Board of Directors

Trish Kiley (Board Chair, appointed October 2024)

Trish’s 35+ year business career began as a Chartered Accountant at PwC before serving in senior executive financial roles within the cable television industry for over a decade. She moved on to advise a number start up IT companies and subsequently started her own IT venture in 2003, Advanced Publishing, which she runs today as CEO. She is active as a director and currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Canadian Automobile Association and a past-chair of CAA Atlantic, and has served as a director and past board chair of a number of other for profit, non-profit and industry associations.

Trish has a Bachelor of Administration (Distinction) from the University of New Brunswick, a CPA, CA designation and recently earned her ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Michel Tremblay

Senior Executive, Chartered Director and consultant with over 35 years of experience in the broadcasting and media industries in Canada, Michel held a number of senior positions in both the private and public sectors. He operates “Strategic Solutions” a business consulting firm and currently sits on the board of private, public and not-for-profit organizations. Prior to that, Michel served as Senior Vice-President, Corporate Strategy and Business Partnerships at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Before joining CBC/Radio-Canada, Michel held the position of Executive Vice-President at the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB). He also served in executive positions at the CRTC for many years and has also worked in the cable industry.

He obtained his undergraduate degree at Concordia University, in Communications Studies and pursued MBA studies at École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Montréal and at the University of Ottawa. He obtained the Chartered Director (C.Dir.) designation from The Director’s College, McMaster University. Michel was awarded the title of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes académiques by the French Government for his contribution to French culture in Canada throughout his career.

Geneviève Saumier

Geneviève is Dean and Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal since August 1st, 2024. Prior to that, she was Peter M. Laing Professor at the Faculty of Law at McGill University. Her areas of teaching and research include domestic and cross-border dispute resolution as well as consumer law. She is a board member of Quebec’s Office de la protection du consommateur and of the Fondation Claude-Masse. She obtained B.Com., B.C.L & LL.B. degrees from McGill and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada and is a member of the Quebec Bar. In 2016, she was awarded the Paul-André-Crépeau Medal, by the Canadian Bar Association – Quebec Division.

Catherine Middleton

Catherine is a Professor at the Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management at Toronto Metropolitan University. She also teaches and supervises students in the joint York-TMU graduate program in Communication and Culture. Catherine’s research focuses on consumer and citizen access to communications technologies, with specific attention to the provision and use of fixed and mobile voice and broadband services. She holds a BA Hons from Queen’s University, an MBA from Bond University (Australia), and a PhD in Management Information Systems from the Schulich School of Business at York University. Catherine has served on several boards and is a past board chair of CANARIE, Canada’s advanced research and education network. She holds the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D) designation and is a member of the ICD and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Ruby Barber

Ruby is Assistant General Counsel, Legal & Regulatory Affairs, at Bell Canada and is based in Ottawa. She joined Bell in 1997 and has a broad range of legal and regulatory experience with telecom issues. Most recently she was responsible for Bell Canada’s consumer legal team, which on a day-to-day basis addresses legal issues impacting Bell’s customers, including the Wireless Code of Conduct. Previously, she supported the Mergers & Acquisitions team at Bell as Assistant General Counsel, M&A. Prior to joining Bell, Ruby was an associate at Fasken Martineau in Toronto, practising corporate and securities law. She is a graduate of Queen’s University (Honours Politics) and Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1991.

Leonard D Eichel

Leonard has more than 30 years experience in the Canadian Telecommunications Industry. Currently, he is Director, Regulatory Affairs, Telecommunications at Cogeco Communications Inc., a Montreal-based company that provides Internet, video and voice telecommunications services to more than 1.5 million residential and business customers in Canada and the United States. In the 16 years that Leonard has been with Cogeco, he has led diverse teams in Carrier Relations, IT, Sales and, most recently, has returned to his career roots of Regulatory Affairs, representing Cogeco’s interests with the CRTC and Federal Government. Prior to Cogeco, Leonard has worked for Fido Solutions Inc., Lemay-Yates & Associates Inc., the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and Industry, Science and Economic Development (ISED) in a variety of capacities. Leonard holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Communications Regulatory & Policy focus) from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC and a Masters of Fine Arts from Concordia University in Montreal.

Todd Hofley

As Beanfield’s VP, Policy and Communications, Todd leads Beanfield’s public and government relations while developing and guiding its marketing voice and brand. In his previous role at Beanfield he oversaw the expansion of its residential division and ran the network’s commercial real estate portfolio. A former member of Airbnb’s Canadian Policy team, he has a long history of successful community and political advocacy at all three levels of government with particular expertise in urban, vertical communities. He is a frequent speaker on ways to bridge the digital divide, is a Civic Action DiverseCity Fellow, and sits on numerous industry committees. He holds a BA from The University of Winnipeg and an MFA from Southern Methodist University.