John Howard – Chair, Director since 2019
John retired as Vice President, Production from Canadian Natural Resources Ltd in 2017. He was previously Vice-President and Co-founder of Verdant Energy and Vice President of Numac Energy. He also held technical and management roles with Shell Canada Ltd. He currently serves on the Advisory Boards of Acceleware Ltd. and Proton Technologies Canada Inc.
John serves on the University of Calgary Senate and the Autism Calgary Association Board of Directors. John previously served on the Capital Fundraising Committee for the Society for the Treatment of Autism and the Board of New Heights School for Children with PDD/Autism.
John has a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta, an MBA from the University of Calgary and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.