Corporate Profile

The 18-member private/public sector Board of Directors has the full authority for the management and strategic direction of the affairs of the Corporation.

To view our Directors’ profiles, please click on the names below:

David C. Gavsie (Chair)	Lou Milrad
Donald Edmonds (Vice-Chair)	Councillor Case Ootes
Karen Campbell	Janet Richards
Donald Baxter	Mayor David Ryan
Donald Eastwood	Dr. Bernadette Schell
Mayor Susan Fennell	Steve Shaw (Associate)
Mayor Cam Jackson	Sanjay Tugnait
Anthony Knill (Associate)	Dr. Robert Turner
Don Macintosh	Regional Councillor Tony Wong

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Board Committees:

Executive Committee:
The six member Executive Committee may at times be delegated the responsibility, as deemed appropriate by the Board, to deal with issues respecting the management and direction of the affairs of the Corporation. The Committee provides more immediate decision-making support to Management on matters that arise between regularly scheduled Board meetings.

Audit Committee:
The Audit Committee has the responsibility of recommending the appointment of an auditor and the fee, reviewing the auditor's report and recommending approval of annual audited financial statements.

Nominating & Governance Committee:
The Nominating & Governance Committee is responsible for soliciting and nominating new Directors and for ensuring that an orientation program is provided for each new member. The Committee also periodically reviews and makes recommendations on the Board's approach to governance, and existing committee structure.

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Director Profiles

DAVID C. GAVSIE, CHAIR
CHAIR
ALCOHOL AND GAMING COMMISSION OF ONTARIO (AGCO)

David attended university in Montreal receiving his law degree from McGill University in 1967. He practised law there with Ogilvy Renault from 1968 to 1970 when he moved to Ottawa. In Ottawa he worked for the Federal Government in several capacities in the tax field. In 1974 he joined Gowling and Henderson in Ottawa and became a Partner of that law firm in 1978. In 1992 he re-joined Ogilvy Renault as the Partner in Charge of the Ottawa office. In June of 1998 he moved to Toronto with Ogilvy Renault to continue his practise in the area of corporate and commercial law and some taxation matters. He retired from Ogilvy Renault on October 31, 2005.

On November 1, 2005 David became the full-time Chair of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario.

While in Ottawa David had many community involvements, namely, with the Ottawa Civic Hospital Foundation, the Canadian Red Cross Society, the Ottawa Rough Riders football team and the Canadian Football League. He was Chairman of the Ottawa-Carleton Board of Trade. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier Airport Authority for six years until he moved to Toronto in June, 1998.

Shortly after moving to Toronto, David became a Director of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (“OCC”) and worked his way up the executive ladder becoming Chair of the OCC in 2004. He is now Past-Chair of the OCC and as such, a Director of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Gavsie was a Director of the Institute of Corporate Directors (“ICD”) and was Chair of its Education and Accreditation Committee until May, 2005. He was responsible for implementing the 12 day comprehensive Directors’ Education Program as Chair of the ICD Corporate Governance College in conjunction with the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. This Program started in November, 2003 and is now presented not only in Toronto, but also in Calgary, Montreal and Vancouver.

In May, 2003 David was elected as a member of the Board of Governors of Beth Tzedec Congregation in Toronto. In May, 2005 he was elected Chair of the Board.

In June, 2005 he was elected as both a Director and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance.

David and his wife Ronnie live in Toronto and have three married sons and two grandchildren.

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DONALD EDMONDS, VICE-CHAIR
PARTNER, PRIVATE COMPANY SERVICES
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Don is a partner in our Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Private Company Services practice and specializes in audit and general advisory services. Don has been involved with private companies for over 25 years. He understands the many needs of growing and mature private businesses, particularly those needs far beyond the basic compliance services of audits, review engagements and tax returns.

Don is responsible for providing a full range of assurance and advisory services to a number of privately held businesses in a variety of industries covering distribution, manufacturing, steel processing, and some retail. In addition to the core audit services, he has been involved in many business advisory services, including: succession planning, information system selections and implementations, process improvement, financing, accounting and other special projects.

Don is a Chartered Accountant and is a graduate of the University of Manitoba Commerce program. He joined PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in 1977 in Winnipeg, did a two year secondment in Stockholm, Sweden (1983 to 1985), and then joined the Assurance practice in GTA. He has been actively involved in our Japanese practice since 1990 and from 1999 to 2003 Don was the leader of our e.business advisory service practice. Since early 2003 Don has been providing leadership to the PwC Private Company Service practice in GTA.

