June 20-22, 2013 • Delta Chelsea Hotel, Toronto, Canada About our

10th International Policy Governance Association (IPGA) Conference
June 20-22, 2013 • Delta Chelsea Hotel, Toronto, Canada
www.policygovernanceassociation.org
SUBJECT TO AMENDMENT
Join us in Toronto in June 2013 for an exciting educational
experience full of practical ideas and information for having
your board lead the way to a better future. Our program
provides a substantial menu of choices for new and
experienced Policy Governance® practitioners as well as those
who are interested in looking at governance more generally.
New for 2013 there will also be:
• special facilities for whole board participation
• an updated framework for ensuring reliable and trustworthy
Policy Governance resources
• more opportunities for networking
• time for special interest discussions
• opportunities for same sector peers to get together
• and more innovation and surprises to challenge us all
Remember that there are significant discounts for
IPGA members and you can join at http://www.policy
governanceassociation.org/membership/join-ipga.html
PRE-CONFERENCE PROGRAM –
Thursday, June 2O, 2013
This year we are offering not only our popular pre-conference
introductory day, but also a special peer-group forum for
more experienced board officers - a great way to offer
orientation and refreshment for new and continuing board
members.
About our Theme
Creating common futures means creating common language.
IPGA believes that board leadership is a distinct domain of
human endeavour involving board members coming together
on behalf of others to create their organizations’ futures.
At this conference you will find many common spirits who see
the potential for board leadership. You will also learn a language
that enables you to discuss the challenges involved in helping
your board to fulfill its potential and create the future it wants.
INTERNATIONAL YOUNG GOVERNORS’
SUMMIT - June 20-22, 2013
A first for IPGA, following on from the Young Governors’ Speak
plenary session at our 2010 conference, we are providing
a venue and some funding for young people interested in
governance from around the world to come together and
discuss the future with or without Policy Governance! This will
be a unique international event for young professionals and
academics to learn, network and share ideas on development
and innovation in corporate and non-profit governance. For
anyone under 35, it will be an opportunity to:
• Learn about new ideas, global perspectives, challenges
and innovations
• Create new networks and connections with others
interested in governance
• Uncover synergies and crossovers in governance research,
ideas and practices
POLICY GOVERNANCE ORIENTATION – Presented by Bill
Charney
• Make your views heard by a wide audience of governance
experts
BOARD OFFICERS’ FORUM – Presenters t.b.a.
You will find the full brochure and registration link at
www.policygovernanceassociation.org/conferences/2013/
2013-iygs-flyer-and-programme.pdf. Registration rates
have been held at a very low cost to assist young people
attending from outside Canada. If you need further help
please email [email protected].
PRE-CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES
Registration is available online - see page 3 for link.
Member
Non-Member
Policy Governance Orientation $299.00
$349.00
or
Board Officer Forum
$349.00
$299.00
INTERNATIONAL YOUNG GOVERNORS’ SUMMIT
REGISTRATION FEE $150.00
T O R O N T O
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MAIN CONFERENCE TRACKS
This year’s conference offers you our widest ever choice of workshop topics and formats in five tracks.
In addition we repeated some sessions to give you the maximum possible chance to participate.
TRACK I: POLICY
GOVERNANCE
FUNDAMENTALS
If you want to understand (or top up your knowledge of) the foundations of
Policy Governance, look no further than this track for step-by-step practical
information. Each session will be introduced by an experienced Policy
Governance consultant in the context of the Ten Principles of Policy
Governance which will also be published in the Conference Program.
TRACK 2: PEERLESS
For the more experienced – these workshops will offer the opportunity to
PEERS
enrich your practice and learn from peers in your position and/or sector.
TRACK 3: NEW
FRONTIERS
TRACK 4: BOARD
CLINICS
TRACK 5: TASTY
SIDES
These forums offer opportunities for in-depth exploration of subjects of
special interest. From governance research to building ownership linkage
plans to perspectives on CEO compensation, you will find lots of food for
thought and practical insights in these sessions. [Note: not all sessions in
this track are specific to Policy Governance]
Exclusive Workshops For Your Board!
Book into a clinic with one of our highly experienced board consultants to
address a topic of your choice. These 90 minute sessions are available on
a first-come-first-served basis only. Bring your whole board or a minimum of
four members to take advantage of this free consulting opportunity.
Visit our Newly Expanded Bookshop. Take the Young Governors’ Challenge.
Participate in our Fitness Breaks! Enjoy networking time. Bring your Partner
­— we can help them meet others who would like to explore all Toronto has
to offer.
AND THERE IS MUCH, MUCH MORE!
Ruben Nelson, Visionary & Strategic Thinker
The Conference is set to get off to a great start with our Keynote Speaker on Friday morning. Ruben
Nelson is Canada’s leading practitioner and teacher of strategic foresight.
He has spent his life exploring and seeking to understand the forces that
are now re-shaping our lives, our world and our future. The question at the
heart of Ruben’s life is this, “Just what would we do, if we knew what we were
doing?” Ruben has offered strategic advice to senior executives in every
sector and province of Canadian society – from Prime Ministers to small
grassroots organizations. He has lived in India and worked in Ottawa. His
most recent major project was an assessment for the National Research
Council of Canada on the complex strategic issues Canada and the world will face to 2020.
John and Miriam Carver
We are delighted that John and Miriam Carver will be joining us in Toronto and Miriam will once again
be answering your questions on the last day.
2013 IPGA Conference • June 20-22, 2013
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Opening Reception
The Opening Reception on Thursday evening will be your first opportunity to meet colleagues and get
into the Conference spirit.
IPGA Dinner
JOIN IPGA’S PRIVATE CRUISE OF TORONTO HARBOUR AND SEE THE MAGNIFICENT TORONTO SKYLINE
ON BOARD THE NORTHERN SPIRIT [Take a shortride from the hotel or join our walking tour which will
leave the main lobby at 6.30 p.m. and take approx 20-30mins. For help with any mobility issues
contact [email protected].]
Newly Expanded Bookshop!
Always popular our bookshop will be available throughout the Conference.
Partners’ Program
If you are bringing your partner, we can link them up with others who might like to join them for
seeing the sights or simply enjoying being in Toronto. We will provide a central reference point and
recommendations for things to do and see.
Round and About Toronto
Toronto is known as one of the world’s most vibrant and multi-cultural cities. The list of possibilities
is endless for extending your enjoyment of it. If you like the waterfront, you can explore The Toronto
Beaches, Toronto Harbor or Toronto Island. If you like wine, a tour of Niagara region wineries is for
you (as well as a sip of the area’s famous ice-wine) and you could easily fit in a visit to Niagara
Falls. Large and small museums and art galleries abound: McMichael Art Gallery, Gardiner Ceramic
Museum and Bata Shoe Museum to name a few. We have many more recommendations to offer –
just email us about what you are looking for!
Registration Details
Type
Member
Regular (By
Member
Late
4/23/2013)
NonMember
Regular (By
4/23/2013)
NonMember
Late
Full Conference Individual
$625.00
$675.00
$775.00
$825.00
Full Conference Group of 3 - 6 $575.00
$625.00
$725.00
$775.00
Full Conference Group of 7 or more $525.00
$575.00
$675.00
$725.00
Online registration available at: www.policygovernanceassociation.org
Come join us and help create – the Language of Board Leadership.
Policy Governance® is an internationally registered service mark of John Carver. Registration is only to ensure accurate description
of the model rather than for financial gain. The model is available free to all with no royalties or licence fees for its use. The
authoritative website for Policy Governance is www.carvergovernance.com.
