The Canadian Race Relations Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of a Chair and up to nineteen other directors appointed by the Governor in Council (Cabinet). CRRF Directors serve for terms of up to three years, which are renewable. 

The Foundation's day-to-day operations are managed by its Executive Director, who is appointed for a term of up to five years and who serves as a non-voting Board member. CRRF Directors come from all areas of Canada and, collectively, bring to the Foundation a rich diversity of ethnocultural heritage and a wealth of expertise.

The Board of Directors consists of: 

	Albert Lo Chair (Richmond, British Columbia) Mr. Lo has been president, CEO, and board member of IFD Beneficence Corporation of Vancouver and president of Jireh Strategies Group of Richmond since 2006. He was a Vancouver business consultant from 2005 to 2006 and held several senior positions with Trinity Television from 1999 to 2005. Mr. Lo held several positions with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation from 1978 to 1997. He served as a member of its Diversity Management Committee, rotating chair of the Employment Equity Committee, and regional representative (British Columbia and Yukon) for its Advisory Group on Visible Minorities. From 1990 to 1996, he was also national president of the Advisory Group on Visible Minorities. He has also been active in many community endeavours and activities, including bridge building to promote understanding, harmony, and respect among diverse ethno-cultural and multi-faith communities; producing and participating in television and radio talk programs, seminars, and workshops on multiculturalism; and organizing immigrant and senior support services, including English as a second language training, orientation, and visitation.
	Des Doran (Ottawa,Ontario) Mr. Doran is retired from the Federal Government after 24 years employment as an Economist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. He is very active in community and volunteer work, including having served on the former City of Ottawa's Advisory Committee on Equity and Diversity from 1996-2000, and as Co-Chair of the Community Council for Ethnocultural Equity of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board from 2002 to 2004. He is active in the Jamaican (Ottawa) Community Association, and serves on the Board of the Council on Aging of Ottawa. He is also a former member of the Board of Directors for the Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization.
	Dr. Al-Yassini, Executive Director (Toronto, Ontario) Dr. Ayman Al-Yassini is the Executive Director of the Canadian Race-Relations Foundation. He has an extensive experience spanning over thirty years as professor and senior manager of key Canadian governmental and non-governmental agencies. Prior to joining the Foundation in late 2006, Dr. Al-Yassini was Member (Commissioner), Coordinating Member, and Special Advisor to the Deputy Chair at the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) (1994-2006).  He was also the Director of International Trade and Executive Director of the Asia-Pacific Business Councils at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, with the primary responsibility for trade relations with Taiwan. At the Social Science Federation of Canada, he held the position of Executive Director, and prior to that he was the Director of Program Development at the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE). Dr. Al-Yassini is a graduate of Loyola College in Montreal, and holds a PhD in Political Science from McGill University, with a specialization in International Relations and Politics of Developing Areas. He taught for a number of years at McGill and Concordia universities in Montreal, and was a visiting professor at the University of Riyadh (King Saud University) in Saudi Arabia. He published extensively on the relationship between religion and state in Islam, religion and development and religion and foreign policy. He participated as keynote speaker and presenter in numerous national and international conferences and meetings dealing with human rights, immigration and refugee issues, race relations, and diaspora communities. He is a frequent media commentator on race relations issues.  Over the years, Dr. Al-Yassini served as board member or chair of a number of community and professional organizations, including the Camrose International Institute in Alberta. He is a member of  the International Association of Refugee Law Judges and the Canadian Association of Administrative Tribunals.
	David Divine (Halifax, Nouvelle Écosse) Professor David Divine is a graduate of Edinburgh University (Scotland), Aston University (Birmingham, U.K.), and the London School of Economics (U.K.). Professor Divine has occupied senior positions in social work administration, social work education, and social housing in the United Kingdom. Professor Divine has also managed his own consultancy company covering social housing, social care, and health over the past 10 years (1994-2004). In summary, Professor Divine has extensive experience spanning some 20 years in community development issues operating at practitioner, policy, and academic levels.Professor Divine's working life has largely involved working with the most disadvantaged communities. Professor Divine's research interests include: Community Development in impoverished areas, Social Housing, Community Health/Care, 'Resilience' both at a communal and personal level, Social Exclusion, Sexuality with a particular focus on men from Black and other ethnic minority groups, International Comparative Studies, History of Service Delivery to particular communities, Education and Training, Immigration, Archival Research, AIDS/HIV and the Social Economy as it relates to Black and other ethnic minority groups (organizations which express the aspirations of people to contribute in their communities).
	Lillian Nakamura Maguire     (Whitehorse, Yukon) Ms. Maguire has been a Public Education Specialist with the Yukon Human Rights Commission since 2002, as well as an Educational Consultant in Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon. She was Associate Director (Programs) with the Cultural Diversity Institute at the University of Calgary from 1999 to 2002. While working at Yukon College, from 1982 to 1999, she held the positions of Staff Training and Development Officer; Coordinator/Instructor of Student and Instructional Development; Personal Skills Development Coordinator; and Coordinator of Women's Programs. From 1981 to 1982, she was a researcher for the Women's Bureau with the Government of the Yukon. Ms. Maguire has been very involved in community activities, including co-founding Connecting Cultures of Yukon in 2003. She was on the RCMP Commissioner's Advisory Committee on Visible Minorities from 2000 to 2002, as well as the RCMP "K" Division Cultural Diversity Committee from 2001 to 2002. She worked on the City of Calgary Taskforce on Cultural and Racial Diversity from 2000 to 2002. Ms. Maguire was Yukon Human Rights Commissioner from 1997 to 1998, and founder of the Human Rights Action Network, Yukon PSAC, in 1997.
