WASHINGTON, DC,\u00a0August 4, 2020 – Today the Canadian American Business Council announced additions to its distinguished Advisory Board.\u00a0CABC\u00a0Advisory Board members provide key insights and guidance to the Board of Directors, committees of the Board, and the executive leadership. The\u00a0new members joining today are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Rona Ambrose, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (2015 \u2013 2017)<\/strong><\/strong> The CABC Advisory Board was historically principally composed of former US and Canadian Ambassadors.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe decision to expand the membership of this distinguished group is a reflection of the importance of the Canada\/US relationship as it enters a new era in the wake of the global pandemic and new North American trade agreement,\u201d\u00a0said Maryscott Greenwood, CEO of the CABC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe expertise of each individual member of our Advisory Board coupled with the collective voice of the Council will heighten the dialogue on Canada-US relations, contributing meaningfully to helping ensure that the US and Canada face the world\u2019s challenges together.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n These new members will join the existing members of the Advisory Board: <\/p>\n\n\n\n – James Blanchard, United States Ambassador to Canada (1993 \u2013 1996)<\/strong> About the CABC<\/strong>. Established in 1987, the Council is the leading non-profit, non-partisan, issues-oriented organization dedicated to fostering dialogue between the public and private sectors in Canada and the US. Members are key business leaders and stakeholders from both sides of the border ranging from entrepreneurs to best name brands in the world. Collectively, CABC members employ about two million people and have annual revenues of close to $1.5 trillion. For more information, visit www.cabc.co<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WASHINGTON, DC,\u00a0August 4, 2020 – Today the Canadian American Business Council announced additions to its distinguished Advisory Board.\u00a0CABC\u00a0Advisory Board members provide key insights and guidance to the Board of Directors, committees of the Board, and the executive leadership. The\u00a0new members joining today are: – Rona Ambrose, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (2015 \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"event-types":[],"class_list":["post-2784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabc.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabc.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabc.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabc.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabc.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2784"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cabc.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6289,"href":"https:\/\/cabc.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2784\/revisions\/6289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabc.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabc.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabc.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabc.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2784"},{"taxonomy":"event-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabc.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-types?post=2784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
– John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2011 \u2013 2015)<\/strong>
– Christy Clark, Premier of British Columbia (2011 \u2013 2017)<\/strong>
– Howard Dean, Governor of Vermont (1991 \u2013 2003), Presidential candidate (2004) <\/strong>
– Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (2015 \u2013 2019) <\/strong>
– Ron Kirk, United States Trade Representative (2009 \u2013 2013<\/strong>)
– John Manley, Deputy Prime Minister (2002 \u2013 2003) <\/strong>
– Sergio Marchi, Minister of International Trade (1997 \u2013 1999<\/strong>)
– James Moore, Minister of Industry (2013 \u2013 2015)<\/strong>
– Bill Owens, U.S. House Representative (2009 \u2013 2015)<\/strong><\/strong>
– Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport (2013 \u2013 2015) <\/strong>
– Brad Wall, Premier of Saskatchewan (2007 \u2013 2018) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Derek Burney, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (1989 \u2013 1993)<\/strong>
– Raymond Chr\u00e9tien, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (1994 \u2013 2000) <\/strong>
– Kenneth Curtis, United States Ambassador to Canada (1979 \u2013 1981) <\/strong>
– John de Chastelain, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (1993 \u2013 1994) <\/strong>
– Gary Doer, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (2009 \u2013 2016) <\/strong>
– Gordon Giffin, United States Ambassador to Canada (1997 \u2013 2001) <\/strong>
– David Jacobson, United States Ambassador to Canada (2009 \u2013 2013) <\/strong>
– Michael Kergin, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (2000 \u2013 2005) <\/strong>
– John LaFalce, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975 \u2013 2003) <\/strong>
– Barbara McDougall, Secretary of State for External Affairs (1991 \u2013 1993) <\/strong>
– Frank McKenna, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (2005 \u2013 2006)<\/strong>
– Thomas Niles, United States Ambassador to Canada (1985 \u2013 1989) <\/strong>
– Paul Robinson, United States Ambassador to Canada (1981 \u2013 1985) <\/strong>
– Peter Teeley, United States Ambassador to Canada (1992 \u2013 1993) <\/strong>
– David Wilkins, United States Ambassador to Canada (2005 \u2013 2009) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n