Maureen Adamson, President of Fleming College and Interim President and CEO of Colleges Ontario, has more than 25 years of leadership experience in the post-secondary, health care, government and non-profit sectors.

Maureen has served as Ontario’s deputy minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport and deputy minister of the Status of Women. Other previous roles include president and CEO of the Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences, CEO of Cystic Fibrosis Canada and vice-president of corporate services at Mohawk College.

Her volunteer work includes chairing the board of directors for Research Canada, serving as vice-chair and commissioner for the Toronto Transit Commission, and the inaugural chair of the Scarborough Health Network hospital in 2018 through Covid. She has been the inaugural chair of the Scarborough Health Research Institute since 2021.