	Ashraf Ghanem (Fredericton, New Brunswick) Mr. Ashraf Ghanem of New Brunswick holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of New Brunswick. Currently, he is employed as a financial analyst for the New Brunswick Department of Transportation, a position he has held since 1991. Mr. Ghanem is the President of the New Brunswick Multicultural Council Inc., a provincial umbrella organization for multicultural associations from across New Brunswick. He serves as Chair of the province's Ministerial Advisory Committee on Multiculturalism, and is a member of the Steering Committee of the National Anti-Racism Council of Canada (NARCC). In February 2005, he was appointed to the Cross Cultural Roundtable on Security, which was created to engage in a long-term dialogue on matters related to national security as they impact a diverse and pluralistic society. Mr. Ghanem is a passionate advocate for public education on diversity and race relations issues and has worked with various agencies to create public awareness and education on issues relating to anti-racism. In April 2005 he was awarded the Thérèse Casgrain Volunteer Award, which annually recognizes one man and one woman who have contributed significantly to the advancement of a social cause and to the well-being of their fellow citizens.
	Palinder Kamra (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) Dr. Kamra, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Department of Pediatrics of Memorial University in St. John's. She is a member of the Canadian Allergy and Immunology Association, the Canadian Pediatrics Society, the Atlantic Lung Association, the Asthma Committee of the Janeway Child Health Centre, and the Latex Allergy Committee of Health Sciences. Dr. Kamra was the first female President of the Friends of India Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (1999?2000) and was President of the Newfoundland Sikh Association from 1992 to 1993. She currently serves as Vice-President of the Newfoundland and Labrador Multicultural Association. She is also Treasurer of the Celiac Association of Canada and a member of the Women in Pediatrics Association.
	Sharad Chandra (Winnipeg, Manitoba) Mr. Chandra was Business/Resource Coordinator for the Manitoba School System from 1982 to 1990. From 1974 to 1981, he was Assistant Professor of Political Science and Educational Psychology at the University of Brandon, Manitoba. He taught at several institutions in India, the United Kingdom, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba from 1961 to 1978. He served as president of the Manitoba Education Resource Centre in 1988, and vice-president of the Manitoba Association for the Promotion of Ancestral Languages from 1985 to 1986. Mr. Chandra served as president of the National Indo-Canadian Council from 1993 to 1996 and as president of the World Hindu Organization from 1986 to 1987. From 1981 to 1987, he was a TV Program director/producer for a community channel that promotes culture and cross-cultural issues. He was founder/director of the India School of Dance, Music and Theatre from 1964 to 1986.
	Toni Silberman (Toronto, Ontario) At the Ontario Human Rights Commission, Ms. Silberman was co-ordinator of special programs, from 1990 to 1997, and executive assistant to the chief commissioner and director of public affairs from 1982 to 1990. Previously, she worked as a private management and research consultant, as well as a consulting associate with McKay Trost Associates. She has also served as director of Seneca College's part-time learning and TeleCollege programs. Ms. Silberman has been involved in many community and professional organizations throughout her career. She has been on the Beth Torah Congregation's board of trustees since 2004 and on the board of the Canadian Coalition for Democracies since 2005. From 1983 to 2000, she was an officer and member of the executive of the Canadian Jewish Congress-Ontario Region and served on numerous committees. A member of B'nai Brith since 1984, she has served as chair of the League for Human Rights and in various other capacities.
	Lyn Q. Chow (Calgary, Alberta) A professional electrical engineer, Mr. Chow was employed by Manitoba Hydro for 33 years and retired as the senior manager of the engineering systems department. Previously, he was a junior engineer with the Saskatchewan Power Corporation. Mr. Chow has also been involved in community organizations. He was a member of the board of directors of the Winnipeg Chinatown Non-profit Housing Corporation and served as its chair for two years. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre. After moving to Calgary, Mr. Chow continued his community service as a member of the board of directors of the Wu Yi Association, vice-president of the board of directors of the United Calgary Chinese Association, member of the board of directors and member of the executive committee of the Chinese Christian Wing Kei Nursing Home Association, vice-president of the board of directors of the Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association, and member of the board of directors of the Calgary Chinatown Seniors Centre Foundation.
	Roman Melnyk (Toronto, Ontario) Mr. Melnyk is a broadcasting executive and legal counsel with extensive experience in public and private sector media operations on a national and international level. He has been a legal counsel and a broadcasting consultant since 2002. From 1996 to 2001, he served as vice-president of Business Affairs at CTV Television Inc. Mr. Melnyk was executive vice-president and chief operating officer of W. F. Cooke Television Programs from 1993 to 1996. He held several senior positions with the CBC from 1971 to 1993, including: director of Network Television; executive of Media Operations; TV Network program director; director of Independent Production and senior legal counsel. From 1962 to 1966, he served in Stuttgart and Cologne, Germany as a foreign service officer with the Department of Citizenship and Immigration. Mr. Melnyk is a member of the board of directors of the Independent Production Fund, a member of the board of directors of the National Catholic Broadcasting Council, and a member of the board of directors of St. Demetrius Development Corporation. He was also a member of the International Board of Advisors of the International Media Center in Kyviv, Ukraine.