Sail Canada selects new Chair

Sail Canada Selects New Chair

 

Oct 24, 2019

Left to right: Outgoing Chair, Todd Irving, departing Board member, Janet MacMillan, Hugh McGugan, new Sail Canada Chair

Sail Canada’s  AGM took place last week evening at the Holiday Inn, downtown Montreal. The meeting highlighted the main strategic goals, accomplishments, and planned initiatives moving forward.

Sail Canada said goodbye to longstanding Chair, Todd Irving, after serving on the board since 2003. Todd has devoted countless hours to Sail Canada’s – overseeing our training programming, branding, and overall leadership. Thank you for everything! 

The Sail Canada membership elected two Directors at Large and a Chair.

It is with great pleasure that Sail Canada announces Hugh McGugan as the Chair while welcoming Barbara Pike and John O’Dwyer to the Board for a three-year term. 

Hugh has been on the board since 2013 – During his time on the Board of Directors, Hugh has been on the Governance Committee, Chair for the past three years. 

He has been an active volunteer in sailing and other local community activities for many years including youth outdoor hockey league coaching, youth sailing & race teams lead and Sail Training Director at Nepean Sailing Club , as well as judging and regatta safety roles.

Sail Canada would like to extend many thanks to departing Board member, Janet MacMillan who has shown much dedication and commitment to the board over the years. Janet has been an immense asset to the organization, always willing to provide expertise and support. Her knowledge within the field of communications and public relations has helped the organization a tremendous amount.

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