EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Executive committee’s role is to assist the President, provide direction to the organization and ensure the smooth operation of the CVCA on behalf of the Board of Directors. The committee meets regularly to review current issues facing the CVCA as well as the activities of other committees.

Chair: Peter van der Velden (Lumira Capital)
Chris Arsenault (iNovia Capital)
Tom Hayes (GrowthWorks Atlantic)
Lorne Jacobson (TriWest Capital Partners)
Grant Kook (Westcap Mgt. Ltd.)
David Mullen (Fulcrum Capital Partners)
John Ruffolo (OMERS Ventures)
Pierre Schuurmans (Birch Hill Equity Partners)
Gregory Smith (Instar Infrastructure)
Mark Usher (Wellington Financial)

NOMINATING COMMITTEE
The Nominating committee is tasked with making recommendations on Board renewal on an annual basis. The committee’s recommendations reflect the composition of the CVCA’s membership. The committee is responsible for identifying suitable, qualified candidates and for ascertaining their willingness to serve on the Board. The committee also discusses continuing Board membership with existing Directors.

Chair: Gregory Smith (Instar Infrastructure)
Richard Remillard (CVCA)
Peter van der Velden (Lumira Capital)

FINANCE COMMITTEE
The Finance committee’s role is to ensure that that the CVCA’s finances continue to be managed in a sound and prudent fashion, including ensuring that there is at all times sufficient liquid assets to meet any extended period of declining revenues. It is responsible for developing investment and financial control policies, including a formal Travel and Expenses policy. It carries out its tasks by preparing an annual budget with input from other committees and by ensuring that there is full and comprehensive financial reporting.

Chair: Pierre Schuurmans (Birch Hill Equity Partners)
Jim Charlton (GrowthWorks Capital Ltd.)
Lauren Linton (CVCA)
Silvio Marsili (Roynat Capital)
Richard Rémillard (CVCA)
Kathryn Ryan (CVCA)
Tim Stockman (Kensington Capital Partners)

COMMUNICATIONS AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE
Formerly the “Editorial committee” the goal is of this committee is to provide and integrated communications strategy that is centered on the CVCA’s quarterly in-house magazine, Private Capital and its website. The Editorial committee develops ideas for content and assists in identifying suitable potential contributors.

Co-Chair: Gary Rubinoff (Summerhill Venture Partners)
Co-Chair: Steve Hnatiuk (VanEdge Capital)
Chris Arsenault (iNovia Capital Inc.)
Jenifer Bartman (Jenifer Bartman Business Advisory Services)
Roma Ihnatowycz (MediaEdge Publishing)
Grant Kook (Westcap Mgt. Ltd)
Lauren Linton (CVCA)
Mark MacLeod (Real Ventures)
Rick Nathan (Kensington Capital Partners)
Richard Rémillard (CVCA)
Gregory Smith (Instar Infrastructure)
David Unsworth (RBC Venture Partners)
Peter van der Velden (Lumira Capital)

Sub-committees
1. Private Capital Magazine: Lead - Roma Ihnatowycz (MediaEdge Publishing) LINK TO PRIVATE CAPITAL Page
2. Website: lead – Jacki Jenuth (Lumira Capital)
3. Research: lead - Gilles Duruflé
4. Advertising and promotion: lead –Lauren Linton (CVCA)

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE
The Government Relations committee’s role is to oversee the conduct of the CVCA’s relations with all levels of government. The committee is charged with developing a pro-active agenda to present to government(s) and with ensuring that the industry’s interests are defended as circumstances warrant. The Government Relations committee is responsible for leading the process of updating an update of the CVCA’s five-point venture capital plan.

Chair: John Ruffolo (OMERS Ventures)
David Adderley (Celtic House Venture Partners)
Janie Béïque (Fonds de solidarité FTQ)
Ross Bricker
Gilles Duruflé
Tom Hayes (GrowthWorks Atlantic)
Steve Hnatiuk (VanEdge Capital Partners)
Grant Kook (Westcap Mgt. Ltd.)
Geneviève Morin (Fondaction)
Rick Nathan (Kensington Capital Partners)
Richard Rémillard (CVCA)
Gregory Smith (Instar Infrastructure)
Peter van der Velden (Lumira Capital)

SUB-COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRY IMPACT STUDIES
CVCA was invited by Industry Canada to collaborate with the department in an economic-impact-of-venture-capital research project. CVCA Executive Committee authorized CVCA participation in this project. Consequently, this sub-committee will oversee CVCA’s participation in this joint research endeavor. In addition, the sub-committee will be charged with assessing the optimum process for proceeding with an update of CVCA’s existing study on the economic impacts of the buyout sector.

