Eugene Swimmer was appointed to the OMERS Board in 2008 and reappointed to the OAC Board. He is the Vice Chair of the Member Services Committee and also serves on the Audit Committee, Appeals Sub-Committee and the Investment Committee.
Dr. Swimmer is a professor of public policy and administration at Carleton University and has authored more than 30 journal articles or chapters in books, mainly concerned with aspects of public sector labour-management relations and compensation. He has acted as a statistical consultant to numerous Canadian government and non-profit agencies, including the Canadian International Development Agency, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada and York Region.
Dr. Swimmer served as a mediator in Ontario teacher collective bargaining disputes and as an adjudicator during the Ontario Social Contract. In 2007, he was appointed to the RCMP Pay Council as the compensation specialist representing employees, and in 2004 he received the Gérard Dion Award, the highest award offered by the Canadian Industrial Relations Association, for his outstanding contribution to the industrial relations profession.
Dr. Swimmer holds an M.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in Labor Economics from the Industrial and Labor Relations School of Cornell University. He received his chartered director designation from The Directors College in 2010.