The position of President and CEO is vacant. A search is underway for a new President to replace David Crombie who retired from the CUI in October 2007. Until the position is filled, Caryl Arundel, has been appointed
Interim CEO. Caryl's profile can be found below.
Bohdan
S. Onyschuk, QC, Chairman of the Board
Bohdan Onyschuk is a partner at Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, practicing in municipal and development law. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1968; appointed QC in 1979. Mr. Onyschuk has acted as a member of counsel to the Select Committee of the Ontario Legislature on Taxation (1968). He has served as Commissioner on the Reville Commission (1973) and was selected by the Province of Ontario (November 2000) to advise on urban economic development tools aimed at stimulating economic redevelopment and infrastructure financing of Ontario’s municipalities.
Mr. Onyschuk was also retained by the Ontario Municipal Economic Infrastructure
Financing Authority in connection with the new $1B Ontario Opportunity tax-exempt
infrastructure bonds. He acts for a number of municipalities, major shopping
centers and land development companies in the Greater Toronto Area. Additionally,
Mr. Onyschuk practices in the field of environmental assessment and chaired
the Canadian Urban Institute/Province of Ontario Understanding Brownfields Conference
in September 2000. He has lectured on the American phenomenon of “Smart
Growth” and his extensive research publication Smart Growth in
North America was published in September 2001. Mr. Onyschuk is the
Director of the Canadian Division of the International Council of Shopping
Centres and the Canadian Urban Institute.
Caryl has 20 years experience in
municipal government in Toronto and in London, England. She held
a range of senior positions including direct operations in housing,
child care, social policy and planning, housing development, organizational
and operational analysis, and political support to the Mayor of York and
the Metropolitan Chairman. Caryl currently works as an independent
consultant on a range of policy and management consulting projects in the
public and nonprofit sectors, including research and policy analysis, program
evaluation, organizational review, facilitation and training, and strategic
planning. Her
policy interests are in urban governance, human services and social
and health policy. Caryl is also a Part-Time Sessional Instructor with
the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University
and she teaches part-time in the Nonprofit Management program in
Continuing Education at Ryerson.
Until recently, Caryl has been an active member of the Institute of Public
Administration on the Board of Directors, the Research Committee and Service
to Members Committee and continues her involvement with the Toronto Regional
Group of IPAC. Caryl also has volunteer experience with a number of nonprofit
community based organizations in Toronto.
Caryl holds an MPA, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University and an
MSc, Regional and Urban Studies, London School of Economics and Political
Science. She has an undergraduate degree in urban geography from
the University of Toronto.
Terry Cooke is President of
Cooke Capital Corporation a management consulting and real estate
holding company. Mr. Cooke is Chair of the Board of Obvious Solutions
Inc., a Hamilton based technology company, and is a director of Northgate
Properties of Hamilton. He has recently been appointed as a director
to the boards of both Hamilton Utilities Corp. and Horizon Utilities
Corp.
Mr. Cooke has been serving his community for over two decades. He
began his career in 1983 at the Ontario March of Dimes where he was
Provincial Director of Housing and Support Services until 1994 when
he was elected Regional Chairman for Hamilton-Wentworth. Mr. Cooke
is a past Chairman of the Hamilton-Wentworth Police Services Board
and also served on the GO Transit Board, the Greater Toronto Services
Board and the Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation Board.
Upon completion of his term as Regional Chairman, Mr. Cooke entered
the private sector where he became Chief Operating Officer of Fluke
Transport and Hamilton Terminals. From 2002 until May of 2005 he
was President and Chief Operating Officer of both the Fluke Transport
Group and Fox 40 International.
Terry Cooke has done a great deal of community service and volunteer
work and has been honoured with awards such as Honourary Chief of
Police for the Hamilton Police Service and the Queens Jubilee Medal
for Community Service.
Mr. Cooke resides in Hamilton with his partner Maureen Wilson and
their two daughters Lane O'Hara and Frances.
A Rhodes scholar, Mr. Ian Clark received an Honours Bachelor of Science in physics and chemistry (1966) from the University of British Columbia, a doctor of philosophy (1969) from the University of Oxford and a Masters in public policy (1972) from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government (in 1997 he received the school’s Alumni Achievement Award).
