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Board of Directors

John McLure Mr. John D. McLure – Chair
Mr. McLure is President and CEO of JDM Consulting Inc. and a senior associate at Hill and Knowlton Canada Limited. In 1975, he left the Canadian Forces to pursue a career with the federal public service. Mr. McLure served with Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the Department of Regional Industrial Expansion, the Department of National Defence, and the Department of Western Economic Diversification. Mr. McLure retired from the Public Service as a Deputy Minister in 1997 and joined Hill and Knowlton. Mr. McLure earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Manitoba in 1963, and attended military studies at the Royal Military College of Science in England in 1964 and 1990.
 
 
Jean-Claude Garneau Mr. Jean-Claude Garneau
As President of Excotech since 1990, Mr. Garneau has used his expertise as a consultant for Hydro-Quebec and the Société d'énergie de la Baie James, among other clients. During his 35 years with Janin Construction, Mr. Garneau was involved in numerous projects, where he acquired a solid reputation for his understanding of all aspects of the construction industry, particularly the complexity of large-scale projects. Mr. Garneau earned a Bachelor of Science (Civil Engineering) degree from McGill University in 1953.
 
Ross Nicholls Mr. Ross Nicholls, P.ENG.
Mr. Nicholls joined DCC in 1978. Before his appointment to his current position of President and Chief Executive Officer in 1996, he held a variety of engineering and management positions at the Corporation's site and regional offices in Atlantic Canada, Quebec and Ontario. He is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario, l'Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, the Canadian Military Engineers Association, and is on the board of trustees for the Canadian Mechanical Contracting Education Foundation. Mr. Nicholls earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Mount Allison University, as well as a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) degree from the Technical University of Nova Scotia.
 
Nancy Penner Ms. Nancy Penner
Ms. Penner has practiced law for 20 years, in the securities, oil and gas, and general corporate areas as partner and counsel in an Alberta law firm. She has served on the Boards of Directors of numerous public and private corporations and not-for-profit organizations and on the executive bodies of various industry organizations. Ms Penner holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba and earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Calgary in 1984.