Suzanne Sauvage, former member of Concordia’s Board of Governors
Member of the Order of Canada
“For her expertise in communications and for her contributions to highlighting both the cultural fabric and marketing sector of Canada.”
Suzanne Sauvage, a former Concordia Board of Governors member, serves as president and chief executive officer of Montreal’s McCord Stewart Museum.
Under her guidance since 2010, the museum has quadrupled annual attendance, hosted major international exhibitions and become active in the process of reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, as recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
The former president of Cossette Canada, Sauvage has served on the boards of the Women’s Y Foundation, the Foundation of Greater Montreal, the Orchestre Métropolitain, Compagnie Marie Chouinard, the Montréal en Lumière festival and the Théâtre de Quat’Sous. She was named an Officer of the National Order of Quebec in 2021.