Before assuming the Presidency of Council of Ontario Universities, Mr. Clark worked in the federal public service for 22 years in a variety of positions, including Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Deputy Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and Secretary of the Treasury Board. He subsequently served on the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund and became a partner in the accounting/consulting firm KPMG.
Mr. Clark serves on several boards, is Senior Fellow of Massey College and is the author of numerous articles on governance and management.
Julie Di Lorenzo, President
of Diamante Urban Corp., is a leading Toronto builder and a prominent
voice for the real estate development industry in the city.
She's been responsible for the planning and development of many outstanding
Toronto condominium buildings including The Royalton at 801
Bay Street, Domus in Yorkville and Phoebe on Queen, a joint venture
with Wittington Properties.
The Royalton, Domus and Phoebe were winners of the Greater Toronto
Home Builders' Project of the Year in 1997, 1998 and 1999, an unprecedented
accomplishment by a single builder.
Di Lorenzo led Toronto's development boom following the recession
of the early 1990s with the construction of One Balmoral, a 135-unit
mixed use development at Yonge and St. Clair. More recently, she built
One City Hall, an important brownfields condominium development next
to Toronto's New City Hall in a joint venture with Hon Kwok Land Investment
Co.
Di Lorenzo is committed to her industry and her city.
In 2005 she served as President of the Greater Toronto Home Builders'
Association, and continues to contribute to the GTHBA as an Executive
of the Board. Di Lorenzo also serves on the boards of the Canadian
Urban Institute and Harbourfront Centre, among other influential organizations.
Di Lorenzo and her life partner, Robert Graham, are the proud parents
of a 1 year-old girl, Chiara Elisa Adele Di Lorenzo-Graham.
Mark Entwistle is a private sector consultant who specializes in global business intelligence, government relations and strategic communications. As a professional Canadian diplomat for 15 years he served as Ambassador of Canada to Cuba from 1993-1997. He was also assigned to embassies in Moscow (1986-1989) and Tel Aviv (1983-1985).
In 1990, Mr. Entwistle was appointed a senior aide to the Foreign Minister responsible for parliamentary affairs. From 1991-1993, he worked with the Prime Minister of Canada, first as Deputy Press Secretary for Foreign Policy and subsequently, director of communications and Press Secretary to the Prime Minister. As a private consultant, he acted as senior communications advisor to the leader of a national political party from 1999-2000.
Mr. Entwistle is a Director of several highly entrepreneurial companies, including YM Biosciences Inc. and the Coral Capital Group. He is Chair of Friends without Borders and Upstream Strategies International, two non-governmental organizations dedicated respectively to innovative development financing, and conflict resolution and peace building.
John
Farrow is Chair and CEO of LEA Group Holdings Ltd. an international
transportation, civil engineering, urban planning and management
consultants with over 750 employees in five countries. Previously
he was Canadian Managing Partner for The Coopers & Lybrand Consulting
Group, President of Toromont Energy Ltd. and President of the Canadian
Urban Institute. He is a professional planner and management consultant
focused on city management and urban policy. He has undertaken projects
on city planning, city management, economic development and institutional
strengthening in 10 countries. He has also worked extensively for
the private sector including Honda, General Motors, Mazda, Spar Aerospace,
the Bank of Montreal, Bentall Capital and a number of real estate
development companies. He currently serves on the Board of the West
Northamptonshire Development Corporation in the UK.
Michael Fenn was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mississauga Halton Local Health Integration Network (Mississauga Halton LHIN) in August 2005, after serving as Deputy Minister of the Ontario Ministries of Municipal Affairs & Housing, and Community Safety, for eight years. Prior to that, he was the city manager of the City of Burlington and the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, for a total of eleven years. Throughout his career, Michael Fenn has been known for bringing customer-focus and innovation to the delivery of public services.
Formerly Vice-Chair of the $35 billion Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), Mr. Fenn has been President of the Ontario Municipal Administrators Association (OMAA) and Chair of the Ontario Public Service United Way Campaign. He has served on the Ontario Civil Service Commission, the Public Sector Accounting Board of Canada (PSAB), the Board of the Burlington Hamilton United Way, and the Ontario Realty Corporation (ORC), the Ontario Government's real estate authority (serving as Chair of ORC until his appointment to the Mississauga Halton LHIN). He remains a Director on the Boards of the Canadian Urban Institute and the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (as Chair of Research & Professional Practices and member of the National Executive).