2013 IPGA Conference • June 20-22, 2013
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Daily Schedule
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
DATE AND TIME Policy Governance:
Peerless Peers
The Fundamentals
TRACK 3
New Frontiers
TRACK 4
Board Clinics
BOOK EARLY!
THURSDAY,
JUNE 20
8.00 a.m.
STEP-BY-STEP
PRACTICAL
INFORMATION ON
THE FOUNDATIONS
OF POLICY
GOVERNANCE
PRECONFERENCE
SESSIONS
ONLY SIX
90 MINUTE
SESSIONS
AVAILABLE WITH
ONE OF OUR
EXPERIENCED
CONSULTANTS
FOR WHOLE
BOARDS OR
MINIMUM OF
FOUR BOARD
MEMBERS
REGISTRATION FOR PRE-CONFERENCE OPENS
Policy Governance
Orientation - Bill
Charney
10.00 a.m. 4.30 p.m.
FOR THE MORE
EXPERIENCED – THESE
WORKSHOPS OFFER THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ENRICH
YOUR PRACTICE AND
LEARN FROM PEERS IN
YOUR POSITION AND/OR
SECTOR.
IN-DEPTH
EXPLORATION
OF SUBJECTS
OF SPECIAL
INTEREST.
[NOTE: NOT
ALL SESSIONS
IN THIS TRACK
ARE SPECIFIC
TO POLICY
GOVERNANCE]
An interactive
and enlightening
“Introduction to
Policy Governance
for board members
and managers.
A perfect primer
for conference
attendees not very
experienced with
the PG framework.
[25 max. participants.
Subject to demand,
a second session will
be run by Catherine
Raso]
Board Officers’ Forum
A great opportunity for
Chairs, Vice-Chairs and
other Board Officers
to come together and
explore what it means to
be the servant-leaders
of board teams using
Policy Governance. This
session will be facilitated
by an experienced Policy
Governance consultant.
4.30 p.m.
REGISTRATION FOR MAIN CONFERENCE OPENS
6.00 p.m. 7.30 p.m.
Opening Reception - Come meet your fellow participants.
2013 IPGA Conference • June 20-22, 2013
TRACK 5
Tasty Sides
BOOK STORE OPEN
THROUGHOUT THE
CONFERENCE
TAKE THE
YOUNG
GOVERNORS’
CHALLENGE
FREE SPACE
AVAILABLE
FOR YOUR BOARD
MEETING!
(20th, 21st or 22rd –
subject to availability)
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Daily Schedule
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
DATE AND TIME Policy Governance:
Peerless Peers
The Fundamentals
FRIDAY,
JUNE 21
STEP-BY-STEP
PRACTICAL
INFORMATION ON
THE FOUNDATIONS
OF POLICY
GOVERNANCE
FOR THE MORE
EXPERIENCED –
THESE WORKSHOPS
OFFER THE
OPPORTUNITY
TO ENRICH YOUR
PRACTICE AND LEARN
FROM PEERS IN YOUR
POSITION AND/OR
SECTOR.
TRACK 3
New Frontiers
IN-DEPTH
EXPLORATION
OF SUBJECTS
OF SPECIAL
INTEREST.
[NOTE: NOT
ALL SESSIONS
IN THIS TRACK
ARE SPECIFIC
TO POLICY
GOVERNANCE]
TRACK 4
Board Clinics
BOOK EARLY!
ONLY SIX 90
MINUTE SESSIONS
AVAILABLE WITH
ONE OF OUR
EXPERIENCED
CONSULTANTS –
FOR WHOLE BOARDS
OR MINIMUM
OF FOUR BOARD
MEMBERS
TRACK 5
Tasty Sides
BOOK STORE OPEN
THROUGHOUT THE
CONFERENCE
TAKE THE
YOUNG GOVERNORS’
CHALLENGE
FREE SPACE
AVAILABLE
FOR YOUR BOARD
MEETING!
(20th, 21st or 22rd –
subject to availability)
7.00 a.m. 8.00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast (Speakers’ Breakfast in Room tba)
8.00 a.m. 8.30 a.m.
Welcome and Orientation
1. Welcome to Toronto and IPGA 2013 – Conference Chair, Kathy Wilkie
2. Opening of the Conference – IPGA Chair, Karl Sommers
8.30 a.m. –
9.15 a.m.
Keynote Speaker – Ruben Nelson, Futurist and Strategic Thinker, Foresight Canada - introduced by Jannice
Moore
9.15 a.m. –
9.30a.m.
Fitness and Refreshment Break - thanks to Karen Fryday-Field for being our fitness motivator
9.30a.m.
–10.45a.m.
WORKSHOPS:
SESSION ONE
10.45a.m. 11.15 a.m.
11.15 a.m. 12.30 p.m.
WORKSHOPS:
SESSION TWO
Ownership Linkage
–The Fundamentals
- Susan Mogensen
Credit Unions’ Forum
- Coordinator Steve
Winninger
Advanced Monitoring for
CEOs - Catherine Raso and
Carol Gabanna
OR
OR
OR
Policy Governance
and the Fulfillment
of the Board’s
Legal Duties – Jim
Hyatt
A Workshop with Ruben
Nelson - Part I
Two morning sessions
available – must be booked
directly with Jim McClure
[email protected]
Break
Policy Development
School Boards’
–The Fundamentals
Forum - Coordinator,
- Rose Mercier
Susan Rogers
The Learning/Policy
Development Cycle; Hands
On Workshop - Eric Craymer
OR
OR
OR
CEO Monitoring
And Evaluation –
The Fundamentals
– Richard Stringham
Two morning sessions
available – must be booked
directly with Jim McClure
[email protected]
A Workshop with Ruben
Nelson - Part II
2013 IPGA Conference • June 20-22, 2013
T O R O N T O
Daily Schedule
SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE OF BOARD LEADERSHIP
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
DATE AND TIME Policy Governance:
Peerless Peers
The Fundamentals
FRIDAY,
JUNE 21
CONTINUED
STEP-BY-STEP
PRACTICAL
INFORMATION ON
THE FOUNDATIONS
OF POLICY
GOVERNANCE
FOR THE MORE
EXPERIENCED –
THESE WORKSHOPS
OFFER THE
OPPORTUNITY
TO ENRICH YOUR
PRACTICE AND LEARN
FROM PEERS IN YOUR
POSITION AND/OR
SECTOR.
TRACK 3
New Frontiers
IN-DEPTH
EXPLORATION
OF SUBJECTS
OF SPECIAL
INTEREST.
[NOTE: NOT
ALL SESSIONS
IN THIS TRACK
ARE SPECIFIC
TO POLICY
GOVERNANCE]
TRACK 4
Board Clinics
BOOK EARLY!
ONLY SIX 90
MINUTE SESSIONS
AVAILABLE WITH
ONE OF OUR
EXPERIENCED
CONSULTANTS –
FOR WHOLE BOARDS
OR MINIMUM
OF FOUR BOARD
MEMBERS
12.30 p.m. 1.30 p.m.
Networking Lunch – Join your peers
1.30 p.m. 1.45 p.m.
IPGA Update and Awards
1.45 p.m. 3.00 p.m.
Board Monitoring
And Evaluation –
The Fundamentals
- Susan Rogers
Policy Governance
Certification Forum –
Coordinators: Susan
Mogensen and Alan
Yue
Speaking “Owner-Ese”:
Practical Approaches to
Connecting with Owners Jannice Moore
OR
OR
OR
Board Meeting
Planning and
Dynamics Catherine Raso and
Carol Gabanna
Membership
Associations Forum
- Moderator: Bill
Charney
Cascading Ends (The Focus
and Impact) Throughout The
Organization - Karen FrydayField
WORKSHOPS:
SESSION
THREE
3.00 p.m. to
3.30 p.m.
