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    • About Catherine Raso    Experience     Recent Clients


    CMR & Associates Governance Consulting, founded in 1996 by Catherine M. Raso MBA, offers custom-designed governance education and development services which are based on the individual needs of boards. All services are based on the key universal principles of governance and begin with a thorough governance analysis, document review and interviews with key governance players, including the board chair and CEO. CMR has also developed an on-line, confidential governance survey system to analyze a board's strengths and weaknesses, upon which governance development recommendations are then developed.

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    		About Catherine M. Raso, M.B.A, B.A.
    President, CMR & Associates Governance Consulting    :
    • Highly skilled and experienced facilitator, trainer and coach
    • Co-author of the "The OnTarget Board Member: 8 Indisputable Behaviors" (2007). For more information and to order click here.
    • Co-author of "The Policy Governance Fieldbook: Practical Lessons, Tips and Tools from the Experience of Real-World Boards (Jossey-Bass, 1999 (for more information, please click here)
    • Has created the Board R.O.L.E.S.TM Governance System which identifies the 4 roles of any governing board, along with an implementation plan
    • Author of the upcoming governance book "100 Ways to Build a Better Board" (Chester House Publishing, 2009)
    • Has consulted with more than 150 boards and has an impressive client list
    • Was CEO, for 12 years, of a large non-profit organization
    • Has served on many local community boards
    • Is fully trained and highly experienced in the theory and implementation of the Policy Governance model (Policy Governance Academy graduate, Atlanta, 1995)
    • Has more than 20 years experience as a volunteer governance trainer and workshop facilitator with the Leadership Development Services of United Way Burlington-Hamilton and recently the United Way of Oakville. Has instructed in Continuing Education non-profit management courses at McMaster University and Mohawk College in Hamilton.
    CMR & Associates' clients include:
      Health Care Providers
      Provincial/National Associations
      District Health Councils & CCAC's
      Private Schools
      Regulatory Bodies             		Private Foundations
      Religious Organizations
      Day Care Providers
      Research and Fundraising
      Housing Organizations

    Some Recent Clients are:
    • Canadian Actors Equity Association, Toronto
    • Association of Ontario Health Centres
    • Ontario Pork, Guelph, Ontario
    • Wilfrid Laurier University Student Union
    • ICCROM, Rome, Italy
    • TLC The Land Conservancy, British Columbia
    • Parkinson Society Canada
    • Canadian Association for Environmental Analytical Laboratories
    • Parkinson Society of Canada
    • Autism Ontario
    • Eastern Ontario Health Unit
    • Contact Hamilton
    • Hawkesbury General Hospital
    • Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre
    • Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
    • Canadian Dental Hygienists Association
    • Northwest Area Foundation, St. Paul MN
    • Baptist Women of Ontario and Quebec
    • Delaware County ARC, New York
    • Retired Teachers of Ontario
    • Canadian Mental Health Association of Peel
    • Canadian Mental Health Association of Halton
    • Ontario Occupational Health Nurses of Ontario
    • Elgin, Middlesex, Oxford Local Training Board, London
    • Elgin Oxford Legal Clinic
    • Wellington Legal Clinic
    • Sudbury Family Services
    • ABCetc, Hamilton
    • Ottawa Montessori School
    • Pickering Christian School
    • Community Living Kawartha Lakes
    • Erinoak (for disabled children), Mississauga
    • Early Childhood Community Development Centre, St. Catharines
    • Affiliated Services for Children & Youth, Hamilton
    • Schoolhouse Playcare Centres of Durham, Whitby
    • United Way of Cambridge and North Dumfries
    • Niagara Peninsula Children's' Centre
    • St. Jude Community Centre, Toronto
    • Oakville Senior Citizens Residence, Oakville
    • Oakville Children's Choir
    • Oakville Parent Childrens' Centre
    • Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice, Hamilton
    • Muskoka-Parry Sound Mental Health Services
     

    For more information, email Catherine Raso