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
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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 L. Robin Cardozo Chief Operating Officer, SickKids 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, Trillium Health Partners Debbie Douglas Executive Director, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI) Pat Draper City Manager/CAO, City of St. Albert Rob Drynan Executive Director, Jays Care Foundation (Co-Chair, ELN) Janet Ecker President, Toronto Financial Services Alliance Hon. Art Eggleton Senator, Senate of Canada Fred Eisenberger President & CEO, Canadian Urban Institute Howard Eng President and Chief Executive Officer Greater Toronto Airports Authority 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 Past President & CEO, The Conference Board of Canada Andrew Graham Senior Director, Insurance - PC Financial, The Weston Group (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 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) Sheldon Leiba President, Mississauga Board of Trade Eva Ligeti Executive Director, Clean Air Partnership (Co-Chair, Weatherwise Partnership) |
Donna Lindell (Former Co-Chair, ELN) Bruce Macgregor CAO, The Regional Municipality of York Rob MacIsaac President, Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology Medhat Mahdy President & CEO, YMCA of Greater Toronto Bruce McCuaig CEO, Metrolinx 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 (ELN – Project Neutral) Allan O'Dette President & CEO, Ontario Chamber of Commerce 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 Associate 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 & Innovation, 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
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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 Past 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 Bill MacKinnon Chair, Toronto Board of Trade Former Chair, KPMG Bahadur Madhani Vice-Chair, YMCA of Greater Toronto Roberto Martella Owner, Grano Restaurant Dave Meslin 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 |








