New Uwindsor Board Leadership
Jonathan Allison, B.comm., CIMA
The University of Windsor is pleased to announce the appointment of Jonathan Allison to a two-year term as Chair of the Board of Governors, effective November 25, 2020. Mr. Allison also serves as the Chair of the Board Investment Committee. Previously, he served as the Board’s First Vice-chair and Second Vice-chair, and a member of both the Board Resource Allocation Committee and the Board Executive Committee.
“Jonathan has been a highly engaged member of the Board of Governors and will bring his leadership skills and expertise to the role of chair. The University of Windsor is fortunate to have diverse and passionate board members. We will benefit from Jonathan’s strong leadership in this role.” – Mary Jo Haddad, University of Windsor Chancellor.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled to have Jonathan in this key leadership role with the Board of Governors at the University of Windsor. He is a highly skilled, passionate and strategic administrator who understands the essential role that the University of Windsor provides to our broader Windsor-essex community and also the rest of the world.” – Robert Gordon, University of Windsor President and Vice-chancellor.
Allison is Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Wealth Advisor for Rbcwealth Management Dominion Securities, and the founding partner of the Allison Martinello Group. With over 24 years of investment industry experience, Allison provides wealth management advice to private clients and institutional groups. Through his years of management experience, he has a proven track record of providing vision and leading people to achieve success. As a life-long resident of Windsor/essex, with his wife and 3 children, Jonathan firmly believes in giving back to his community. In 2011, he co-founded The Alliwonga Foundation, a family foundation focused on helping local and global charitable causes. The foundation is also a philanthropic educational vehicle for his young family who are all active participants.
Allison is also a member of the Inspiration 100 Organization. This is a group of 100 community minded leaders who have collectively contributed to an endowment with a goal to support local charitable organizations within the Windsor-essex Community. He presently serves as amember of the Board Executive, Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee for the Windsor Essex Community Foundation, which has a mission to build a better Windsor-essex Community by attracting and managing legacy funds to support local programs. “I look forward to working with our talented board, administration and our President & Vice Chancellor Dr. Robert Gordon. My goal is to further the vision of a student-centered Institution while enriching the local and global ties within our University and the Windsor-essex Community,” Allison said.