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CCCA_V5No4_Col-News-FIN_CCCA_V1No2_Col-News-V1.qxd 11/21/11 4:36 PM Page 46 CCCA News Meet the Editorial Board Chair: Jim Rossiter Member: Anne Giardini, Q.C. areas of: expropriation, assessment (property Mr. Rossiter is a Halifax lawyer with Justice Ms. Giardini is a lawyer, Canadian president and business), oil and gas, planning and taxi Canada and his full-time client is Parks of Weyhaeuser, a forest products company, and limousine regulation as well as municipal Canada. He's the immediate past-president of author, speaker, and a community volun- law issues. She has been a council member of the Nova Scotia branch of the CBA and a past teer. She was a columnist for the National National CBA for a number of years. She is chair of the national Young Lawyers — Post and has written articles, stories and also currently serving as past chair of National Canadian Bar Association. He is a former essays on a wide range of topics and two Sections Council. She has been a member of newspaper writer and the author of Law of novels The Sad Truth About Happiness and the Board of Directors of the CBA, as well as Publication Bans, Private Hearings and Sealing Advice for Italian Boys. In April 2011, Ms. a member of the CBA Finance Committee Orders, published byThomson Carswell. Giardini received the Robert V.A. Jones for two years. Canadian Corporate Counsel Award recog- Member: Philippe Dufresne nizing exceptional contributions to the Member: Sébastien Guénette Mr. Dufresne is the general counsel of the development or the promotion of the Mr. Guénette joined JTI-Macdonald in 2010 Canadian Human Rights Commission's Canadian corporate counsel bar or commu- as legal director, litigation and compliance. Litigation Services Division.He is an executive nity. In August 2011, she was named one of He was chair of theYoung Lawyers of the member of the International Commission of Canada’s most influential lawyers. Canadian Bar Association in 2005 and is Jurists (Canada) and the Canadian Bar now a member of the Executive Committee Association.He is also a part-time professor at Member: Leila Gosselin (not pictured) of the CCCA and a member of the Editorial the University of Ottawa where he teaches Ms. Gosselin works for the City of Calgary Boards of both National and CCCA maga- human rights law in Canada. where she practises administrative law in the zines. CCCA’s Executive Committee for 2011-2012 Chair: Geoffrey Creighton Executive Committee and is chairman of the country on a variety of topics.She is current- Mr.Creighton is senior vice-president,gener- Association of General Counsel of Alberta. ly serving as the officer-at-large of the CCCA al counsel and secretary and chief compliance National Executive Committee, the chair of officer at IGM Financial Inc. He has been a Treasurer: Dean I. Scaletta its mentoring committee and co-chair of its member of the CCCA since its inception in Mr. Scaletta is the director, information and chapter coordination committee. 1988. In his three decades of volunteer litigation with Manitoba Public Insurance.He involvement,he has served on many commit- served four years on the CCCA Board (2004- Executive Committee Members: tees and participated in various regulatory 2008), and is currently serving a two-year Yves Baribeault submissions. Most recently he served as vice- term as treasurer. Mr. Baribeault is senior director — legal chair of CCCA. affairs, operations and administration for Officer at Large: Antoinette Bozac Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. His areas Vice-Chair: Grant Borbridge Ms. Bozac is vice-president, human resources of expertise include commercial law, con- Mr. Borbridge is the executive vice-president & legal affairs,and general counsel,of Canada struction law, corporate law, intellectual investments and chief counsel of the Emergo Lands Company,comprising its two divisions: property, insurance, privacy law, labour law Group of Companies,a leading global private the CN Tower; and Real Estate. She has and litigation. equity and venture capital investment group. served two terms as president of the Greater He is currently the vice-chair (and chairman Toronto CCCA Chapter and has spoken at Bonita M. Croft elect 2012-13) of the CCCA National both CBA and CCCA conferences across the Ms. Croft is vice-president legal, general 46 CCCA Canadian Corporate Counsel Association WINTER 2011