The University of Guelph provides oversight for the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics via the Board of Management, including senior administrators from the University along with the BOD chair and CEO of the CBG.
Vice-President (Research and Innovation)
Board of Management Chair
Dr. Fallah received his doctorate under the supervision of Charlie Gross at Princeton University, focusing on the oculomotor (eye movement) control of spatial attention. He completed his post-doctoral training under John Reynolds at the Salk Institute, investigating object-based attention and smooth pursuit eye movements.
CBG Board of Directors Chair
Rob Gordon served for six years as President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Windsor until his retirement in 2025. Before that, he served as Provost & Vice President of Academics, and Vice President of Research at Wilfred Laurier University and the Dean of the Ontario Agricultural College at the University of Guelph.
Associate Vice-President (Finance)
Before arriving at U of G, Hargreaves was director, divisional expense management, with Manulife Financial Corp., where he conducted financial statement preparation, auditing, planning and budgeting. He holds an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University and is a chartered professional accountant.
Chief Executive Officer
Professor
Hebert is a Professor of Integrative Biology at Guelph and a former Canada Research Chair in Molecular Biodiversity. Hebert oversees activities at the CBG and coordinates its linkages with the International Barcode of Life Consortium. Hebert first developed DNA barcoding and is the CBG’s founder and CEO.
