Marie Bountrogianni
| Marie Bountrogianni | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1999–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Trevor Pettit |
| Succeeded by | Sophia Aggelonitis |
| Constituency | Hamilton Mountain |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 10, 1956 Hamilton, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Ioannis Tsanis |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Occupation | Psychologist, Professor |
Marie Bountrogianni (born December 10, 1956) is the Dean of The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University. She is the former Chief psychologist of the Hamilton Board of Education, the former President and Executive Director of ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) Governors, and former member of Provincial Parliament. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and a cabinet minister in the government of Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty.
Bountrogianni was born in Hamilton, Ontario, the daughter of Greek immigrants. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Waterloo in 1979, a Master of Education degree from the University of Toronto in 1980, and a Doctor of Education degree from the latter institution in 1983.
She became a registered psychologist in 1985, and was employed in psychological work at the Toronto Board of Education from 1984 to 1988. From 1989 to 1999, she was Chief Psychologist of the Hamilton Board of Education. Bountrogianni also served as an Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University from 1985 to 1987, and McMaster University from 1992 to 1999, and was the Vice-Chair of St. Peter's Hospital in Hamilton from 1995 to 1999. In 1997, she was hired by the European Union to evaluate proposals for graduate school funding. Locally, she has also served as an honorary co-Chair of Hamilton & Bay AIDSwalk and Grace Haven Capital Campaign. She is a director at Northland Power Inc. and sits on the boards of Skills Connect-Third Quarter in Winnipeg and the Democracy Study Center in Kyiv as well as the Greek America Foundation in New York.
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