Don is a Director on the Board of the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance and the Board of the Living Arts Centre of Mississauga. Don is also a past Chair of the Board of Directors of Erinoak, a Halton Peel based treatment centre for children and youth with physical, developmental and communication disabilities. Don has also been involved with the United Way of Peel allocation process in the past.

Don and his wife Lori reside in Mississauga with their two daughters, Lisa and Stacy.

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KAREN CAMPBELL
PRESIDENT AND CEO
GREATER TORONTO MARKETING ALLIANCE

Karen Campbell was appointed President & CEO of the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance in May 2000. Ms. Campbell has been with the GTMA since its inception in 1998, when she joined the organization as its Vice President of Business Development to start-up and manage client services for business investment prospects.

The GTMA is a public-private partnership between the 29 municipalities and regions in the GTA, together with the Provincial and Federal governments and a broad cross section of private sector corporations. Its mandate is to raise the profile of the GTA internationally to attract new investment and employment to the region.

Karen has over 25 years of experience in the economic development field and was the Director of Economic Development for the City of Mississauga prior to joining the GTMA. Karen began her career as a Planner with the City of Mississauga. Her professional memberships include, the Economic Development Council of Ontario, Economic Developers Association of Canada, International Economic Development Council, CoreNet Global and CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women).

Ms. Campbell has a degree in Urban & Regional Planning from the University of Waterloo. She’s married with two children and lives in Mississauga.

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DON BAXTER

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

BURLINGTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Don Baxter graduated from the University of Guelph and went on to Queens’ University to complete a Masters Degree in Urban and Regional Planning.

After graduation, Don Worked in the consulting and municipal planning fields, and was seconded to be Research Director for a Federal/Provincial Task Force on the Supply and Price of Serviced Land in Canada. He then became Commissioner of Planning and Development in a Toronto municipality responsible for planning, building and economic development activities. For 11 years, Don was Executive Director of Economic Development for Metro Toronto, including economic development responsibilities as diverse as hosting the G7 summit, establishing the GTAA, international bids, and developing the National Trade Centre.

Don was also a founding partner of Economic Growth Solutions Inc. implementing economic development strategies for municipalities, provincial ministries, and for private sector clients looking for downtown investments.

Don is Executive Director of the Burlington Economic Development Corporation, a non-profit corporation funded equally by the public and private sectors. BEDC undertakes an extensive business retention and expansion program assisting companies to shift to higher value-added products and services through increased exports, training, community commitment and research and development. Don is a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners, Economic Developers Council of Ontario, Economic Development Association of Canada, International Economic Development Council, and Urban Land Institute.

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DONALD EASTWOOD
GENERAL MANAGER

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CULTURE AND TOURISM

CITY OF TORONTO

Don was born in Montreal but grew up in Burlington Ontario. He attended the University of Waterloo where he obtained both a Bachelor of Environmental Studies (B.E.S.) in 1977 and a Master’s Degree (M.A.) in Economic Geography in 1982.

Don worked in the private sector for Dominion Life Assurance Company in Waterloo between 1978 and 2000. Don has been employed in municipal economic development since 1983, starting with the Economic Development Division of the City of Toronto, later moving to Halton Region in 1985, and then assuming the role of General Manager of the City of Cambridge Business Development Department in 1987, during the construction and start-up of Toyota Motor Corporation’s first Canadian automotive assembly plant in Cambridge.

In 1997, Don assumed the role of the founding CEO of the Canada’s Technology Triangle Accelerator Network (CTTAN) an initiative to provide early stage equity capital and advice to emerging fast-growth companies in the Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge area. In 1998, Don accepted a position as Director of Economic Development for the Regional Municipality of York.

Between 2002 and 2003 Don undertook the CEO role of the Oakville Economic Development Alliance during a time of restructuring.

Don returned to York Region in 2003 to oversee the development and implementation of York Region’s long term economic development and tourism strategy.

In 2006 Don was appointed to the position of General Manager, Economic Development Culture and Tourism for the City of Toronto with senior management responsibility for all of investment marketing, business retention, and economic research for the City of Toronto. Don’s additional management responsibilities include oversight of the operations of all of the city’s arts programs and service delivery, cultural and heritage properties, the implementation of the Creative City strategy and tourism industry development initiatives.