3.30 p.m. 4.45 p.m.
WORKSHOPS:
SESSION FOUR
TRACK 5
Tasty Sides
BOOK STORE OPEN
THROUGHOUT THE
CONFERENCE
TAKE THE
YOUNG GOVERNORS’
CHALLENGE
FREE SPACE
AVAILABLE
FOR YOUR BOARD
MEETING!
(20th, 21st or 22rd –
subject to availability)
for lunch - find the table group that most closely matches your interests
Two afternoon sessions
available – must be booked
directly with Jim McClure
[email protected]
Fitness and Refreshment Break
Sustainable
Governance:
Protecting Your
Investment in
the Future - Eric
Craymer
Faith Based
Organizations’ Forum:
Applying Policy
Governance in Faith
Based Organizations
as a Platform To
Enable Mission
- Coordinator, Jannice
Moore
OR
OR
OR
Policy Governance
Research Forum Coordinator, Kathy
Wiener
Governing the Unknown Ray Tooley
New Dimensions in College
Governance - Pat McCarver,
Ray Sigafoos and Karen
Jones
Two afternoon sessions
available – must be booked
directly with Jim McClure
[email protected]
4.45 p.m. –
5.00 p.m.
Break
5.00 p.m. 6.00 p.m.
IPGA AGM
7.00 p.m.
IPGA 2013 CONFERENCE DINNER - JOIN IPGA’S PRIVATE CRUISE OF TORONTO HARBOUR AND SEE THE
MAGNIFICENT TORONTO SKYLINE ON BOARD THE NORTHERN SPIRIT
[Take a short ride from the hotel or join our walking tour which will leave the main lobby at 6.30 p.m. and
take approx 20-30mins. For help with any mobility issues contact [email protected].]
T O R O N T O
SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE OF BOARD LEADERSHIP
Daily Schedule
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
DATE AND TIME Policy Governance:
Peerless Peers
The Fundamentals
SATURDAY,
JUNE 22
STEP-BY-STEP
PRACTICAL
INFORMATION ON
THE FOUNDATIONS
OF POLICY
GOVERNANCE
FOR THE MORE
EXPERIENCED –
THESE WORKSHOPS
OFFER THE
OPPORTUNITY
TO ENRICH YOUR
PRACTICE AND LEARN
FROM PEERS IN YOUR
POSITION AND/OR
SECTOR.
TRACK 3
New Frontiers
IN-DEPTH
EXPLORATION
OF SUBJECTS
OF SPECIAL
INTEREST.
[NOTE: NOT
ALL SESSIONS
IN THIS TRACK
ARE SPECIFIC
TO POLICY
GOVERNANCE]
7.30-8.00
Continental Breakfast
8.30 -10.00
Ownership
Linkage – The
Fundamentals –
Susan Mogensen
Regulatory Bodies’
Forum - Coordinators
Susan Rogers and
Doris Lavoie
Compensation
Controversies
- Richard
Stringham
WORKSHOPS:
SESSION FIVE
OR
OR
OR
10.00-10.15
Fitness and Refreshment Break
10.15-11.45
Policy
Development – The
Fundamentals
Bill Charney
Healthcare Providers’
Forum – Coordinators,
Karen Fryday-Field,
Harvey Thomson, and
Paul Shay
Dealing with
Sticky Issues
- with Susan
Mogensen and
Athens Kolias
OR
OR
OR
Higher Education
Organizations’
Forum – Coordinators
Jannice Moore with
Vince Vravek
Dialogue: The
Art of Thinking
Together - Sue
Radwan
WORKSHOPS:
SESSION SIX
Policy Governance
and the Fulfillment
of the Board’s
Legal Duties – Jim
Hyatt
CEO Monitoring
And Evaluation–
The Fundamentals
– The Richard
Stringham
Governing in a
Highly Complex
System – Sue
Radwan
TRACK 4
Board Clinics
BOOK EARLY!
ONLY SIX 90
MINUTE SESSIONS
AVAILABLE WITH
ONE OF OUR
EXPERIENCED
CONSULTANTS –
FOR WHOLE BOARDS
OR MINIMUM
OF FOUR BOARD
MEMBERS
TRACK 5
Tasty Sides
BOOK STORE OPEN
THROUGHOUT THE
CONFERENCE
TAKE THE
YOUNG GOVERNORS’
CHALLENGE
FREE SPACE
AVAILABLE
FOR YOUR BOARD
MEETING!
(20th, 21st or 22rd –
subject to availability)
One morning session available – must
be booked directly with Jim McClure
[email protected]
One morning session available – must
be booked directly with Jim McClure
[email protected]
12.00 – 12.30
Pre-Lunch Speaker: Miriam Carver
12.30 – 1.15
Closing Lunch
1.15 - 1.45
Young Governors Speak: The Future We See
1.45 p.m. 2.00
Closing Remarks and Thanks, Door Prizes, Preview of the 2014 IPGA Conference! - Kathy Wilkie,
Conference Chair
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Workshop Descriptions, Speaker/Facilitator
and Workshop Team Biographies
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS - THURSDAY JUNE 20, 2013
Policy Governance Orientation – Presenter Bill Charney (Catherine Raso will lead a second session subject to
demand)
This highly interactive and enlightening “Introduction to Policy Governance” workshop is targeted to board
members and management staff. This exploration of the 10 Policy Governance principles is a perfect
primer for conference attendees not very experienced with the Policy Governance framework. Attendees
will gain conceptual and practical understanding of how Policy Governance enhances role clarity,
accountability and focus on purpose.
Board Officers’ Forum – Presenter tba
A great opportunity for Chairs, Vice-Chairs and other Board Officers to come together and explore what it
means to be the servant-leaders of board teams using Policy Governance. This session will be facilitated
by an experienced Policy Governance practitioner and coach.
CONFERENCE WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS - FRIDAY OR SATURDAY, JUNE 21-22, 2013
POLICY GOVERNANCE - THE FUNDAMENTALS TRACK
Board Meeting Planning and Dynamics – Presenter Catherine Raso
In this highly practical, interactive and fun session you will learn how to plan board meetings based
on the board’s annual calendar and how to run individual board meetings to maximize board member
participation and satisfaction.
Board Monitoring And Evaluation: The Fundamentals – Presenter Susan Rogers
John Carver has said that “Self-evaluation is the handiest and most powerful tool available to maintain
and continually improve the excellence of governing. But like all tools, it must be employed carefully.”*
Fundamental to a board’s growth and development is the need for continual and honest feedback on its
collective performance and that of its individual members. The board needs to ask itself whether it is
getting its job done and whether it is behaving the way it said it would. Further, the board needs to hold
itself and its own board members accountable for performance excellence in perpetuity.
This interactive session will deliver:
increased knowledge about the purpose and ‘fit’ of monitoring and evaluation in the
context of the board’s job, its development cycle and perpetual agenda
increased knowledge of the principles and methods of board monitoring and evaluation,
and
experience reviewing a variety of tools for board monitoring and evaluation.
*John Carver, Board Leadership Number 10, Nov-Dec 1993
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CONFERENCE WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS - FRIDAY OR SATURDAY, JUNE 21-22, 2013
POLICY GOVERNANCE - THE FUNDAMENTALS TRACK continued
CEO Monitoring and Evaluation: The Fundamentals – Presenter Richard Stringham
What should the board look for in Ends and Executive Limitations monitoring reports? What does an
operational interpretation look like and how does it enable board members to assess policy compliance?
