{"id":1837,"date":"2020-11-06T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T20:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebao.ca\/?post_type=bao-team-member&#038;p=1837"},"modified":"2026-01-15T12:13:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:13:41","slug":"leith-coghlin","status":"publish","type":"bao-team-member","link":"https:\/\/thebao.ca\/stage\/team\/leith-coghlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Leith Coghlin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Appointed by the Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement <br>Nov. 6, 2020 &#8211; Term expiry Sept. 22, 2027<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2015, Leith R. A. Coghlin has served as the Managing Director of EnPointe Public Affairs, a London-based advocacy and public policy firm that specializes in agricultural, environmental, and municipal issues across Canada and the United States.&nbsp; <br>At EnPointe, Leith has a primary focus on public agency governance and performance analysis.&nbsp;Both Leith and EnPointe have had significant success in developing legislation and advising public and private interests on program and service execution. <br>Prior to his public affairs work, Leith led finance and credit interests for several automotive retailers and also served as an advisor for senior elected officials in Canada.&nbsp;Leith holds an honours BA from Huron University at Western, and obtained several qualifications during nearly 13 years of military service. <br>Leith has also been a member of several charitable and civic associations and boards. He is a resident of Elgin County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was previously a member of the BAO&#8217;s: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CEO\/Registrar Performance Evaluation Committee (Chair)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thebao.ca\/governance\/board-of-directors\/\">Return to BAO Board of Directors main page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9832,"template":"","bao-team-cat":[5],"class_list":["post-1837","bao-team-member","type-bao-team-member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","bao-team-cat-board-of-directors"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Leith Coghlin - Bereavement Authority of Ontario<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thebao.ca\/stage\/team\/leith-coghlin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leith Coghlin - Bereavement Authority of Ontario\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Appointed by the Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement Nov. 6, 2020 &#8211; Term expiry Sept. 22, 2027 Since 2015, Leith R. 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