Don and his wife Pat reside in Aurora Ontario with their three children, Katie, Amy and Max.

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MAYOR SUSAN FENNELL
CITY OF BRAMPTON

Elected Mayor in 2000, Susan quickly established herself as a ‘peoples politician’ through her open, communicative and participative style. Her enthusiasm, energy and unmatched ability to engage her citizens in the pursuit of practical solutions to community issues is a hallmark of her back to basics approach as Mayor.

During her tenure as Mayor, the City of Brampton has taken its rightful place as one of Canada’s preeminent municipalities. The city has achieved debt-free status and has approved a ten-year business and strategic plan delivering a secure financial future for the community. Under her watch, Brampton’s precedent-setting Growth Management Plan was approved; giving Council the practical tools it needs to manage the city’s unparalleled rate of growth. This plan is widely recognized as the ‘model’ for smart growth in Ontario.

In addition, Susan is the Commissioner of the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL), a national association of elite caliber women’s hockey clubs from British Columbia to Quebec. Created in 1998 by Susan, the NWHL hosts the ‘Stanley Cup’ of women’s hockey each April in the City of Brampton.

Mayor Fennell is a graduate of the University of Toronto (Hon. B.Sc. in Environmental Science) she and her husband John have raised two sons (Michael and Joey) in Brampton.

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MAYOR CAM JACKSON

CITY OF BURLINGTON

On November 13, 2006, Cam Jackson was elected the 27th Mayor of the City of Burlington. With over 30 years of elected public service dedicated to the citizens of Burlington, Mayor Jackson has extensive experience with and operational knowledge of government at all levels.

After serving five terms as a Halton School Board trustee, Burlington citizens first elected Cam Jackson in 1985 to serve as their MPP in the Ontario Legislature. He was subsequently re-elected in six more provincial elections.

Following the election of the Progressive Conservative government in 1995, Cam was appointed to Cabinet and served as Minister Responsible for Workers’ Compensation Reform; Minister Responsible for Seniors; Canada’s first Minister of Long Term Care; Minister of Citizenship with Responsibility for Seniors and Minister of Tourism and Sport.

During his 22 years at Queen’s Park, Cam developed a reputation as a tireless worker dedicated to advocating for seniors, persons with disabilities and victims of crime.

Cam has long been recognized as a community leader and is an active member of numerous local community associations. The Mayor also sits on the boards of Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, Burlington Hydro, the Burlington Economic Development Corporation, Tourism Burlington, as well as the GTA Marketing Alliance and the Council of GTA Mayors and Chairs.

Prior to serving as an elected official, Cam worked in the real estate profession and became the Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Hamilton and Burlington Real Estate Board. He was born in Hamilton but moved to Burlington in 1962 where he attended Nelson High School and McMaster University.

Cam is married to Elaine (Cuthbert) and they have three daughters Amy, Lauren and Michelle.

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ANTHONY KNILL (Associate)
DIRECTOR AND SENIOR TRADE COMMISSIONER

INTERNATIONAL TRADE CANADA

Tony joined International Trade Canada as Director of Team Canada Inc., Trade Liaison Division in 1999. In 2001 he was appointed Senior Trade Commissioner and Consul at the Canadian Consulate in Miami. In 2003, the Miami Consulate was upgraded to a Consulate General and Tony was named the Consul General. Prior to his employment with International Trade Canada, Tony was Executive Assistant ( Chief of Staff ) to the Honourable Sergio Marchi, in his Government of Canada portfolios as Minister for Citizenship and Immigration, Minister of the Environment, and Minister for International Trade. He has also held the positions of Executive Assistant and advisor to the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien, and to the Honourable Raymond Garneau.

Tony’s earlier career includes positions with the Royal Bank of Canada, the University of Western Ontario, and the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Canada (PMAC).

Tony assumed his current responsibilities as Director and Senior Trade Commissioner for International Trade Canada, Ontario Region, in September of 2005.

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DONALD MACINTOSH
PARTNER
FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN LLP

Don is partner at Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, one of Canada’s leading business law firms, with over 500 lawyers and offices located in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal and New York.

Don practices in the area of corporate and commercial law, and specializes in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital transactions, joint ventures, and outsourcings. In addition, Don works with numerous public and private companies (including entrepreneurial and start-up companies) advising them on business strategy and day-to-day commercial law matters.

