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Rob Graham

Rob Graham, MBA, ICD.D

Rob Graham is an experienced board director. His career spans the public and private sectors. His community involvement and not-for-profit board experience has been in the areas of post-secondary education, homelessness, conservation and mental health. 

Rob works to ensure the financial integrity and good governance of organizations through numerous fiduciary and leadership roles comprising service as board chair of the Good Shepherd Centre in Toronto and, through service on other boards, as chair of governance, finance, quality assurance, employee relations and pensions committees. Board experience includes Toronto Metropolitan University (formally Ryerson), the Bruce Trail Conservancy, the Hincks-Dellcrest Treatment Centre, The Good Shepherd, Trent University and as an external member of CAMH’s property committee.

His professional specialty is financial planning, audit and governance as evidenced by an MBA in finance, and an ICD.D designation with numerous governance certifications. He has initiated two extensive governance renewals at large organizations.

Rob worked in the financial planning and budget approvals of very large operating and capital budgets in the airline industry and mass transit and in large municipal government. He wrote in the National Post on mass transit efficiency. He has been in real estate investment for over 17 years and is leading the development of a new 100-unit supportive housing campus for chronically homeless seniors in an excellent location in Toronto.

Rob has a speech impediment.

Board Memberships and Committee Experience

  • Finance Committee, Audit Committee, Negotiations Committee, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) Board of Governors (2020 – 2023)
  • Director, Board Chair, Chair Finance and Audit Committee, Executive Committee, The Good Shepherd Centre (2006 – present)
  • Director, Chair of Governance, The Bruce Trail Conservancy (2014 – 2019)
  • Chair, Quality Assurance Committee, Hincks-Dellcrest Treatment Centre (2013 – 2017)
  • External Member, Property Committee, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2011 – 2016)
  • Finance, and Property Committee and Audit Committee, Trent University Board of Governors (2009 – 2012)

Education and Credentials

  • Certificate of Achievement, Board of Governors Essentials Training, Toronto Metropolitan University (2022)
  • Certificate of Achievement, The Path – Your Journey through Indigenous Canada (2022)
  • Certificate of Completion, Strategic Fundraising for Nonprofit Leaders, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Executive Education (2022)
  • Executive Certificate in Public Leadership, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Executive Education (2021)
  • Certificate of Completion, Implementing Public Policy, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Executive Education (2021)
  • Certificate of Completion, Persuasive Communication: Narrative, Evidence, and Impact, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Executive Education (2021)
  • Certificate of Completion, Creating Public Value, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Executive Education (2021)
  • Certificate of Completion, Motivating your Nonprofit Board, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Executive Education (2021)
  • NFP Chair Peer Group, Institute of Corporate Directors (2021)
  • HR & Compensation Committee Effectiveness, Institute of Corporate Directors (2019)
  • Political Intelligence for Board Rooms, Institute of Corporate Directors (2019)
  • Audit Committee Effective Course, Institute of Corporate Directors (2018)
  • Certificate of Completion, Infrastructure in a Market Economy, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Executive Education (2013)
  • ICD.D, Directors Education Program, Rotman School of Management & Institute of Corporate Directors (2008)
  • Financial Literacy Program for Directors and Executives, Rotman School of Management & Institute of Corporate Directors (2008)
  • Governance Essentials Program for Directors of Not-For-Profit Organizations, Rotman School of Management & Institute of Corporate Directors (2008)
  • MBA, University of Calgary, Haskayne School of Business (1984)
  • Honours BA, University of Waterloo (1977)