Chair: Tom Hayes (Growthworks Atlantic)
Greg Baylin (ONCAP)
Pierre Blaising (Fonds de Solidarité)
Francois Chaurette (Novacap)
Gilles Duruflé
Todd Evans (EDC)
Elmer Kim (Roynat Capital)
Senia Rapisarda (BDC)
Richard Rémillard (CVCA)

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

Chair: Mark Usher (Wellington Financial)
Richard Bradlow (Penfund)
Sean Brownlee (Rho Canada Ventures)
Boris Wertz (Version One Ventures)

TAX POLICY COMMITTEE
The Tax Policy committee’s role is to oversee the implementation of Board tax priorities and to advocate in favor of the removal of specific impediments to the smooth conduct of venture capital and private equity business that may exist in the federal and provincial Income Tax Acts. The Tax Policy committee is also responsible for monitoring tax matters abroad as they could potentially affect Canadian funds, including moves by government authorities in the U.S. and elsewhere to increase the tax burden on the industry.

Chair: Jocelyn Blanchet (KPMG)
Danny Cisterna (Deloitte)
Pam Cross (Borden Ladner Gervais LLP)
David Copeland (ONEX)
Chris Govan (ONEX)
Steve Hnatiuk (VanEdge Capital Partners)
Stephen Hurwitz (Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP)
Neil Marcovitz (Northleaf Capital Partners)
Craig Rankine (Torquest Partners)
Richard Rémillard (CVCA)
John Ruffolo (OMERS Ventures)

CFO COMMITTEE: REGULATORY, REPORTING AND VALUATION
A CFO committee has been struck to deal with regulatory and reporting issues affecting member funds. The sub-committee also serves as a forum for CFO’s to exchange news and views about emerging issues. Other than statistics, this committee will absorb the functions of what was formerly the Statistics, Reporting and Valuation Committee .

Chair: Stephen Cummings (CFO at large)
Marc Keirstead (TF Executive Committee) (CPPIB)
Richard Rémillard (CVCA)
Tim Stockman (TF Executive Committee) (Kensington Capital)
Kareen Stangherlin (TF Executive Committee) (KMS Professional Services)

AWARDS COMMITTEE
The Awards committee is responsible for managing the processes for selecting winners of all key CVCA award programs including: Deal of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year and the award for Community Leadership. The CVCA awards program provides the association with the means to celebrate success and innovation in the venture capital and private equity industry as well as the industry’s close ties with Canada’s leading entrepreneurs.

Chair: Sandra Bosela (OPTrust Private Markets Group)
Brad Ashley (Priveq)
Cody Church (TriWest Capital)
Michael Hollend (TorQuest)
Richard Kinlough (CIT Corporate Finance, Canada)
Richard Rémillard (CVCA)
Natalie Townsend (North Rock Capital)

ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2013 COMMITTEE
The Annual Conference committee’s role is to ensure that this event continues to attract growing attendance and sponsorship levels by providing a memorable experience to registrants and by attracting a strong turnout of senior industry executives from Canada and abroad. The Annual Conference remains the CVCA’s single largest revenue and expense item. Indeed, it has been a growing source of the CVCA’s income on both an absolute and a proportionate basis. The committee is charged with preparing a conference program, securing speakers and developing a budget in collaboration with the Finance committee. LINK TO CONFERENCE Page

Chair: Lorne Jacobson (TriWest Capital Partners)
Co-Chair, VC: Ross Bricker
Co-Chair, PE: Rakesh Saraf (Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund)
Chris Arsenault (iNovia Capital Inc.)
Gregory Baylin (ONCAP Management Partners)
Randy Beattie (PFM Capital Inc.)
Mark Blackwell (Cenovus Energy )
Gerry Brunk (Lumira Capital)
James Chepyha (Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital)
Rebecca Giffen (Alberta Enterprise Corporation)
Jeremy Gilman (KERN Partners Ltd. )
Bryan Haynes (Bennett Jones LLP)
Michael Hollend (Torquest Partners)
Wally Hunter (EnerTech Capital)
Andrew Keenan (CVCA)
Lauren Linton (CVCA)
Tracey McVicar (CAI Capital Management)
Francesco Mele (KERN Partners)
Dave Mullen (Fulcrum Capital Partners)
Jeff Pentland (Northleaf Capital Partners)
Julian Remedios (British Columbia Investment Management Corporation)
Richard Remillard (CVCA)
Kathryn Ryan (CVCA)
Nancy Smith (ARC Financial Corporation)
Thecla Sweeney (Birch Hill Equity Partners)
Pascal Tremblay (Novacap)
Peter van der Velden (Lumira Capital)
Michael Woolhouse (Canada Pension Plan Investment Board )

