John Keating, CEO of Cambridge-based COM DEV, a world leader in the design and manufacture of space hardware subsystems, is the new Chair of the Board of Governors of Conestoga College, succeeding William Dahms of Miller Thomson LLP.
Keating has been a member of the Conestoga Board since 2001. Dahms has completed his maximum of two, three-year terms of service.
After joining COM DEV in 1992, Keating became President of the Wireless Division in 1998, President of the Space Division in 1999, and then Chief Operating Officer in 2001. In 2002, he took on the CEO position, succeeding Keith Ainsworth, who is now Chair of the Board of COM DEV and who himself had previously been a member of the Conestoga Board of Governors.
New to the Board of Governors this fall as external members are: Mary Jo Fedy, a partner with KPMG Enterprise in Waterloo; Rick Landry, Vice-President, Manufacturing with Research In Motion; Brett Tucker, Director, Marketing Development with Freedom 55 Financial in Cambridge; and John Weir, partner in the Waterloo law firm of Weir & Fedy.
New to Conestoga’s Board as internal members are: Shelley Schenk, Manager, Day Care Centres, as administrative staff representative; and Jane Doig, School of Business and Hospitality, as student representative.
CONTACT: Tracey Lopers, 519-748-5220, ext. 3887, tlopers@conestogac.on.ca