President:  Talaal Bond, Matthews Abogado, London, ON

1st Vice President:   Andrea Lim, Dutton Brock, Toronto, ON

2nd Vice President:  Heather Sanderson, Sanderson Law, Calgary, AB

Treasurer:  Lisa Pool, Sullivan Festeryga, Hamilton, ON

Grant Bodnaryk, Van Arnhem & Associates (Travelers Canada), Toronto, ON

Michelle Friedman, Aviva Canada, Toronto, ON

Mouna Hanna, Dolden Wallace Folick, Toronto, ON

Elizabeth Harris, Morelli Chertkow, Kamloops, BC

Michael Hart, DGIG, Mississauga, ON

Alison Hopkins, Sound Law, Squamish, BC

Glen Krueger, Bernard LLP, Vancouver, BC

John Lea, Aviva Canada, Toronto, ON

David Mackenzie, Blaney McMurtry, Toronto, ON

Debbie Orth, Bertschi Orth, Ottawa, ON

Pearl Rombis, Snowden Law, Toronto, ON

Deirdre Wade Q.C., Cox and Palmer, Saint John, NB

Immediate Past President: Aleksandra Zivanovic, SGI Canada/Coachman Insurance, Toronto, ON

CDL accepts nominations for new Board members in the spring of each year. Click here to download the application form. Click here for more information about how Board members are selected. The CDL Board strives to be a policy governance board that governs strategically by focusing on the future, allocating a majority of time on issues with long-term impact for CDL. Board members must understand and promote CDL’s purpose and understand the challenges facing the defence bar. The CDL Board reflects our geographic diversity to ensure adequate national representation.