Being actively involved on an ongoing basis in the acquisition programs of a number of clients, Don has often been responsible for managing the legal aspects of large and often complex transactions involving multiple parties and many levels of professional advisors. Don provides advice on a wide range of corporate and commercial law matters in many industries, including energy, manufacturing, transportation and technology.

Don has served, and continues to serve, on the Boards of Directors of numerous private and not-for-profit companies.

As a volunteer with the “Integrative Management Challenge” course at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, Don was a member of the Board of outside business and professional advisors which interacts with MBA students, working with the students to design, implement, control and monitor their business strategies for a fictitious company that operates in a virtual world using a computer-assisted business simulation.

He has spoken at business law conferences, and is a former lecturer on business law at the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Bar Admissions Course.

Don obtained his law degree from Queen’s University in 1986. He articled at Fraser & Beatty (as it then was) and has practiced at Fraser Milner Casgrain as an associate and partner since.

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LOU MILRAD

PARTNER

GARDINER ROBERTS LLP

Lou Milrad is business-oriented technology law partner at the Toronto law firm of Gardiner Roberts LLP where Lou chairs the firm’s practice groups in “Technology & Intellectual Property” and “Health Informatics”. A graduate of the University of Toronto (BA) and of the Osgoode Hall School of Law of York University (LLB), Lou is listed in LEXPERT as a leader in Computer and IT Law.

Lou has devoted almost 30 years advising public and private sector management on a variety of business, policy and legal issues that include public private partnerships and associated alliances.

He teaches a graduate level law course at Ryerson University, is an occasional lecturer at the University of Waterloo’s School of Environmental Sciences, and is a member of the Advisory Board of Seneca College’s Centre for Financial Services. He also has also acted as counsel to a number of professional and trade associations that include the Municipal Information Systems Association (MISA), the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), and the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS). Lou has also acted as General Counsel to the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) and chair of its Legal Affairs Forum.

Lou also serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Public Sector Lawyers section of the Ontario Bar Association.

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COUNCILLOR CASE OOTES

CITY OF TORONTO

Case Ootes is the elected municipal Councillor for Ward 29, Toronto-Danforth, which is home to approximately 46,000 residents.

Mr. Ootes graduated from York University with a Masters in Business Administration, and had a distinguished management career with Imperial Oil, serving in such positions as Corporate Credit Manager, and Manager of Accounting Services.

Mr. Ootes entered public service as an East York Councillor in 1988. He was elected to Metro Council in 1994 and to the newly amalgamated City of Toronto in 1997. He was appointed as the first Deputy Mayor of Toronto and held this position for six years. He has served, and continues to serve, on many Committees, Agencies, Boards and Commissions. Currently Mr. Ootes serves on the Economic Development Committee and on the Toronto and East York Community Council. He also sits on many local boards, such as Greektown on the Danforth BIA, the Danforth BIA, the Pape Village BIA, the Todmorden Mills Museum Board of Management, the Don Valley Brickworks Advisory Committee and the East York Community Centre Advisory Board. In 2005 Mr. Ootes was appointed as one of two Executives in Residence to the Seneca College Centre for Financial Services (and Centre for Excellence), as a resource to students and staff. He is also closely affiliated with the Toronto Financial Services Alliance.

Mr. Ootes has had the privilege of serving on many other Committees, Boards and Agencies, most notably: the Toronto Transit Commission, GO Transit, Greater Toronto Services Board, Provincial Central Smart Growth Panel (and Traffic Gridlock Sub-Panel), Ontario Regional Chairs Board. Other significant appointments have included the following agencies: Toronto Hydro Corporation, Toronto Police Services Board, Toronto and Region Conversation Authority, Toronto Economic Development Corporation (TEDCO), Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC). Additional municipal committees that Mr. Ootes served on include: Policy and Finance Committee (Chair), Planning and Transportation Committee, Striking Committee, Labour Relations Advisory Panel, Economic Development and Parks Committee, and Telecommunications Steering Committee. In his local community, he has been actively involved with the Toronto East General Hospital, and the East York Kiwanis Club.

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JANET RICHARDS
VICE PRESIDENT, SALES
HERMAN MILLER CANADA, INC.

