Board of Directors

Charles Beer, Chair
Principal
Counsel Public Affairs Inc.

Helen Murray, Vice-Chair
President
Devon Communications

Heather Mason-Wood, Treasurer
Vice President
Canso Investment Counsel Ltd.

Mark Foerster, Past Chair
Vice President Group Operations & Claims
Munich Reinsurance Company

Cordelia Abankwa-Harris
Director, Policy & Program Support Services Branch,
Community and Health Services Department
The Regional Municipality of York

Dr. Charanjit Bambra
Professor and Lead Researcher in Biomedical Engineering
Centennial College

David Barnes
Vice President, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Sponsorship
Amex Bank of Canada

John Cartwright
President
Toronto and York Region Labour Council

Hilda Gan
Vice President
HDR | iTRANS

Dr. Usha George
Dean, Faculty of Community Services
Ryerson University

Ben Leung
Managing Partner
Leung & Company Chartered Accountants

Jaheed Mamdani
Project Manager of Global Workspace Engineering
IBM Canada Ltd.

Bo Mocherniak
Partner
Grant Thornton, LLP

Kyle J. Peterson
Associate
Fasken Martineau

Laura Pisko-Bezruchko
Community Volunteer

Cheryl Prescod
Director of Organizational Capacity
Black Creek CHC

Ian Proudfoot
Vice President and Regional Publisher
York Region Media Group

Elaine Walsh
Community Volunteer

Dennis Wong
Managing Director
WF and Associates Ltd.

Tammy Ziskos Picheca
Human Resources Manager
Signode Canada

Donald W. Brown, Honorary Board Member
Managing Director
Catalyst Strategies Inc.

Alan Dessau, Honorary Board Member
Partner
Chasson Greenglass & Dessau LLP

Frank Folz, Honorary Board Member
Consultant
Folz Consulting

Mary Haffey, Honorary Board Member
Human Resources Manager
Snap-on Tools of Canada Ltd.

Peter McNeill, Honorary Board Member
Senior Manager, Marketing & Communications
Deloitte & Touche

Dr. Ken Ng, Honorary Board Member
Medical Doctor

Catherine Patterson, Honorary Board Member
Community Volunteer