How should the board appropriately record compliance and non-compliance? How is the CEO evaluation
conducted in a manner consistent with Policy Governance? Come to this session for the answers to these
questions, plus some tools and tips for monitoring.
Ownership Linkage: The Fundamentals - Presenter Susan Mogensen
Let’s Make a Plan!
After putting ownership linkage into the overall Policy Governance context, this workshop will outline a
process participants can use to answer the question, “Who are our owners?” and engage them in an
exercise of developing key elements of an ownership linkage plan. Participants will leave this workshop
with tools for applying these processes with their boards, and with creative ideas on how to engage with
their owners for maximum effect.
Policy Development: The Fundamentals – Workshop Session Two presenter: Rose Mercier. Workshop
Session Six presenter: Bill Charney
This workshop will provide attendees with experience in and understanding of the policy development
process. While many boards develop their initial policies using “templates” from various sources,
sustained governance effectiveness relies in part on board members knowing how to create and revise
policies to reflect their organization’s values and concerns. Policy Governance principles related to policy
development will be reviewed, helping participants discern appropriate policy categories, how to articulate
expectations, and how to know when adequate specificity is achieved.
Policy Governance and the Fulfillment of the Board’s Legal Duties - Presenter Jim Hyatt
Board members recognize they have legal and fiduciary duties but rarely do they have a clear
understanding of what these responsibilities are. Such a lack of understanding in today’s highly charged
environment places greater risk on the board as a whole as well as its individual members. This
presentation will review these duties and their associated rules - Duty of Care, Duty of Loyalty, Business
Judgment Rule, etc. - to give attendees a firm grasp of what they are and how Policy Governance helps
board members fulfill them while performing their board role. Sustainable Governance; Protecting Your Investment in the Future - Presenter Eric Craymer
If you are on a board or supporting one that is using Policy Governance you have likely experienced
the benefit of being an accountable leader. It probably took a lot of learning about what it meant, many
meetings to implement it and all kinds of time actually learning how to actually do it. What if the next
board or the one after that has different people? How will they learn? What will cause them to want to
maintain what your board has created? You know how much it can take in terms of understanding and
discipline, is it realistic to believe others will sustain it?
This workshop will focus on strategies and tactics for building a sustainable governance and increasing
the odds that your system will be a legacy for many years to come.
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CONFERENCE WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS - FRIDAY OR SATURDAY, JUNE 21-22, 2013
PEERLESS PEERS TRACK
Credit Unions’ Forum - Coordinator Steve Winninger
This panel discussion will feature CEOs and board members from credit unions sharing their Policy
Governance experiences including challenges, successes and learned “best practices”.
Faith Based Organizations’ Forum: Applying Policy Governance in Faith Based Organizations
as Platform to Enable Mission - Coordinator Jannice Moore
Share your experience with other faith-based organizations as we discuss how applying the principles of
Policy Governance can set the stage for your board to truly focus on “mission” instead of “maintenance.”
In this session two experienced Policy Governance consultants who also serve as Board Chair in
international faith-based organizations share their experience. Jannice Moore is Chair of Wycliffe Bible
Translators Canada, and Dick Biery is Chair of Avant Ministries International. We will also be sharing
some policies and experience from Grace International School, where Jurrian van der Straaten is CGO.
Here are some of the questions we will explore:
• What does ownership linkage look like when, in addition to the usual human owners, an
organization considers God as an owner?
• How do you incorporate the values of servant-leadership into policies?
• What kinds of measures can be used to gauge success in accomplishing Ends in faith-based
organizations?
• What about board succession planning in multinational situations?
• What kind of board education is most helpful?
• How can a board be intentional about including faith-based values in its policies and its
governance practices?
Healthcare Care Service Organizations’ Forum – Coordinator- Karen Fryday-Field with Harvey Thomson
and Paul Shay
This panel presentation/discussion is designed for board members and CEOs of health care service
organizations. Harvey Thomson and Paul Shay of The Kidney Foundation of Canada along with Karen
Fryday-Field of Meridian Edge, will share their Policy Governance implementation experiences including
successes, challenges, and learned “best practices.” In particular, The Kidney Foundation of Canada
will share its process for building its Ends (Public Benefit) Policy across a national, multi-branched
organization. Further, it will share the process for delegation of the implementation of board policies
within a dual-delegation structure. Lastly, the session will explore the board policy interpretation process
within this complex environment.
This health care service organization forum will offer practical experiences and lessons learned relevant
for all health care organizations, their boards and their senior leadership.
Higher Education Organizations’ Forum – Coordinators Jannice Moore with Vince Vravek
Using the experience of Grande Prairie Regional College as an example, in this session we will explore the
application of Policy Governance principles in a higher education setting. How does a college who has
a portion of the general public as owners approach ownership linkage? What about strategic thinking? Some organizations whose boards are appointed by government feel powerless to influence governance
succession. How has this college approached the issue? These are a few of the items that we will
explore. We invite other higher education organizations to share their experiences with us in this forum.
Membership Associations’ Forum – Moderator Bill Charney
This panel discussion will feature CEOs and board members from membership/trade associations sharing
their Policy Governance experiences including challenges, successes and learned “best practices.”
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Policy Governance Certification Forum – Coordinators Susan Mogensen and Alan Yue
In this interactive forum, participants will explore key issues, opportunities and challenges associated with
designing a certification program of particular value to boards and consultants using Policy Governance
principles. Questions to be explored include:
- what other certification programs are there, and how do they work?
- who would be certified, for what?
- what competencies or criteria should be included in the creation of a valuable Policy Governance
certification?
- what are the challenges and opportunities associated with such a program?
- what are the next steps for putting such a program into place?
Policy Governance Research Forum – Coordinator, Kathy Wiener with expert input from Dr Richard
Biery and Karen Fryday-Field
One of the three key themes in IPGA’s new strategic plan is “demonstrated impact” - a crucial role of
research . Building on last year’s well received workshop lead by Karen Fryday-Field, this forum will review
the learnings in terms of research on governance and Policy Governance, what has happened since and
what our next steps should be. A great opportunity to get involved in shaping a solid evidence base for
Policy Governance practice.
Regulatory Bodies’ Forum – Coordinators Susan Rogers and Doris Lavoie
The impact of government legislation is keenly felt by most regulatory bodies and can often be quite
challenging – limiting a profession’s scope of practice, restricting the composition of a board and
prescribing methods for hearings and appeals that exacerbate costs. Needing to protect the public in an
increasingly complex and rapidly changing environment requires a special set of leadership practices.
And for regulatory bodies who also wear the association hat, ensuring positive outcomes on behalf of both
sets of moral owners - the public and the members – is a perpetual balancing act.
This interactive session will explore issues and solutions to:
External trends and issues, the winds of change, of particular import to regulators
Relationships with government-whose job and how?
Competing demands from and accountabilities to moral owners and recipients
Managing growth and change in a sometimes restrictive environment
School Boards’ Forum – Coordinator Susan Rogers
This discussion will feature school board members and principals sharing their Policy Governance
experiences including challenges, successes and learned “best practices”.
NEW FRONTIERS TRACK
Advanced Monitoring for CEOs – Presenter Catherine Raso
This workshop is designed for CEOs and other senior staff who prepare monitoring reports. Participants
will work through a newly developed step-by-step framework that takes the board’s policies (both Ends and
Executive Limitations) through creating interpretations as metrics, development of rationale, planning and
providing evidence.
