DONALD J. P. ZIRALDO, C.M., BSc, LLD
- Born in St. Catharines, Ontario on October 13, 1948 to Fredrick and Irma (Schiratti)
- Graduated Denis Morris High School, St. Catharines, 1967
- Received BSc in Agriculture at the University of Guelph, 1971 (BSc)
- Honorary Degree, Humber College
- Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, Brock University, 1994 (LLD)
- Order of Ontario, 1993
- Order of Canada, 1998
- Top 25 Canadian CEOs of the Century, National Post Business Magazine, 1999
- Honorary Citizenship (Friuli Venzia Julia), Italy
- Author of Icewine: Extreme Winemaking, 2007
- Pinnacle Award 2017
- Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, University of Guelph, 2018 (LLD)
CORPORATE AND ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES
- Director, Shaftesbury Films
- Member of the Ontario Institute of Agrologists
- Founding Chair Vintners’ Quality Alliance 1988-1995
- Member, Academie Internationale du Vin (AIV), 2000
- Board of Advisors, Zerofootprint
- Board of Directors, Genome Canada
- Niagara United Way Co-Chair, Leadership Campaign (with Victoria Ziraldo)
- Board of Directors, Phoneum
AWARDS
- Ontario Hostelry Institute Chairman’s Award, 1991
- TAMA Marketer of the Year, 1993
- Silver Ladle Award, Toronto Culinary Guild
- Honorary Bachelor of Applied Studies Degree, Niagara College 2004
- Winery Management Magazine; Distinguished Achievement Award, 1994
- Outstanding Business Person of the Year, St. Catharines Ad and Sales Association, 1994
- Entrepreneurial Leadership Award, Institute for Enterprise Education, 1994
- Awarded Medal of Achievement at Guelph University
- Grindley Medal, Agricultural Institute of Canada, 1995
- Entrepreneur of the Year for Community Contribution: Enterprise ‘95, 1995
- Award of Merit, Ontario Grape Growers; Marketing Board, 1997
- Special Recognition Award, The Elsie Awards, LCBO, 1997
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Enterprise ‘98, Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 1998
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Canadian Wine Institute, 1999
- Lifetime Achievement Award for Food and Beverage Excellence
- The Sixth Annual New World of Food and Wine Festival Singapore, 2002
- Niagara Wine Festival Royal Bank's Business Citizen of the Year, 2002
- Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s 50th anniversary Golden Jubilee Award, 2002
- Award for Business Excellence, Canadian Italian Business Professional Association, 2002
- McGill Management Achievement Award, McGill University, 2003
- Canadian Italian National Award, Ottawa, 2003
- Business Excellence Award, The Canadian Italian Business & Professional Association of Toronto, 2005
- VinCambridge Award of Excellence, Donald Ziraldo and Karl Kaiser, 2006
- Lifetime Achievement in Tourism Award, Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corp, 2007
- 1991 - Ontario Hostilery Institute Chairman's Gold Award
- Premio Masi Award, Verona, Italy, 2008
- Folio D'Oro Award, Friuli, Italy, 2010
- Diamond Jubilee Award, 2012
- Brock University, Faculty of Business Distinguished Leader Award, 2012
