Professional Affiliation

President & CEO, The Arthritis Society (Canada)

Expert Bio

Janet Yale currently serves as president and CEO of The Arthritis Society after years of providing results-oriented leadership in c-suite positions in the private, public and not-for-profit world.  An accomplished senior executive with a long history in the telecommunications sector, Yale previously served as executive vice president at TELUS and president and CEO of the Canadian Cable Television Association.  A lawyer and economist by training, she worked early in her career as a director general at the CRTC and as general counsel to the Consumers Association of Canada.

Yale’s true passion is in the not-for-profit sector where she has been recognized as a proven innovator and leader. She is chair of the Arthritis Alliance of Canada and the Ontario Trillium Foundation and sits on the boards of CARE Canada, Samara and the Ottawa Art Gallery.

She is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, a winner of the Woman Leader of the Year by the Federated Press and Businesswoman of the Year by the Women’s Business Network. Yale is a long distance runner with many races completed, including the Boston Marathon.