In addition to two degrees from York University, Mr. Fenn holds an MA and a Diploma in Urban/Regional Public Administration, both from the University of Western Ontario. He has also completed the Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government from the Kennedy School at Harvard University. His articles on public policy and public administration have appeared in a number of journals and books.
Mr. Fenn has received the highest award for career achievement from both of Ontario's municipal management organizations (from the AMCTO in 2000 and the OMAA's Robert Baldwin Award in 2006). His contributions to environmental preservation projects have twice been recognized by awards from Ontario's Environmental Commissioner and he has also received the Award for Program Excellence in Citizen Involvement, from the International City/County Management, and the “Canada 125 Medal” for community service to Burlington. In 1997, he was awarded Lieutenant-Governor's Medal of Distinction in Public Administration for Ontario.
Michael and his wife Carolyn have two adult children and they live in Burlington. He enjoys opera and blues, graphic arts, canoeing, and international travel, having visited over 40 countries.
Since
March 1996, Ms. Graham has had her own independent Toronto based
advisory services/consulting business, which has operated under the
name IQ Alliance Incorporated since August 2002, and has undertaken
a wide variety of engagements on behalf of major corporate clients,
including the delivery of real estate related financial advisory
services. Ms. Graham recently began to work as a life and executive
coach. Ms. Graham is a member of the Board of Trustees of IPC US
REIT, a publicly traded Canadian real estate investment trust and
a member of the Board of Directors of Crystal River Capital, Inc.,
a private Maryland corporation, and a member of the Board of Directors
of the Canadian Urban Institute, a Canadian non-profit organization.
Prior to March 1996, Ms. Graham held senior positions at CIBC and
CIBC Wood Gundy Securities Inc. for 15 years specializing in corporate
finance and corporate lending to real estate and other companies.
Ms. Graham holds a Bachelor of Applied Science from from the University
of Guelph, Ontario and a Master of Business
Administration from York University in Toronto, Ontario and is a
chartered accountant, a Canadian designation.
Melanie Hare is Partner with Urban Strategies. She is an urban planner
with over 10 years' experience in the consulting world. Ms. Hare holds a BA
from the University of Toronto in Economics and Urban Studies. She graduated
in 1992 from the Technical University of Nova Scotia with a Masters of Urban
and Rural Planning and was recipient of the Governor General's Gold Medal.
Prior to her employment at Urban Strategies, Ms. Hare worked with Mark Dorfman Consultant, Bousfield Dale-Harris, Cutler and Smith, Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association and for the Canadian Urban Institute. She is a Registered Professional Planner and a member of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute and Canadian Institute of Planners.
At Urban Strategies, Ms. Hare has worked on master
plans and reinvestment strategies and routinely analyses and prepares
policy documents. Her understanding of community dynamics, urban
form and economic realities has led to relevant and practical solutions
to a variety of urban development challenges. Ms. Hare has had an ongoing
role in the Toronto’s
waterfront renewal effort, prepared a policy paper for the Ontario
Professional Planners Institute: Exploring Growth Management Roles
in Ontario: Learning from “Who Does What” Elsewhere and has also played key roles
on projects outside Canada, including projects in Detroit, Hartford and Barbados.
As the first Chair of the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority (GTTA), Rob MacIsaac is responsible for leading a Board of Directors to plan, prioritize and integrate transportation systems across the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton.
During his term as Mayor of the City of Burlington, Mr. MacIsaac became well-known for his regional approach and progressive growth management ideas for the Greater Golden Horseshoe.
As a member of the Ontario Smart Growth Panel, he led the effort to develop a vision and recommendations for a Smart Growth Strategy for Central Ontario. These elements remain fundamental tenets in the Province's Places to Grow Plan.
Subsequent to this work, Mr. MacIsaac chaired a provincial task force that established the founding principles for a permanent Greenbelt for the Greater Golden Horseshoe. The Greenbelt Plan preserves more than 1.8 million acres of forest, natural lands and farmlands in one of the most populous regions in the country. In May 2004, he accepted the Canadian Urban Institute's Urban Leadership Award on behalf of the Task Force.
