Duncan Gillespie – Executive Director
Duncan Gillespie has over 30 years’ experience in the for-profit, not-for-profit and academic fields, leading organizations through growth and change. He teaches at McMaster University in the areas of entrepreneurship, strategic planning and operational management, and taught for 5 years at both Mohawk College and Centennial College on various subjects related to criminal justice and organizational management and governance.
Previously, he was the Chief Executive Officer at Hamilton Entertainment Facilities Inc. and was the Executive Director at the John Howard Society of Hamilton/Burlington. Duncan privately consults in the areas of strategy, operations and business development for a number of Canadian companies and not for profit organizations.
Duncan has chaired numerous local, provincial and national boards, committees and working groups. Most recently, he was the Vice Chair of the National Agencies Active in Criminal Justice and a member of the National Joint Working Group on Community Corrections, as well as the Humber College Community Justice Advisory Committee and the McMaster/Mohawk Collaborative Not-For-Profit Management Advisory Committee.