board of directors
board of directors
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Independent director
John S. Lacey 
Residence: Thornhill, ON
Principal occupation: Chairman, Alderwoods Group, Inc.
Director since: 2000
Education:
- Program for Management Development, Harvard Business School 1976
Other Boards: Advisory Board of Tricap, Cancer Care Ontario, CIBC, Canadian Tire Corporation Limited, and Western Forest Products Ltd.; Chairman of Doncaster Racing Inc. and Doncaster Consolidated Ltd.
TELUS Committees: Chair, Human Resources and Compensation, and member, Corporate Governance
Brian F. MacNeill 
Residence: Calgary, AB
Principal occupation: Chairman, Petro-Canada and Dofasco Inc.
Director since: 2001
Education:
- Bachelor of Commerce, Montana State University 1965
- Certified Public Accountant (California) 1967
- Chartered Accountant (Canada) 1970
- Fellow of the Chartered Accountants of Alberta 1995
Other Boards: TD Bank Financial Group, West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.; Chair of Board of Governors, University of Calgary; and Member of the Order of Canada
TELUS Committee: Chair, Audit
Ronald P. Triffo 
Residence: Edmonton, AB
Principal occupation: Chairman, Stantec Inc.
Director since: 1995
Education:
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Civil Engineering), University of Manitoba 1961
- MSc (Engineering), University of Illinois 1963
- Studies in economic theory and policy, and business management, Concordia University, Montreal, and the Banff School of Advanced Management 1970–74
Other Boards: Chairman, ATB Financial; Alberta Ingenuity Fund, Board of Governors of Junior Achievement of Northern Alberta, Alberta’s Promise, and Advisory Council of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at University of Alberta
TELUS Committees: Chair, Corporate Governance, and member, Pension
Donald P. Woodley 
Residence: Mono Township, ON
Principal occupation: CEO and President, GENNUM Corporation
Director since: 1998
Education:
- Bachelor of Commerce, University of Saskatchewan 1967
- MBA, University of Western Ontario 1970
Other Boards: DataMirror Corporation, Steam Whistle Brewing Inc., The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation, Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, and GENNUM Corporation
TELUS Committees: Human Resources and Compensation, and Pension