Janet has over 23 years experience in the Contract Furniture industry and during that time has held various positions in Marketing, Sales and Management at Herman Miller Canada. Today, she is responsible for the Canadian sales team at Herman Miller Canada. Janet has put together a team of professionals who differentiate by leading with knowledge and expertise in terms of the physical environment; that is the workplace.

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MAYOR DAVID RYAN

CITY OF PICKERING

David J. Ryan was first elected to Pickering City Council in 1994. In 2003, he was elected Mayor and re-elected for a second consecutive term in 2006.

Mayor Ryan and his wife Anne have raised their two daughters, Laura and Colleen in Pickering since 1985. In 2003, he retired from a 33-year career in general business and management at IBM. He is also a past Director of the American Marketing Association Toronto Chapter and a past member of the Advisory Committee at Seneca College Business Administration Faculty.

Mayor Ryan is the Ex Officio on all City Committees and sits on the following Ad Hoc Committees:

Vice-Chair, Canadian Association of Nuclear Host Communities
Director, GO Transit Board
Durham Regional Police Services, Board of Directors
Veridian Corporation, Board of Directors
Durham Strategic Energy Alliance, Board of Directors
Rouge Valley Ajax-Pickering Hospital Physician Recruitment Team
Honourary Chair, Durham West Art Centre Foundation

Mayor Ryan has identified Business Development and Responsible Growth as the priorities for his office. In 2004, he established the Business Advisory/Development Committee which is comprised of key Pickering businesses and corporations to strategize on economic development activities. In the June 2006 issue of Profit Magazine, the City of Pickering received nation-wide recognition as one of the Top 10 Cities in Canada to Start and Grow a Business.

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DR. BERNADETTE SCHELL
DEAN, FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Dr. Bernadette (Bernie) Schell is the Founding Dean of the Faculty of Business and Information Technology – the largest Faculty – at Ontario’s newest and only laptop university, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

Prior to joining the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Dr. Schell was the Director of the School of Commerce and Administration at Laurentian University where she had served as a faculty member since 1978. While at Laurentian Dr. Schell was awarded the University’s prestigious Research Excellence Award as well as a Women’s Leadership Award for promoting the advancement of women in academia and in Business over an extended period.

Dr. Schell holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (1974) from Rutgers University in New Jersey and a Masters of Science and Ph.D. degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York. During her doctoral work, she was also co-registered at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario to complete her doctoral language requirements in statistics.

She has written many books focusing on industrial psychology issues and is currently writing books on IT security issues.

Dr. Schell, her husband, and their four children currently reside in Whitby.

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STEVE SHAW (Associate)
VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE AFFAIRS & COMMUNICATIONS

GREATER TORONTO AIRPORTS AUTHORITY

Steve Shaw has been with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) since December 1994 and is currently Vice President, Corporate Affairs. Responsibilities include corporate relations with government at all levels, community and media relations, and all corporate communications and publications. He was closely involved in the transfer negotiations with the federal government and the establishment of the GTAA. Mr. Shaw has served on the Boards of the Canadian Airports Council and Tourism Toronto.

From August 1991 to December 1994, Mr. Shaw was Senior Development Officer in the Economic Development Division of the Office of the Chairman of Metropolitan Toronto. He was responsible for the promotion of economic development through major infrastructure projects.

Previous work has been in the transportation/planning field, both as a consultant and with municipal government. Projects include Toronto’s Rogers Centre, the Railway Lands, Harbourfront, and reviews of the Gardiner Expressway.

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SANJAY TUGNAIT
MANAGING DIRECTOR - GLOBAL SOURCING PRACTICE - NORTH AMERICA

ACCENTURE INC.

Before joining Accenture Inc. he was Head of The Americas Region [Canada, Caribbean & Latin America] for Satyam Computer Services Ltd. He was responsible for starting the operations and growing this region for Satyam and its BPO subsidiary Nipuna with a focus on the Financial Services sector.

Within three years he set up sales offices in Toronto, Calgary, Montreal, Sao Paulo, Port of Spain and a development/near-shore centre in Toronto West while establishing credible relationships with Sr. Executives at key clients and winning engagements against the Indian and NA players.

He received an MBA in International Marketing from London, England. Sanjay started his career with Boots Plc, London and has over 16 years of experience in management and technology consulting in the US, Europe, Middle East and India. He has worked for IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Hewlett Packard (HP) and Tata Unisys.

