CivicAction owes its founding and success to date to an impressive Founding Steering Committee of Toronto region leaders who have been closely involved in CivicAction since its inception. While many of them continue to be actively involved in our work, we have appointed a 2011-2015 Steering Committee, with regional representation and diversity in mind, to help set and execute our post-Summit agenda and set the stage for our next Summit. We thank the Founding Steering Committee members for their dedicated and continuing support, and are excited to introduce you to the members of our 2011-2015 Steering Committee.
2011-2015 STEERING COMMITTEE
David Agnew
President, Seneca College
Jehad Aliweiwi
Executive Director, Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office
Michael Angemeer
President & CEO, Veridian
Willa Black
Vice-President, Corporate Affairs, Cisco
Pat Capponi
Facilitator, Voices from the Street
Robin Cardozo
CEO, Ontario Trillium Foundation
Mark Chamberlain
CEO, Trivaris
John Cruickshank
Publisher, The Toronto Star
Nan DasGupta
Partner, The Boston Consulting Group
Brian Denney
CAO, Toronto Region and Conservation Authority
Steve Diamond
President and CEO, Diamondcorp
Michelle DiEmanuele
President and CEO, Credit Valley Hospital
Debbie Douglas
Executive Director, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
Pat Draper
President, Toronto Region Research Alliance
Rob Drynan
President, MacLaren kiindrid
(Co-Chair, ELN)
Janet Ecker
President, Toronto Financial Services Alliance
Hon. Art Eggleton
Senator, Senate of Canada
Fred Eisenberger
President & CEO, Canadian Urban Institute
Susan Eng
Vice President, Advocacy, Canadian Association of Retired People (CARP)
Cam Fowler
Executive Vice President, Personal and Commercial Banking Canada, BMO Financial Group
(Co-Chair, Greening Greater Toronto)
(Chair, Greening Canada Fund)
Larry Frost
Executive Director, Native Canadian Centre of Toronto
Anne Golden
President & CEO, The Conference Board of Canada
Andrew Graham
Senior Director - Corporate Development, George Weston Ltd.
(Co-Chair, ELN)
Co-Chair, Toronto Homecoming)
Anthony Haines
President & CEO, Toronto Hydro Corporation
Julia Hanigsberg
Vice President, Finance and Administration, Ryerson University
(Founding ELN member)
Gillian Hewitt Smith
Executive Director & CEO, Institute for Canadian Citizenship
(DiverseCity Fellow, 2009)
Janet Holder
President, Gas Distribution, Enbridge Gas Distribution
Patrick Horgan
Vice President, Operations, IBM Canada Ltd.
Sandy Houston
President, Metcalf Foundation
Warren Jestin
Senior Vice President & Chief Economist, Scotiabank
Tim Jones
President & CEO, Artscape
Stephani Kingsmill
Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Manulife Financial
Che Kothari
Executive Director, Manifesto
(DiverseCity Fellow, 2009)
Deena Ladd
Coordinator, The Workers' Action Centre
Sheldon Leiba
President, Mississauga Board of Trade
Eva Ligeti
Executive Director, Clean Air Partnership
(Co-Chair, Greening Greater Toronto)
Donna Lindell
(Former Co-Chair, ELN)
Bruce Macgregor
CAO, York Region
Rob MacIsaac
President, Mohawk College
Medhat Mahdy
President & CEO, YMCA of Greater Toronto
Lloyd McCoomb
President & CEO, Greater Toronto Airports Authority
Bruce McCuaig
CEO, Metrolinx
Elizabeth McIsaac
Executive Director, Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC)
Kwame McKenzie
Senior Scientist, Social Equity and Health Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Tim McTiernan
President, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Matthew Mendelsohn
Director, Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
Louroz Mercader
Founder and President, Mississauga Youth Games
(DiverseCity Fellow, 2009)
Hon. Don Meredith
Senator, Senate of Canada
Marie Moliner
Regional Executive Director, Ontario Region, Department of Canadian Heritage
Robert Montgomery
Principal, Achilles Media Ltd
Patrick Moyle
CAO, Halton Region
Karen Nasmith
Associate, Planning Alliance
(ELN – Project Neutral Co-Chair)
Olivia Nuamah
Executive Director, Atkinson Charitable Foundation
Allan O'Dette
Director External Relations, Policy & National Private Markets, GlaxoSmithKline
Adaoma Patterson
Specialist - Peel Poverty Reduction Strategy Committee, Region of Peel
(DiverseCity Fellow, 2010)
Janice Price
CEO, Luminato
Ian Proudfoot
Vice President and Regional Publisher, York Region Media Group
Enid Slack
Director, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance, University of Toronto
Pradeep Sood
Former Chair, Ontario Chamber of Commerce
Founder, XactScribe Inc.
