Michael P. Clair

Michael Clair is a former senior administrator with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada) and with Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. He is currently self-employed and involved with not-for-profit organizations dealing with addictions, prison reform, education, immigration, and economic development. He possesses an MBA degree and a 6th-degree black belt in Aikido, a martial art in the Japanese tradition.

During his career, he has worked in the fields of culture, tourism, regional development, labour markets, immigration, governance, and public policy. While in government, he led the process that resulted in the largest investment in cultural heritage in Newfoundland and Labrador in nearly one hundred years: the construction of "The Rooms", a museum-archive-art gallery complex that opened in 2005.

He resides in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, with his wife and is the proud father of two adult sons and proud grandfather to four grandchildren.