The St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences is governed by its Board of Directors. The people who comprise this board are dedicated volunteers with diverse backgrounds, such as academia, industry, government and business. They represent several nearby communities, including Cornwall, Akwesasne, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry.

2009/ 2010 River Institute Board of Directors

Executive
President	Patrick Finucan	Retired St. Lawrence College
1st Vice-President	Melanie Baker Brown
2nd Vice-President	Henry Lickers	Mohawk Council of Akwesasne
Treasurer	Rick Fawthrop	Chartered Accountant
Secretary	Elaine Kennedy	Cornwall & District Environment Committee
Recording Secretary	Christina Collard	River Institute
Directors
William Knight, Past President	Cornwall, ON	Thompson Rosemount Design Group
Damian Rodriguez	Cornwall, ON	D.L. Services
Don Fairweather	Cornwall, ON	Director, St. Lawrence College, Cornwall Campus
Bruce Grant	Cornwall, ON	President, Grant Marion Construction Limited
Linda Halliday	Cornwall, ON	Public Affairs Officer, Ontario Power Generation
Lydia Johnson	Cornwall, ON	Chairman, C-Tech Ltd.
Gib McIntee	Cornwall, ON	President, St. Lawrence Testing
Micheal Metcalfe	Cornwall, ON	Consultant, In a Word Communications
Bernadette Clement	Cornwall, ON	Councillor, Representative of the City of Cornwall
Melissa Ringler	Cornwall, ON	Teacher Representative Upper Canada District School Board
Alvin Runnals	Winchester, ON	Representative of United Counties of Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry
Rik Saaltink	Cornwall, ON	General Manager, Seaway International Bridge Corporation Limited
John Houston	Cornwall, ON	Kraft Canada Inc.
Karen Switzer-Howse	Mountain, ON	Center For Environmental Leadership
Karen Thomas	Cornwall, ON	Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario