9. Rob MacIsaac: CEO, Hamilton Health Sciences

By Terry Cooke, President, Hamilton Community Foundation

My friend Rob MacIsaac is both understated and unflappable. But his positive impact as a city builder in Hamilton and the Golden Horseshoe has been enormous. Rob has been critical to the creation of the province’s greenbelt, imagining the Big Move (GTHA Transit), rebuilding Mohawk College and using the Access Program to help more kids cross its threshold. He has strengthened the links between Burlington and the Hammer and created an extraordinary legacy of leadership and vision that will benefit our community for generations to come. We are so lucky to have him.