Barbara Farber’s affiliation with Algonquin College began in 2004 when she became the founding Chair of the Algonquin College Foundation Board of Directors. She has also held such positions as the National President of United Israel Appeal Federations Canada, Vice Chair of the National Board of Canada-Israel Committee, First Chair of the Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation, member of the Ottawa Police Services Board, and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Ottawa International Airport Authority and the Telus Community Board, as well as other community roles.

Barbara is the President of Leikin Group Inc., a privately owned company focused on real estate development and property and asset management.  She was awarded an Algonquin College Honorary Degree in 2009, and has also received the Gilbert Greenberg Distinguished Service Award and the Ottawa Philanthropy Award for Outstanding Volunteer Fundraising, among other honours.

Barbara was appointed to the Board for a three-year term effective September 1, 2010, and will serve her second year as a member of the Audit Committee in 2011-12.