predecessor successor children birth_place title article_title name birth_date term employer citizenship alma_mater
bryan tisdall -lrb- 1989 -- 1997 -rrb- virginia luby -lrb- designate -rrb- four his wife 's previous marriage from a previous marriage , two step-children from dallas , texas , united states general manager david bednar
 david bednar 1952 1998-2015 canadian national exhibition association american canadian bishop 's university
david bednar

david bednar is the general manager of the canadian national exhibition association , which runs an annual fair called the canadian national exhibition -lrb- cne -rrb- .
he is scheduled to retire in april 2015 .
born in texas , bednar was trained in theatre and business in quebec , initially working with summer theatre programs , such as the shaw festival .
he joined the theatre production company livent in 1989 , before it was spun off into its own operation .
he managed the toronto venues , pantages theatre and north york performing arts centre , before managing the ford center for the performing arts in new york city .
bednar was chairman of the yonge street business and residents association during the initial planning of yonge-dundas square , a significant redevelopment to toronto 's downtown .
bednar was hired by the canadian national exhibition association during a time of multi-million dollar losses for the fair .
he made a variety of operational and programming changes over the years .
notably , he repositioned the fair 's focuses as technology supplanted earlier attractions .
he became a canadian citizen in 2000 , at a ceremony in the automotive building , during the company 's fair .
