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This is an outstanding city.
But you don't just take.
You've got to build.

Fran Deacon

Wife of the late Fraser Deacon,
Founder of Toronto Foundation

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Board of Directors

Bill MacKinnon

Board Chair

Corporate Director

Claire Duboc

Director, Vice Chair

Managing, CBT Management

Greg Wilkinson

Director, Vice Chair

Managing Principal, Ontario, Earnscliffe Strategy Group

Neala Barton

Director

Strategic Communications and Stakeholder Relations Canadian Institute for Health Information

Michael Brooks

Director

Chief Executive Officer, Real Property Association of Canada

Ian L. T. Clarke

Director

CFO, Greater Toronto Airports Authority

Rick Goldsmith

Director

Retiree Partner, KPMG

Edward Greenspon

Director

President & CEO, Public Policy Forum

Sue Griggs

Director

Leadership Coach, The Coaching Project Inc.

Sandy Houston

Director

President & CEO, Metcalf Foundation

Brenda Lee-Kennedy

Director

Partner, Taxation, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Nancy McCain

Director

Chair, Arts Access Fund

Dennis Mitchell

Director

CEO and CIO, Starlight Capital

André Perey

Director, Corporate Secretary

Partner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Ceta Ramkhalawansingh

Director

City of Toronto Corporate Equity and Diversity Manager (Retired)

Lola Rasminsky

Director

Founding Director, Avenue Road Arts School

John Sherrington

Director

Investment Banker

Andrew Spence

Director

Investment Professional & Economist

Natalie Townsend

Director

Managing Partner, NorthRock Capital

Martin Connell

Chair Emeritus

Sharon Avery

President & CEO

COMMITTEES

Community Initiatives
Sue Griggs (Chair)
Rick Goldsmith
Edward Greenspon
Nancy McCain
Bill MacKinnon (Ex-officio)
Ceta Ramkhalawansingh
Lola Rasminsky
Natalie Townsend
Greg Wilkinson
Sharon Avery (Ex-officio)
Julia Howell (Staff)
Sara Krynitzki (Staff)*
Simone Dalton (Staff)
Tyler Demers (Staff)

Finance & Audit
Ian Clarke, Chair
Michael Brooks
Elizabeth Gitajn
Dan Golberg
Brenda Lee-Kennedy
Bill MacKinnon
André Perey
Sharon Avery (Ex-officio)
Denise Arsenault (Staff)
Mark Heazle (Staff)

Governance
Greg Wilkinson, Chair
Ian Clarke
Bill MacKinnon (Ex-officio)
André Perey (Ex-officio)
John Sherrington
Andrew Spence
Natalie Townsend
Sharon Avery (Ex-officio)

Investment
Andrew Spence, Chair
Robert Bertram
Ian Clarke, (Ex-officio)
Mario Ferrara
Michael Herrera (Ex-officio)
John B. MacIntyre
Bill MacKinnon (Ex-officio)
Dennis Mitchell
Jane Rowe
John Sherrington
Heather Mason-Wood
Sharon Avery (Ex-officio)
Denise Arsenault (Staff)
Mark Heazle (Staff)

Social Impact Investment Committee
John Sherrington, Chair
Neala Barton
Rick Goldsmith
Harvey Griggs
Sandy Houston
Bill MacKinnon (Ex-officio)
André Perey
Sharon Avery (Ex-officio)
Denise Arsenault (Staff)
Nadien Godkewitsch (Staff)

*On maternity leave