Melinda Rogers-Hixon

Partner

Melinda is a seasoned business entrepreneur who has stewarded emerging and early-stage enterprises through various touchpoints of the growth cycle. As a second-generation stakeholder in Rogers Communications Inc., the business co-founded by her father, Ted Rogers and his wife Loretta, Melinda also has invaluable and real-time insight into the complex nature of leading founder-led organizations through the transition to CEO led businesses.

Melinda joined Rogers in 2000 and is currently the Deputy Chair of the Board of the public company and Vice-Chair of the family’s private control trust. In 2011, she founded Rogers Venture Partners and went on to Chair the Board of Texture by Next Issue Media which was acquired by Apple in 2018.

As a partner of GTA, Melinda assists companies as they navigate innovation, inclusion, and culture in the transition of leadership from one generation to the next. She speaks to audiences regularly on developing pathways to intergenerational success while focusing on governance and oversight.

Melinda also serves as a Director of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, Bombardier, Rogers Bank, Huron University College, and is Chair of The Jays Care Foundation. She holds a BA from The University of Western Ontario, and an MBA from The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and lives with her husband and four children in Toronto, Canada.