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A Workshop with Ruben Nelson – Presenter Ruben Nelson
A chance to spend more time in a workshop setting with our keynote speaker Ruben Nelson, Futurist
and Strategic Thinker, Foresight Canada and gain more insights and practical tips to help guide your
organization’s future.
CASCADING ENDS (The Focus and Impact) THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION
(How Can Ends Policies Have Traction in the Organizations Such That They Impact the
Beneficiaries?) – Presenter Karen Fryday-Field
The Cascading Links: Ends < >CEO Ends Interpretation < >Strategic Planning and Operational Execution
As a principles based systematic approach to governance, Policy Governance has the potential to radically
enhance the effectiveness of governance. The impact however should not/does not stop with the
governance process. The meaningful direction provided by governance, partially through focused, ownerinformed Ends Policies, is designed to empower the operating organization. This workshop will explore the
cascading links between Ends policy direction from the board through the CEO Ends interpretation process
to the alignment of the Strategic Plan and operating results.
This workshop will also address a variety of strategies, options, and tools for CEOs working within a Policy
Governance approach to help them align Ends policy interpretation, strategic and operating planning,
organizational measurements and monitoring results thereby using this governance approach to create a
results-based culture.
Compensation Controversies – Presenter Richard Stringham
Incentive pay in the corporate world have long been common place for CEOs and other upper
management. Similar incentives, with some limitations on what can be offered, have also appeared for
CEOs in non-profit organizations. How are non-profits approaching performance rewards and how does
that compare to the for-profit sector? What are CEO’s saying about what works for them? And what have
we learned about what works and what doesn’t work?
Dealing with Sticky Issues – Facilitators Susan Mogensen and Athens Kolias
While it is true, to quote Kurt Lewin, that “there is nothing so practical as good theory,” it is also true
that the practical application of Policy Governance principles takes practice! Using an engaging roleplaying process in small groups, this workshop gives participants a safe and unique opportunity to test
their ability to use Policy Governance principles in multiple realistic scenarios. Participants will leave this
workshop with a set of “lessons learned” and ideas on how to address challenges around the board table
of particular relevance to them.
Dialogue: The Art of Thinking Together – Presenter Susan Radwan
Using the writings of William Isaac which emphasize the importance of successful dialogue to successful
organizations and how how the “art of thinking together” can be used to connect organizations and
communities, this workshop will explore:
• Elements of dialogue
• Moving from debate to generative dialogue
• Applications to board work
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Governing in a Highly Complex System – Presenter Susan Radwan
Organizations are highly complex systems. In this workshop you will be engaged in looking at
• Characteristics of systems
• Role of governance in a complex system
• Interdependence between board work and operational work
• Policy Governance: a systems approach to governance for a complex system
Governing the Unknown – Facilitator Ray Tooley
When uncertainty is the norm, how do boards of all descriptions respond? In this session you will explore
the world of risk and engage in a lively discussion about different approaches including Policy Governance
as it is today and how it might be developed in the future.
New Dimensions in College Governance – Facilitators - Pat McCarver, Ray Sigafoos and Karen Jones
The role of higher education colleges has changed significantly in recent times. In this workshop, Yavapai
College will share their journey and how Policy Governance has helped them clarify their future.
“In particular, the presenters will share their Ends Statements, which are not typical for Higher Education
Institutions, and focus on economic development and community support. The discussion will focus on
how the Board arrived at those Ends, and how they drive the work of the board. The Yavapai College
District Governing Board is an elected board, and the presenters will also share how they address the
challenges of state mandated responsibilities within a Policy Governance framework.”
Speaking “Owner-Ese”: Practical Approaches to Connecting with Owners – Presenter Jannice Moore
Owners are not likely to understand the language of Policy Governance – or in some cases, even to know
that they are owners. How does the board make a meaningful connection with owners, thus enabling it
to gather the perspectives necessary to provide effective leadership? In this advanced session we will
explore various options for ownership linkage. We will consider how to design an ownership linkage plan,
what kinds of questions are most useful and the pros and cons of alternative methods of linkage. Finally,
we will look at how to use the information gathered in connection the board’s Ends work.
The Learning/Policy Development Cycle; Hands On Workshop – Facilitator Eric Craymer
Ever wonder what to do after you have adopted your policy manual following a blitz policy development
session? Have a unique or unusual need within your governance and not quite sure how to address
it in the manual? In real life boards run up against unexpected situations and need to know how to
address them while staying true to the principles they govern by. This workshop will help build your policy
development “chops”, allowing you to effectively deal with new issues in your policies.
After a brief overview of concepts and strategies, we will launch into a full blown policy development
mode. Using examples provided by you, the participants, the participants will act as a “board” using
a sample policy manual to determine how to craft a policy that is both principles consistent and that
addresses the issue.
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PLENARY SPEAKERS
Kathy Wilkie - Conference Chair
Kathy is the Registrar and Executive
Director of the College of Medical
Laboratory Technologists of Ontario
(CMLTO). She has more than 30
years of experience in medical
laboratory technology and health
services administration in the public, private and
professional regulatory sectors.
A graduate of Ryerson University in Toronto, Kathy
holds a Bachelor of Health Administration.
Over the last ten years, Kathy has developed a
keen interest in Policy Governance both as a Board
member and Executive Director in the not-for-profit
sector. She is a recognized speaker provincially,
nationally and internationally on the impact of
regulatory governance excellence.
Kathy currently serves on the Board of Directors
for Guelph General Hospital and the Federation of
Heath Regulatory Colleges of Ontario, where she
has held the positions of President and Treasurer.
Karl Sommers - IPGA Chair
Karl Sommers is a governance and
leadership coach specializing in
consulting and training for business
and nonprofit organizations. The
purpose of his work is to produce
thriving, growing organizations making a
positive difference in the world by improving board
governance and strategic management systems.
After a 35 year career as a teacher, actuary,
strategic planner and internal consultant, Kart
established his own consulting practice in 2009.
He has been working with Policy Governance
since completion of the Academy in 2001. In
2011 he was certified as a Strategic Management
Professional (SMP) by the Association for Strategic
Management. In 2012 Karl assumed an executive
leadership role with a church-related employer
sponsored medical risk sharing plan. Karl
presently serves as Chair of the International Policy
Governance Association Board of Directors.
Ruben Nelson
Ruben Nelson is Canada’s leading
practitioner and teacher of strategic
foresight. He has spent his life
exploring and seeking to understand
the forces that are now re-shaping our
lives, our world and our future. The
question at the heart of Ruben’s life is this, “Just
what would we do, if we knew what we were
doing?” Ruben has offered strategic advice to
senior executives in every sector and province of
Canadian society – from Prime Ministers to small
grassroots organizations. He has lived in India and
worked in Ottawa. His most recent major project
was an assessment for the National Research
Council of Canada on the complex strategic issues
Canada and the world will face to 2020.
Miriam Carver
Miriam Carver is a Policy Governance
author and consultant. She and her
husband, Dr. John Carver, have coauthored Reinventing Your Board: A
Step by Step Guide to Implementing
Policy Governance (1997, 2nd
edition 2006, Jossey-Bass) and A New Vision
of Board Leadership: Governing the Community
College (1994, Association of Community College
Trustees) as well as several booklets in the JosseyBass CarverGuide Series on Effective Board
Governance (1996-1997, Jossey-Bass). In addition,
Miriam, along with co-author Bill Charney, has
written The Board Member’s Playbook: Using Policy
Governance to Solve Problems, Make Decisions,
and Build a Stronger Board (2004, Jossey-Bass).
