Al is an accomplished human resources professional with an over 40-year career in managing in complex union and non-union environments, within both private and public sectors. During his senior HR management career Al held executive responsibility for the strategic and operational direction of all human resource and labour relations functions. As a seasoned negotiator who has conducted over 100 contract negotiations involving more than 2 dozen different unions in 6 provinces, he established a reputation as a skilled and innovative interest-based problem-solver, who developed and built relationships along with creative solutions.

Prior to joining Queen’s University in February of 2011 as Associate Vice-Principal Human Resources, Al maintained a management consulting practice specializing in organizational effectiveness, labour negotiations and conflict resolution. In February 2016 he was appointed Special Advisor to the Vice-Principal Finance and Administration (University Pension Project), a position he held until his retirement on January 31, 2018. His earlier background includes senior human resources and labour relations roles with J.M. Schneider Inc. and Torstar. He is a former part-time faculty member of the School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, where he designed and taught an MBA level course in negotiations and conflict management.