Board of Directors
Konrad von Finckenstein
Konrad von Finckenstein is a lawyer and consultant based in Ottawa. He was previously Chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), an Honourable Justice of the Federal Court of Canada and the Commissioner of Competition at the Competition Bureau of Canada. In addition, he has held senior posts in the Government of Canada in positions related to international trade, telecommunications, competition and electronic commerce. Mr. von Finckenstein has been elected as PIAC’s Chair of the Board
Monica Auer
Monica Auer is a lawyer and the Executive Director of Canada’s Forum for Research & Policy in Communications (FRPC), a non-partisan organization focused on Canada’s communications system. She previously worked at the CRTC and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Ms. Auer has been elected as PIAC’s Vice-Chair.
Harry Gow
Arne Paus-Jenssen
Leigha Worth
Leigha Worth is the Executive Director and General Counsel for BCPIAC. Previously, Leigha had a diverse legal practice in a variety of situations. She’s been a sole practitioner, a contract lawyer, in-house counsel, out-house counsel, and she was one of two founding partners of one of Vancouver’s most progressive union-side labour, employment, elections law, and utility regulation firms. She is a legal renaissance woman who is equally comfortable dealing with issues that touch on human rights, administrative, employment, utility regulation, criminal, prison, aboriginal, and constitutional law.
Honourary Members
- William H. Hurlbert
- Michael Mac Neil
- Andrew J. Roman