Board Trustees
The Upper Grand District School Board has ten elected trustee members who represent the municipalities within the counties of Dufferin and Wellington. Trustees are accountable to their communities and to the province for continuous improvement in the level of student achievement in their schools. Two student trustees are selected each year by student senators and are appointed for one-year terms by the Board.
All mail correspondence to all trustees can be sent to the Guelph Board Office at 500 Victoria Road North, Guelph, Ontario, N1E 6K2.
Learn more about being a Board Trustee or about Student Senate and being a Student Trustee
Board Trustees (2018 – 2022)
Board Committees – December 2020 to November 2021
Chair of the Board: MacNeil
Vice-Chair: Lustgarten-Evoy
STANDING COMMITTEES
- Budget: Lustgarten-Evoy, all trustees
- Business Operations: Campbell (chair), Lustgarten-Evoy (vice-chair), all trustees
- Chairs: MacNeil, Lustgarten-Evoy, Topping, Campbell, Ross, Bedi
- Program: Topping (chair), Lustgarten-Evoy (vice-chair), all trustees
STATUTORY COMMITTEES:
- Audit: Topping, Lustgarten-Evoy, Ross (2018-2022); non-trustee appointments: Debbie Speight
- Accessibility Steering: Lustgarten-Evoy, Topping, Bedi (2020-2022)
- Joint Health and Safety: Foley (2020-2022)
- Parent Involvement: MacNeil. Alternates: Edwards, Bedi
- Special Education Advisory: Ross, Edwards (2018-2022)
- Student Discipline: Campbell, Ross, Topping, Lustgarten-Evoy, Busuttil (2018-2022)
- Supervised Alternative Learning (SAL): Topping (Dufferin), Bedi (Guelph), Ross (Wellington). Alternates: Campbell (Dufferin), Busuttil (Guelph), Lustgarten-Evoy (Wellington) (2018-2022)
ADVISORY COMMITTEES
- Director’s Selection Committee: MacNeil, Lustgarten-Evoy, Campbell, Topping, Bailey, Ross
- Environmental Education and Management: Lustgarten-Evoy, Foley
- First Nation, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) Education Council: Campbell (2018-2022)
- French as a Second Language Advisory: MacNeil (Guelph), Edwards (Wellington), Topping (Dufferin) (2020-2022)
- Learning Choices: Topping (Dufferin), Busuttil (Guelph), Edwards (Wellington), Student Trustee Tran
- Safe, Equitable & Inclusive Schools: MacNeil, Bedi, Student Trustee Tran
- Student Senate: Student Trustees Fournier and Tran, MacNeil
- Trustee Climate Change Committee: Bailey, Edwards, Bedi, Foley, Student Trustee Tran
SYSTEM COMMITTEES
- Eligibility Principal/Vice-principal List Selection: Lustgarten-Evoy (secondary principals), Topping (secondary vice-principals), Topping (elementary principals), MacNeil (elementary vice-principals). Alternates: Campbell, Lustgarten-Evoy (2020-2022)
- Everyday Hero Awards Selection: Edwards, Lustgarten-Evoy, Foley, Topping, MacNeil
- Negotiations Steering: MacNeil, Lustgarten-Evoy, Busuttil, Ross, Topping (2018-2022)
- Policy Management: MacNeil, Lustgarten-Evoy, Campbell, Bedi, Ross (2020-2022)
- Property: Lustgarten-Evoy, Topping, Busuttil (2018-2022)
- Trustee Code of Conduct: MacNeil, Lustgarten-Evoy, Campbell
APPOINTMENTS TO EXTERNAL COMMITTEES AND BOARDS:
- Art Gallery of Guelph Board: MacNeil, Lustgarten-Evoy, Busuttil (2020-2022)
- Ontario Public School Boards’ Association: Busuttil (Director and Voting Delegate). Alternate: Lustgarten-Evoy
- Upper Grand Learning Foundation: Bedi, Edwards (2018-2022)
Additional Information
- Declarations of Conflict of Interest
- Trustee Web Portal (Log-in Required)