Member, Board of Directors
Member, Safety and Regulatory Affairs Committee
Marni Dicker joined TSSA’s Board in October 2020 and is a member of the Safety and Regulatory Affairs Committee. She is currently Executive Vice President, Infrastructure and Chief Legal Officer for the Canadian Premier League. In this role, she spearheads the development of infrastructure that is critical to the continued growth of the Canadian soccer ecosystem. Additionally, she oversees the league’s legal affairs and works closely with the League Commissioner on expansion efforts.
Prior to that, Marni was Chief Commercial Officer and General Counsel at Infrastructure Ontario (IO), where she was responsible for leading the Legal Services, Procurement, Transaction Finance, Commercial Projects, Business Strategy & Communications, Records Management, Insurance, Policy and Freedom of Information teams. She was also responsible for all of the organization’s board governance matters as Corporate Secretary. She also served as Vice Chair of the Investment & Risk Committee and Alternative Financing and Procurement Steering Committee. Her previous positions included Senior Vice President, Business & Government Affairs and Corporate Counsel for SNC-Lavalin Inc. and working as a commercial litigation lawyer with two well-known Bay Street law firms.
Among other accolades, she has received the following awards:
- Urban Land Institute, Hall of Champions
- Canadian General Counsel Award, Business Achievement.
- Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women Award.
- Women’s Infrastructure Network (WIN) as an Outstanding Leader.
- The Premier’s Award of Excellence from the Province of Alberta for the Calgary Courthouse Public Private Partnership Structuring
Marni is a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Toronto Metropolitan University, where she devotes her time to the Ryerson Law Practice Program and Faculty of Law.
Honing her expertise in governance, leadership and direction through her extensive work on boards, she is currently a member of the Board of Directors for Tarion Corporation and Create TO.