She is executive co-editor of the bimonthly
publication Board Leadership: Policy Governance in
Action (Jossey-Bass). Miriam was the Executive Director of Canada’s
first AIDS hospice, and also of a federation of
counselling agencies in Ontario. She opened her
governance consulting practice in the early 1990s.
Miriam has consulted with boards of directors in
the USA, Canada, Great Britain, the Netherlands,
Northern Ireland, Thailand, Mongolia, and Malaysia.
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Her clients include the boards of colleges,
school systems, hospitals and hospital systems,
mental health agencies, advocacy and charitable
organizations, trade and professional associations,
credit unions, utilities commissions and city
councils. Miriam also trains consultants in the
theory and application of Policy Governance in the
Policy Governance Academy.
WORKSHOP LEADERS
Bill Charney
One of North America’s most respected
consultants in board leadership and
governance, Bill Charney provides
governance training and advice
to boards wishing to clarify roles,
expectations and accountability for
their organizations, with a primary emphasis
on nonprofit and governmental agencies. Bill
is especially well regarded for his expertise
in assisting boards with understanding and
implementing the Policy Governance® principles.
Bill co-authored, with Miriam Carver, The Board
Member’s Playbook, a groundbreaking resource for
board decision-making.
Based in Denver, Bill has been an invited speaker
throughout the U.S., as well as in Scotland,
Australia, Canada, Sweden, Holland and Singapore. His client list includes a wide array of organizations
throughout North America, including food banks,
colleges, visitors bureaus, mental health agencies,
hospitals, state commissions, foundations,
school boards, transit agencies, voluntary health
organizations trade and homeowners associations,
and more.
Richard Biery
Richard Biery is specialty board
certified in preventive medicine, the
branch of medicine that includes
population health and management
science. He was Director of Health
for Kansas City, Missouri, from 1975
to 1998 providing policy oversight
for indigent medical care systems involving two
hospitals (including mental health services), a long
term care facility, five community clinics, and a
comprehensive EMS system as well as all public
health functions for the City.
Besides knowledge and skills accompanying his
administrative and medical specialty training,
Richard includes in his skill set: Policy Governance
(he has participated in the Policy Governance
Academy), strategic thinking (including training
in Hoshin Planning), substantial knowledge in
performance and quality improvement, health data,
measurement and analysis, effectively working with
people, an understanding of organizational and
group dynamics, broad experience facilitating interand intra-organizational relations, and has had
training in and is gaining skills in systems thinking,
dynamic modelling, and “lean” (streamlined)
process design. Richard has been a clinical
professor at the University of Missouri in Kansas
City, an adjunct associate professor at KU Medical
Center and a lecturer at the University of Missouri
-Kansas City Bloch School of Business. He has served on over 30 boards in the charitable
community and has extensive experience as
a leader in the Christian faith community. In
addition to serving on his church board, including
as past chairman, he is currently chairman of
an international mission organization that has
moved to Policy Governance. he has served on a
Bible college board and has been its chairman,
(and was briefly an interim president as well), and
He is president of his own consulting firm, The
BroadBaker Group, Ltd. (a virtual company with
professional associates available from around
the country) which offers consulting and coaching
in health strategy and governance, focusing
on breakthrough high performance strategies
for organizations, inter-organizational relations
(collaborative and negotiated initiatives), prevention
science, data and information usage, and
inferential and analytical skills.
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Eric Craymer
Eric Craymer has been a business
owner, manager, researcher and
consultant, and brings a wide variety of
Policy Governance client experiences to
engagements.
He holds an MBA in marketing from
the Eli Broad School of Business Management
at Michigan State University and is a Certified
Managerial Accountant. Eric attended the 2002
Policy Governance Academy, and has previously
been a board member and Chief Governance Officer
of the International Policy Governance Association.
Eric has also been a leading light in the work to
develop IPGA’s Consistency Framework which is
helping IPGA to ensure that all its resources are
reliable and trustworthy and an active participant in
IPGA’s 2013 strategic planning exercise.
Karen Fryday-Field
Karen is the Senior Partner of The
Meridian Edge Management and
Governance Consulting Group in
London, Ontario which provides
governance and strategic organizational
development consulting services
to Boards of Directors and Senior Management
Teams. Karen consults regularly to address
governance effectiveness and to develop new
ways to add value at the governance level. She
has been a Policy Governance consultant and
researcher since 1993 and has attended the
Carver’s Policy Governance Academy in Atlanta,
Georgia. Her client list of non-profit, public and
for-profit Boards in Canada and the United States
is extensive. Karen has made a career of helping
Boards improve their effectiveness.
Karen has a Bachelor of Science in Physical
Therapy and completed the course work for the
Masters program in Epidemiology at The University
of Western Ontario. Karen achieved the position
of Ivey Scholar while graduating from her MBA, at
the Ivey School of Business at Western University.
She currently serves as a part time professor at
Western University.
Karen has completed international benchmarking
studies on corporate governance best practices
which included an evaluation of the unique work of
the Board, communication systems within corporate
governance, and the roles of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer. She is currently studying the
key issues challenging Boards and CEOs in the
not-for-profit sector, as they face the challenges of
the current economic and strategic environments.
This study is also addressing solutions which are
working for these same Boards of Directors. She
has published articles and presented hundreds of
workshops and seminars.
Karen is dedicated to enabling organizations to
lead and embrace change in order to accomplish
their Ends.
At this IPGA conference, Karen is also pleased to
encourage and lead the fun fitness breaks planned
to energize and inspire
Carol Gabanna
Carol Gabanna is an experienced
governance consultant, facilitator,
trainer and executive coach for nonprofit and public sector organizations
and works with HR Associates (HRA),
the leading HR consulting firm in
Atlantic Canada and has a Graduate Certificate in
Executive Coaching with Royal Road’s University.
Carol has been consulting with boards since 1993
including school boards, crown corporations,
health organizations, community charities, national
industry associations, professional regulatory
organizations, community theatres and student
organizations. Carol has extensive experience
in conducting strategic planning, governance
reviews and community focus groups for non- profit
organizations.
Catherine Raso, Carol Gabanna and Mike Conduff
are co-authors of The OnTarget Board Member: 8
Indisputable Behaviors.
Jim Hyatt
With a 20 year background in corporate
and securities law involving work with
boards in the banking, insurance, and
investment sectors, for the past 15
years Jim Hyatt has worked in the
board governance sector, training and
consulting with boards in the for profit, non-profit
and government sectors, and with CEOs frustrated
with their board relationship.
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A graduate of Brown University and Columbia
Law School, Jim worked in New York, Boston
and Denver during his legal career. Corporate
affiliations included Fidelity Investments, The
Putnam Companies, Dreyfus Corporation and
USLIFE Corporation. In 2001 he attended the Policy
Governance Academy and has been a contributing
author to Board Leadership and other publications.
He now makes his home in Longmont, Colorado
from where he works with Charney Associates and
has served on several local boards as member and/
or Board Chair. Prior associations include etown, The
Dairy Center for the Arts, and Dental Aid.
Athens Kolias
Athens is a Project Manager with 30
years experience and has trained
and developed many professionals,
emphasizing a balance between
customer service, product knowledge and best
practices. After completing her Masters and
attaining her PMP certification, Athens became
involved in operational leadership in the San
Francisco Chapter of the Project Management
Institute. During her tenure as VP Professional
Development, a massive organizational overhaul of
the chapter brought about culture change towards
servant leadership and Policy Governance.
