Chris MacDonald, the former CRTC commissioner for Atlantic Canada and Nunavut and a longtime Rogers Communications senior manager, has passed away following an undisclosed illness. He was 44.

While still studying Business Administration at UNB (University of New Brunswick), MacDonald began his career as a Research Assistant and later Executive Assistant to New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord.

He joined Rogers in 2005 as a Strategic Account Manager, moving his way up to Market Manager for Atlantic Canada and then Senior Manager of Sales – Fiber Solutions & Small Business over the next decade. He was appointed to the CRTC in 2015 to a five-year term. He went on to rejoin Rogers as Senior Manager, Regional Delivery for Atlantic Canada, later going out on his own as an independent telecom consultant and trainer. In 2025, he accepted another position within Rogers as Senior Manager, Service Expansion for Atlantic Canada and Quebec.

Outside his work in telecom, MacDonald was heavily involved in the development of the Junior Achievement program in New Brunswick, including serving as Vice-Chair for over two decades, in addition to terms on the Board of Governors of UNB, among other community organizations.