Gail Stephens
ICD.D
Director in Residence
Gail Stephens shares her knowledge and expertise as an active consultant for a variety of organizations assisting in strategic planning, leadership development, change management, governance and community engagement. Her operating career and governance experience encompasses leading large, complex organizations and governing significant entities serving Canadians from coast to coast.
Gail’s leadership produced many valuable outcomes in the roles she held. She served first as Chief Operating Officer and then interim Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
during its period of evolution and official opening in late 2014. Her prior roles include: City Manager, Victoria, BC; City Manager, Winnipeg, MB; Chief Executive Officer, BC Pension Corporation; and Vice-President of Finance and Services, University of Calgary.
Gail has had extensive governance experience. She currently serves as a member of the board of directors for VIA Rail Canada Inc. (Chair of the Audit and Pension Investment Committee); Technical Safety BC (Chair of the Strategic Advisory Committee); and the David Foster Foundation (Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee). She holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. Ms. Stephens received the Manitoba Gold Medal for the highest level of excellence in the CGA Program and graduated on the Dean’s
Honour List from the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba. She is a graduate of the Executive Management Program at the Harvard University Kennedy School. She was named as one of the 100 Most
Powerful Women in Canada in 2003, 2010 and 2011; won the 2006 Peak Performance and Excellence Award; and has been recognized as one of Canada’s top
100 CGAs.