Athens joined PMI-SFBAC’s Board of Directors,
helping to align the chapter’s outdated, externally
mandated ByLaws with the Policy Governance
infrastructure currently in place. Athens focuses
her Board work on instilling a culture of continuous
improvement and strategic outlook. Athens
teaches PMP® Exam Prep courses to project
managers around the country, as well as Emotional
Intelligence and Stakeholder Management skills.
Athens is also on the Board of Directors of XLUR8
Educational and Research Foundation, a nonprofit focused on helping transitioning Veterans
and Encore workers to advance their career goals
through professional certifications.
Doris Lavoie
Mr. Doris Lavoie has been the Executive
Director of the National Dental Hygiene
Certification Board (NDHCB) since
January 2006 where he is responsible
for the development and administration
of approximately 1,600 tests/year to new Dental
Hygiene practitioners across Canada. NDHCB has
long experience with Policy Governance. Doris
has attended the Policy Governance Academy and
many previous IPGA conferences along with several
members of his board.
His prior experience includes working as a Project
Manager for a Federal Department, a Crisis
Counsellor at a Family Resource Centre, a Director
of adult services at a Rehabilitation Centre and as
CEO of the Canadian Counselling Association.
Rose Mercier
Rose Mercier is an Associate
Consultant with The Governance Coach
with seventeen years experience in
organizational transition and leadership
development, and twenty plus years in
management and leadership positions
in the non-profit and public sectors. Rose has been
a staff member, CEO and board member in a wide
variety of non-profit organizations.
A 2008 Policy Governance Academy participant,
Rose has since that time focused on supporting
boards in the implementation of Policy Governance.
Her clients are membership-based, education,
social service and sport non-profit organizations.
Rose is in her first term as a member of the IPGA
Board of Directors. She lives in the beautiful,
historical “limestone” city of Kingston, Ontario.
Susan Mogensen
President of Brown Dog Consulting,
Susan’s passion lies in helping people
to work more effectively together
in pursuit of productivity, profit, and
progress. Combining her strong political
background with skills, training and
experience in group facilitation and board governance,
Susan inspires clients with the new possibilities
that emerge when rational design is applied to the
meeting or board governance context. Corporate
entities — including non-profit organizations,
companies, quasi-governmental boards, commissions,
councils and agencies — are well poised to benefit
from her background and expertise in bringing
clarity and purpose to roles, responsibilities, lines of
accountability and policy development.
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Susan holds a B.A.(Honours) in Political Science
from Carleton University, received the IAF Certified
Professional Facilitator designation, participated
in the Policy Governance®Academy (SM) and has
presented at corporate governance conferences in
Toronto, Ottawa, Vail, Orlando, Las Vegas, Detroit
and Chicago. Susan also served as the CEO of the
International Policy Governance Association (IPGA)
from 2004-2009 and is a partner in the Xylem Group.
Beyond her enthusiasm for good governance,
Susan is a passionate hockey fan, has a keen
interest in nutritional science, and ran her first halfmarathon in September 2011.
Jannice Moore
Jannice Moore, President of The
Governance Coach™, is an independent
consultant to governing boards and
senior management. She has over
thirty years’ experience as a manager,
planner, consultant and educator. She
has worked with the Policy Governance model
developed by John Carver for over nineteen years,
and attended the very first Policy Governance
AcademySM in 1995. Jan has coached a wide
variety of boards in the implementation of Policy
Governance, including membership and voluntary
organizations, multi-level organizations, trade
associations, regulatory bodies, health care boards,
education boards, credit unions, cooperatives,
church organizations and small corporations. Jan
holds the designation of Certified Health Executive
from the Canadian College of Health Service
Executives.
She has a Masters degree in Health Services
Administration from the University of Alberta.
Jan is author of the book Governance for
Health System Trustees, published by the CHA
Press, as well as the Policy Governance Toolkit
series. She has also authored several articles
and monographs and contributed chapters to a
number of books. She has contributed to The
Policy Governance Fieldbook, published by JosseyBass, and is a regular author in Board Leadership,
also published by Jossey-Bass. She has been
an invited speaker at conferences and seminars
in Canada, the USA and Europe, including the
Wilton Park Conference (UK) Making Corporate
Governance a Reality, 2004; Queen’s University
(Belfast) Governing the Corporation Conference,
2004; International Association of Fairs and
Exhibitions, 2004; International Policy Governance
Association Conference, 2004 through 2012;
McMaster University World Congress on
Corporate Governance, 2004; International Policy
Governance® Symposia, 1996 through 2005; and
Conference Board of Canada Western Corporate
Governance Conference., 2005. In 2007 Jannice
was qualified as an expert witness on governance
at the Court of Queen’s Bench, Alberta. She is a
past Chair of the board of the International Policy
Governance Association and Chair of the board of
Wycliffe Canada.
Catherine Raso
Catherine Raso MBA is President of
CMR Governance Consulting and is an
internationally recognized practitioner,
consultant, author and speaker on
board governance. Catherine has
more than 25 years of experience in
the non-profit sector—as a CEO, board member,
highly skilled facilitator consulting with more than
300 boards around the world and author of many
articles and books. Catherine always receives very
high ratings for informative, excellent and engaging
presentations. Catherine lives and bases her
practice in Hamilton, Ontario. She can be reached
at www.CMRaso.com
Susan Radwan
Susan Radwan has a rich history of
experience in insurance, education,
and non-profit associations. She has
experience as a Chief Governing Officer
and a CEO in a Policy Governance
organization. She also shares the
senior consultant role with Eric Craymer in Partners
in Policy Governance which turns the theory of John
Carver’s Policy Governance Model into practice.
Susan owns Leading Edge Mentoring, a consulting
firm which specializes in governance and leadership
issues. Her work focuses on the structure
and process which impacts effective growth of
individuals and organizations.
She has a Master’s degree in Education (1977)
from the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth,
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Minnesota, a Bachelor of Arts in Communication
Arts (1974) from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids,
Michigan, and professional certifications in
association management and insurance. Susan
has participated in the Policy Governance Academy
and is a prior CEO and board member of IPGA.
Susan Rogers
Susan Rogers, president of ROGERS
Leadership Consulting, is a former
CEO and seasoned board Chair who
has over 20 years experience in
organization leadership in the public,
private and not-for-profit sectors.
She has worked with a wide variety of more than
500 local, provincial and national boards and is
respected for exceptional facilitation, leadership
coaching and teambuilding skills. Her diverse
mixture of current clients range from colleges,
universities and regulatory bodies to not for profit
agencies, charities and industry associations.
Susan has completed the Carver Policy Governance
Academy on 2 continents and currently serves a as
a director on the United Kingdom Policy Governance
Association (UKPGA) Board. Susan is based in
Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada).
Paul Shay
including:
Paul currently serves as the National
Executive Director of The Kidney
Foundation of Canada. Paul is one of
the key facilitators of Policy Governance
implementation. He has previously
served in a variety of related positions
• Executive Director of FIRST
• President of AFS Intercultural Programs
• Executive Director of Canada World Youth
Paul is committed to effective governance
and community service including his current
commitments as:
• Vice-Chair of the Health Charities Coalition of
Canada
• Treasurer of the Montreal Urban Ecology
Centre
• Director of the International Federation of
Kidney Foundations
• Member of the Advisory Council of Imagine
Canada
Paul has coached on Policy Governance in
countries around the world.
Richard Stringham
For 30 years, Richard has provided
development services to a range of
organizations such as co-operatives,
professional regulatory organizations,
non-profit groups, and commodity
organizations. As a member of the
management team for a non-profit educational
organization, he led leadership development
programs for youth and adults, provided
educational services, and facilitated planning for
boards, and volunteer and management groups.