John Stackhouse
Editor-in-Chief, The Globe and Mail
Karim Sunderji
President, Ismaili Muslim Council for Ontario
Tonya Surman
Executive Director, Centre for Social Innovation
Jasmine Tehara
Assistant Vice-President, TD Bank Group
(DiverseCity Fellow, 2010)
Bill Thomas
CEO & Senior Partner, KPMG LLP
Jennifer Tory
Regional President, Royal Bank of Canada
Ian Troop
CEO, Toronto 2015 Pan/ParaPan American Games
Niranjan Vivekanandan
Regional Vice-President, Greater Toronto Region, Royal Bank of Canada
(DiverseCity Fellow, 2010)
Shelley White
CEO, United Way of Peel Region
Mike Williams
General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, City of Toronto
Leslie Woo
Vice President, Policy & Planning, Metrolinx
(Founding ELN member)
Armine Yalnizyan
Senior Economist, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Mike Yorke
President, Local 27 at Carpenters Union
Daniele Zanotti
CEO, United Way York Region
FOUNDING STEERING COMMITTEE
David Pecaut (1955-2009)
Founding and Former Chair, Toronto City Summit Alliance
John Tory
Chair, CivicAction
Charles Baillie
Chancellor Emeritus, Queen’s University
Avie Bennett
Chairman and President, First Plazas Inc.
Joe Berridge
Partner, Urban Strategies Inc.
Rahul Bhardwaj
President & CEO, Toronto Community Foundation
Jill Black
President, J.E. Black & Company Ltd.
Alan Broadbent
Chairman & CEO, Avana Capital Corp.
Chairman, Maytree
Ann Buller
President, Centennial College
Geoff Cape
Executive Director, Evergreen
John Cartwright
President, Toronto-York Regional Labour Council
John Cassaday
President & CEO, Corus Entertainment Inc.
Michael Clemons
President, Toronto Argonauts
Charles Coffey
Executive Vice President, Government Affairs and Business Development (retired), RBC
Martin Connell
Past Chair, Toronto Community Foundation
Co-Founder, Ace Bakeries
Hon. David Crombie
Former CEO, Canadian Urban Institute
Former Mayor, City of Toronto
John Davies
President, Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Hon. William Davis
Former Premier of Ontario
Joan Dea
Executive Vice President and Head of Strategic Management (former), BMO Financial Group
Sam Duboc
President & Managing Partner, EdgeStone Capital Partners Inc.
Dr. John Evans
Founding Chair, MaRS Discovery District
Founding Co-Chair, Toronto Region Research Alliance
Robert Fung
Orion Securities Inc.
Kevin Garland
Executive Director, National Ballet of Canada
Anne Golden
President & CEO, The Conference Board of Canada
Robert "Squee" Gordon
President Emeritus, Humber College
Ken Greenberg
Principal, Greenberg Consultants Inc.
David Griffiths
Managing Consultant, IBM Global Business Services
Piers Handling
Director & CEO, Toronto International Film Festival Group
John Honderich
Director, Torstar
Shirley Hoy
Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Lands Corporation
Kevin King
Law Student, Osgoode Hall Law School
Veronica Lacey
President & CEO, The Learning Partnership
Frances Lankin
Former President & CEO, United Way Toronto
Sheldon Levy
President, Ryerson University
Rob MacIsaac
Chair, Mohawk College
Past Chair, Metrolinx
Bill MacKinnon
Chair, Toronto Board of Trade
Former Chair, KPMG
Bahadur Madhani
President, Equiprop Management Ltd.
Roberto Martella
Owner, Grano Restaurant
Dave Meslin
Founder, Toronto Public Space Committee
Dr. David Naylor
President, University of Toronto
Winnie Ng
Regional Director, Canadian Labour Congress
Gordon Nixon
President & CEO, RBC
Chair, MaRS Discovery District
Founding Co-Chair, Toronto Region Research Alliance
Co-Chair, Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council
David O’Brien
Former President & CEO, Toronto Hydro
Ratna Omidvar
President, Maytree
Bob Onyschuk
Former Chairman, Canadian Urban Institute
David Patterson
Head of Government Relations and Public Policy, Research in Motion
Hon. David Peterson
Chairman, Cassels Brock LLP
Chancellor, University of Toronto
Susan Pigott
Vice President, Communications and Community Engagement, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health
Courtney Pratt
Chairman, Toronto Region Research Alliance
Kenn Richard
Executive Director, Native Child and Family Services
Anne Sado
President, George Brown College
Dr. Mamdouh Shoukri
President & Vice-Chancellor, York University
Peter Sloly
Deputy Chief, Toronto Police Service
Edward Sorbara
Principal, Sorbara Group
Carol Wilding
President & CEO, The Toronto Board of Trade
Dr. Joseph Wong
Chairman, Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care
