Christine Tausig Ford is president of the consulting firm Higher Thinking Strategies Ltd, specializing in university governance. She works with universities from coast to coast to coast on governance reviews, board orientation, senior leadership coaching and specialized workshops. She is a board member at Humane Canada and the Beechwood National Cemetery and chairs the governance committees for both. Ms Tausig Ford is a member of IWF Ottawa's executive and a member of IWFC's Governance Committee. She is proud to have received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal, She lives in Ottawa with her husband and two cats.