Walter Sendzik

Biography

Walter Sendzik is a Director and Member of Audit Committee at Liquor Control Board of Ontario. Mr. Sendzik is executive vice-president and general manager of the St. Catharines-Thorold Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Niagara Wine Festival, the Hotel Dieu Shaver Rehabilitation Centre, St. Catharines Museum and the St. Catharines and District United Way. He founded Vines magazine, wrote Guide to Niagara’s Wine Country and is co-author of the Buyers’ Guide to Canadian Wine. He sold Vines to Osprey Media Group in 2003 when he joined that company as publisher of the Niagara magazine division, where he helped launch Niagara magazine. He left Osprey to join the St. Catharines Chamber of Commerce in 2006 and oversaw the merger of the St. Catharines and Thorold chambers, which created one of the largest chambers of commerce in southern Ontario. Walter was awarded the Bernie Gillespie Award by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce for outstanding leadership, was a recipient of a Niagara’s Top 40 Under 40 award, the St. Catharines Volunteer Recognition Award and was a finalist in the Niagara Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He was appointed to the Board in June 2008.

Research Interest

Business and Management