During his 7 years as a Principal with IBM and PwC, he advised a number of Financial Services clients, Multinationals and Indian Corporations on Business Strategies, Outsourcing, CRM, Supply Chain and Technology Solutions. At HCL-HP and Tata Unisys he worked in Sales and was Profit Centre Head for a Technology Company in Dubai, managing UAE, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain.

Sanjay loves to write, deliver speeches and lectures. His speeches and articles have been featured in CIO, Global CRM road shows, Economic Times Forum, Business Intelligence Forum, India Internet World 2001, PwC Annual Technology Forecast. He has been interviewed on CNBC, CBC Radio, Wall Street Journal, Toronto Star and Financial Post in US & Canada. He has been a guest speaker in premier institutes such as IIT, IIM and NYU and currently lectures at University of Toronto on topics of Global business, Marketing and IT.

He is a Director on the Board of Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance [GTMA is a not for profit public partnership organization] and a member on the Marketing Advisory Board at the Rotman School of Business Management, University of Toronto.

A competitive sportsperson, Sanjay has represented his college team in badminton and swimming in India, and played cricket for his college in London [UK]. He lives in Toronto with his wife Karishma and their two daughters, Niharika and Nirvika.

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DR. ROBERT TURNER
PRESIDENT & CEO

SHERIDAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & ADVANCED LEARNING

Dr. Robert Turner was appointed the President of Sheridan in 2001, and since his arrival has focused on the introduction of applied degrees, differentiating Sheridan as a polytechnic, and creating a new development plan for the Davis Campus, all the while working to ensure students, faculty and employees share a positive and transparent environment. In February 2003, the Government of Ontario provided a new designation, renaming the post secondary institution the Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning.

Dr. Turner holds a Bachelor of Education from the University of Alberta, a Bachelor of Arts from Athabasca University, a Master of Education from the University of British Columbia and a Doctor of Education from Oregon State University in Post Secondary Education Administration.

In his former role as President and CEO of Olds College in Alberta, Dr. Turner established the Olds Centre for Innovation, and led the creation of the Alberta Centre for International Education. In 2000, Dr. Turner was presented with the Association of Canadian Community Colleges Leadership Excellence Award, and named one of the A50 Most Influential Albertans@ by Venture magazine. Dr. Turner previously served as Vice President at Capilano College in British Columbia.

Dr. Turner’s education in Canada and the United States, his leadership roles in three provinces, and his experience with international initiatives, have resulted in a global perspective about the power of education to contribute to economic, social and cultural development.

Dr. Turner is presently Chair of the Canadian Bureau for International Education.

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REGIONAL COUNCILLOR TONY WONG

TOWN OF MARKHAM

Tony C. Wong was elected as Markham Regional Councillor for a third term in November 2006. He is presently chair of the Markham Economic Development Committee and vice-chair of the York Region Planning and Development Committee. He served in the Ontario Legislature as the Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the riding of Markham from October 2003 to September 2006. During that time, Tony was appointed Parliamentary Assistant in the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade until July 2005, when he was then appointed Parliamentary Assistant to Premier Dalton McGuinty in the newly created Ministry of Research and Innovation. He was vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills and sits on Cabinet's Legislation and Regulations Committee. Tony was also appointed by Cabinet as the founding chair and member of the Small Business Agency of Ontario (SBAO).

Prior to being elected to the Ontario Legislature, Tony served for six years as a Markham Regional Councillor. As a municipal representative, Tony served on a numerous Markham and York Region committees and was vice-chair of the York Region Character Council. He also chaired the Markham Task Force on Affordable Housing as well as the York Region Task Force on Homelessness. In addition, he has served on the board of many community organizations including The United Way (York Region), Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation, East Metro Youth Services (EMYS) and St. John's Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation.

In 1996, Tony founded Markham's Give-A-Gift Project that has provided over 1,000 wrapped Christmas gifts to children in need. He is also a strong supporter of Dreams Inc. and Spirit of Life, groups which raise awareness about individuals with developmental disabilities and works with them and their families to eliminate barriers.

A lawyer by profession, Tony has served on the York Region Police Services Board and understands law enforcement issues well. He has acted as advisor to an array of community associations including the Asian Business Network Association. Before pursuing a career in law, Tony was a computer professional. He obtained his B.A. in Mathematics from the University of San Diego, M.S. from the University of Missouri and his law degree from the University of Toronto. Tony lives in Markham with his wife, Ellee, and their daughter, Daphne

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