He began work with the application of the Policy
Governance model in 2002 with the Alberta
Institute of Agrologists (AIA) where he was a direct
report to the CEO. In that capacity, he provided
governance services to both the CEO and the
governing Council. AIA received the benefit of
in-house Policy Governance expertise. Richard
received the benefit of practical experience with
Policy Governance.
He has participated in the Carver Academy in Policy
Governance and is a member of the International
Policy Governance Association.
Currently, he provides consulting services in
board governance and co-operative enterprise
development. Richard is Senior Associate with the
Governance Coach.
Harvey Thomson
Harvey Thomson has consulted
in organization development and
performance improvement for
over 35 years. He holds a Ph.D.
in Organizational and Industrial
Psychology from the Case Western
Reserve University, Cleveland. Harvey has a
passion for supporting organizations as they
work to achieve positive impact. Harvey believes
governance is critical to organizational success.
He has recently served as the President (Chair)
of the Ontario Branch of the Kidney Foundation
of Canada. Harvey currently serves as the Chair
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of the National Governance Committee of the
Kidney Foundation of Canada. He also serves as
a Director for Cancer Care Ontario. Harvey has
served as one of the champions of implementing
Policy Governance at the Kidney Foundation of
Canada.
Ray Tooley
Ray Tooley has over 25 years
experience delivering information
system solutions to organizations
across North America. He has founded
and operated several successful hitechnology companies. He served
on the Dealer Executive Councils of Compaq and
AT&T and in an advisory capacity to IBM, Hewlett
Packard, Microsoft and other innovators in the
computer industry.
As a director on a number of for and not-for profit
corporate boards he has first-hand experience of
the need for both computer based support tools
and Policy Governance in the boardroom. Ray is a
member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario,
a Chartered Director and a Policy Governance
Academy participant. He is also a current member
of the UK Policy Governance Association (UKPGA)
board.
Vince Vravek
Vincent C. Vavrek CGA, CA, CFP, is a
partner with Fletcher Mudryk & Co.
LLP Chartered Accountants, and has
lived in the Grande Prairie-Sexsmith
area all his life. He is an alumnus of
Grande Prairie Regional College and
has been active with the College throughout his
career serving on advisory committees, as alumni
association director, past chairman of the College
Foundation and director and past president of
the Wolf Pac Booster Club, and currently as Chair
of the Grande Prairie Regional College Board of
Governors.
Kathy Wiener
Kathy Wiener is owner and
Principal Consultant of Richard
Boris Management Developers,
a management and organization
development consulting firm in
Westfield New Jersey. Since 1989, she
has worked with governments, not-for-profits and
community collaborations developing leadership,
improving performance and planning for the future.
Kathy holds a Masters of Public Administration
degree from the Robert Wagner School of Public
Service at New York University specializing in
management and organization development.
She has served as Adjunct Instructor at
Kean University’s Graduate School of Public
Administration and the Rutgers University School
of Public Affairs and Administration. Her consulting
practice focuses on the design and delivery
of organization capacity building initiatives,
collaborative community planning, leadership/
board development and social impact spanning the
fields human services, community revitalization,
child care, substance abuse prevention, HIV/AIDS
education, childhood obesity prevention and social
and economic justice for people with disabilities.
Kathy has been the coordinator of IPGA’s 2013
strategic planning exercise and is currently
spearheading the development of a IPGA’s strategic
leadership team.
Steve Winninger
Having recently retired as the CEO of
Lake Trust Credit Union in Lansing,
Michigan, Steve has formed Steve
Winninger & Associates which is a
consulting firm that works primarily but
not exclusively with boards and CEOs in
the credit union community.
His experience with Policy Governance has been
much informed by his highly positive experience
in using Policy Governance during the creation of
the Lake Trust Credit Union which was formed on
April 1, 2010 by the merging of NuUnion Credit
Union and Detroit Edison Credit Union. Steve was
President/CEO of NuUnion Credit Union for 18
years prior to the merger. Today, Lake Trust Credit
Union has assets of over $1.5 billion and serves
160,000 members from 22 offices in mid-Michigan. Steve is particularly interested in board/CEO
relations, board/CEO evaluation and systems
and strategic planning which aim to improve the
quality and effectiveness of the leadership team
while creating a higher value for the organization’s
owners. He has attended the Policy Governance
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Alan Yue
Alan Yue is CEO and Chief Governance
Officer of XLUR8 Educational and
Research Foundation Inc. XLUR8 is a
not-for-profit educational and research
foundation focused on workforce
development issues, and assistance
to transitioning and retired U.S. Armed Services
members their spouses and dependents, older
unemployed workers, unemployed persons with noncurrent skills, and other beneficiaries. Alan Is also a
Past President of the Project Management Institute
Honolulu and San Francisco Bay Area chapters.
Alan has been familiarising himself as a Policy
Governance practitioner since 2007, and has
been using his extensive experience with the
advancement of professional credentialing efforts
in the project management field to advise IPGA’s
board and CEO on credentialing opportunities. Practitioners’ Group (http://www.linkedin.com/
groups/Policy-Governance-Practitioners-Group) and
has authored, co-authored, or edited three books
on Policy Governance all published by Jossey Bass.
Her second book Corporate Boards That Create
Value was co-authored with John Carver. Her latest
book Getting Started with Policy Governance was
published in 2009. Caroline has also published
numerous articles in several countries.
Caroline was instrumental in creating the
International Policy Governance Association in
1999 and the UK Policy Governance Association
(www.ukpga.org.uk) in 2006. Today she continues
to serve on the boards of both organizations.
Caroline is CEO of Good to Govern, a partner in
the international consulting organization The Xylem
Group and a member of the drafting group for the
new British Standard on Organizational Governance
BS13500.
Conference Director: Jim McClure
2013 IPGA CONFERENCE TEAM
IPGA Conference Coordinator:
Caroline Oliver
Caroline Oliver attended the first
Policy Governance Academy in Atlanta
in September 1995 and repeated it
in England in March 2007. She lives
in Yorkshire, UK but maintains close
ties with friends and clients in Canada and the
USA. She is currently Managing Editor of Board
Leadership (www.boardleadershipnewsletter.com),
a regular contributor to the Policy Governance
Conference Planning Committee: Eric
Craymer*+, Karen Fryday-Field+, William Harper,
Joseph Inskeep, Rose Mercier, Jannice Moore+,
Caroline Oliver*+, Catherine Raso, Kay Stevens,
Richard Stringham*+.
* Also members of the Consistency Framework
Committee.
+
Also members of the workshop review team with
Richard Biery, Bill Charney and Jan Maas.
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Accommodations
Hotel Room Reservations
IPGA has reserved a special
rate at the Delta Chelsea for
our attendees. Contact the
hotel directly to make your
reservations.
Call 1-800-CHELSEA (1800-243-5732 and identify
yourself as part of the
International Policy Governance
Association.* Be sure to book
your room before May 30, 2013
to receive the best rate.
*To book online, go to http://
www.deltachelsea.com/
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Conference Coordinator: Caroline Oliver
Conference Director: Jim McClure
Conference Planning Committee: Eric Craymer**, Karen Fryday-Field*, William Harper, Joseph
Inskeep, Rose Mercier, Jannice Moore*, Caroline Oliver**, Catherine Raso, Kay Stevens,
Richard Stringham**
*Also members of the Consistency Framework Committee
** Also members of the workship review team with Richard Biery, Bill Charney and Jan Maas
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