Mr. MacIsaac hosted the first ever GTA Smart Growth Summit that brought together community leaders from across the GTA to begin thinking about new ways to manage growth. He founded a Transit Caucus inviting the mayors of four other GTA municipalities to create a more coordinated and integrated approach in service, fare collection and financing of local transit systems. He also chaired a GTA Transit Summit that brought together leaders from all three levels of government.
Committed to the economic development of the GTA, Mr. MacIsaac has led several trade missions on behalf of the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance (GTMA). In May 2002, he received a GTA Leadership Award from the GTMA.
First elected to Burlington municipal council in November 1991, Mr. MacIsaac served two terms representing Ward 1 at city and regional councils. In 1997, he was elected Mayor of Burlington and acclaimed for two more terms. In March 2006, he did not seek re-election. During his time as Mayor, he was honoured with a Paul Harris Fellowship for his work in establishing a hospice in Burlington, and an Honourary Doctorate for his outstanding community service from Australia's Charles Sturt University.
Mr. MacIsaac completed his undergraduate degree in Economics at the University of Waterloo in 1984 and received a Law degree at the University of Western Ontario in 1987. He was called to the Bar in 1989. Born in 1962, Rob is a lifetime resident of Burlington. He is married to Anne and has two children, Sarah and Catherine.
Anne
Sado became president of George Brown College in January 2004. In
this role, she is responsible for driving the college's overall direction,
objectives and future growth. She will be the College's primary
ambassador, building on two years of unprecedented growth with the
highest enrolment increase in Ontario's college system.
Ms. Sado brings strong leadership, customer service and communication
skills to the College from her career in business and extensive
volunteer involvement. In 2003, Ms. Sado received the Queen's
Golden Jubilee Medal for her ongoing work on the board of the YWCA
of Greater Toronto. She has also received the Professional
Engineers Ontario citizenship award and an Arbor Award from the
University of Toronto.
Prior to joining George Brown College, Ms. Sado spent 25 years
at Canadian corporate leader Bell Canada, holding numerous positions
in engineering, field operations, customer service, business development
and business planning. Appointed Senior Vice-President Business
Processes and Operational Effectiveness in 2000, she championed
new customer service initiatives and supported company goals with
significant earnings improvements.
Ms. Sado holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University
of Toronto as well as a Bachelor of Applied Science in Industrial
Engineering. She is Director, Trillium Health Centre, Director,
Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, Director, Canadian Urban
Institute, immediate past president YWCA Toronto and is a member
of the Dean's Advisory Board at the University of Toronto Faculty
of Engineering.
Ed Sajecki is the Commissioner of Planning and Building for the
City of Mississauga, Canada's sixth largest City, with a population
of more than 700,000. Prior to joining Mississauga in 2003, he was
Assistant Deputy Minister with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs
and Housing of the Province of Ontario, responsible for land use
planning, building and housing. Previously he was General Manager
of Development and Infrastructure of the City of Burlington as well
as Chief Executive Officer of the Burlington Economic Development
Corporation. Mr. Sajecki has extensive senior executive experience
in urban planning, development and management with Canadian local
governments and was Commissioner of Planning and Economic Development
for the former Cities of Etobicoke and York. He has also served as
General Manager of Planning and Development for Eastern Canada for
Canadian National Real Estate.
Mr. Sajecki is a civil engineer and professional planner. He
has international experience related to local government in China,
Eastern Europe, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ukraine, and the Caribbean and
has provided advice to governments on strategic planning and economic
development. Mr. Sajecki holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Civil
Engineering) from the University of Toronto and a Master of Science
(Urban Studies) from Salford University in England. He also completed
the Executive Management Program at the School of Business of Queen's
University. He is a past president of the Association of Ontario
Land Economists.
Elisabeth Stroback is a property development advisor through
her company Tanalex Corp. With clients now principally in the hospital sector,
she leads the planning, approvals, funding and project management for large
hospital capital projects as well as providing advice and management on other
real estate matters. Prior to 1999, Ms. Stroback was President of Hammerson
Canada Inc. (successor company OMERS Realty Management Corporation) after holding
several senior positions in the company. Hammerson Canada owned, developed
and managed its own retail and office properties and at one time had properties
in B.C., Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia. Hammerson Canada was sold to the
Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) in 1999. Ms. Stroback
is also a director of the Housing Services Inc. a subsidiary of the Toronto
Community Housing Corp. and the Canadian Urban Institute.