CANADIAN WOMEN IN PRIVATE EQUITY COMMITTEE
This committee will develop events that are targeted to female members of the CVCA, will work with staff to establish an on-line discussion forum for members comparable to what has been developed by the CFO- sub-committee for its members and will develop strategies for increasing the attractiveness of careers in private equity to women. LINK TO CWPE Page

Co-Chair: Samantha Horn (Stikeman Elliott)
Co-Chair: Adrianna Czornyj (Deloitte)
Sandra Bosela (OPTrust Private Markets Group)
Winnie Chou (Loewen & Partners Inc.)
Sonal Doshi (RBC Capital Markets)
Sarah Goel (EdgeStone Capital Partners)
Vanessa Grant (Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP)
Brenda Hogan (Ontario Capital Growth Corporation)
Brooke Jamison (Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP)
Alina Osorio (Aquila Infrastructure Management)
Lori Prokopich (Fogler, Rubinoff LLP)
Valerie Scott (Swander Pace)
Brett Stewart (McMillan LLP)
Thecla E. Sweeney (Birch Hill Equity Partners)
Natalie Townsend (NorthRock Capital Partners)
Ann Watson (Paul Capital Partners)

ABORIGINAL LIAISON COMMITTEE
This committee is responsible for promoting closer ties between CVCA members and Aboriginal business by planning joint events with Aboriginal business associations, by enhancing the visibility presence of the venture capital and private equity industry in various forums and by identifying areas for joint collaboration on matters of public policy and business development.

Co-Chair: Grant Kook (Westcap Mgt. Ltd.)
Co-Chair: Gregory Smith (Brookfield Financial Corp.)
John Berton (Georgian Partners)
Tom Hayes (GrowthWorks Atlantic)
Jeff Pentland (Northleaf Capital Partners)
Richard Rémillard (CVCA)
Ed Truant (Imperial Capital)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
The Professional Development (PD) committee is responsible for organizing the annual series of PD events and in so doing, identifying individual event topics and keynote speakers capable of attracting high attendance levels on a consistent basis..

Co-Chair: Sarah Goel (EdgeStone Capital Partners)
Co-Chair: Sandra Bosela (OPTrust Private Markets Group)
Jenifer Bartman (Jenifer Bartman Advisory Services)
Roger Chabra (Rho Canada)
Daryl Ching (Ubequity Capital)
Matthew Cockburn (Torys LLP)
James Cowan (Macquarie)
Richard Davis (RHR International)
Ben Fash (Birch Hill Equity Partners)
Aarti Iyer (Northleaf Capital Partners)
Cynthia Lavoie (TVM Life Sciences Fund)
Lauren Linton (CVCA)
Craig Netterfield (Wellington Financial)
Ian Palm (Gowlings)
Richard Pay (PwC Transaction Services)
Wayne Pommen (Torquest Partners)
Royal Poulin (RES PUBLICA Consulting)
Richard Rémillard (CVCA)
Whitney Rockley (McRock Capital)
Kathryn Ryan (CVCA)
Sunil Selby (Trellis Capital Corp)
Roger Wilson (BDC Venture Capital)

YOUNG PRIVATE CAPITALISTS (YPC) COMMITTEE
The YPC committee organizes social events that are designed to strengthen networking opportunities amongst younger members of the venture capital and private equity community. LINK TO YPC Page

Co-Chair: Emma Fisher (Wellington Financial LP)
Co-Chair: Kelly Brown (Longview Asset Management)
Andy Haigh (Lumira Capital)
Amardeep Mundi (BMO Capital Corp)
Robbie Khazzam (Fulcrum Capital)
Geoff Gilbert (KPMG)
David Gisborne (EDC)
Kathryn Ryan (CVCA)
Gary Solway (Bennett Jones)
Christophe Bourque (Tandem Expansion Fund)
Hashem Aboulhosn (Vanedge Capital Partners)
Ira Shiner (Teachers Private Capital)
Kate Roscoe (Manulife Capital)

GOLF TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE 2013
The Golf Tournament committee is tasked with organizing the annual tournament that is held on the greater Toronto area in late August. This tournament contributes to the revenues of the CVCA and provides a informal forum for networking.

Chair: Brian Kobus (Summerhill Venture Partners)

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