claudine VanEvery-Albert
Central West
Grand Erie District School Board
Deborah Williams
Enrolment Representative
Toronto District School Board
Kathleen Woodcock
President
Waterloo Region District School Board