Staff and Board of Directors
Meet Our Team
CANFAR has a small but mighty team that works with a vast network of partners and committees across Canada.
Meet Our Board of Directors
Some of Canada’s foremost leaders in the financial, legal, and philanthropic sectors sit on CANFAR’s Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors is responsible for establishing the mission, vision and direction of CANFAR, while representing the interests of the organization.
Members of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors are identified with an asterisk*.
Andrew Pringle, CM*
Chair, CANFAR Board of Directors
RP Investment Advisors
Patti MacNicol*
Vice-Principal, Administration, Upper Canada College
Dr. Notisha Massaquoi*
Assistant Professor,
University of Toronto
Patricia Olasker*
Partner, Davies Ward Phillip & Vineberg LLP
Charles Armstrong*
Chair, Armstrong Fluid Technology
Dr. Stanley Read*
Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto
Dr. Michael Grant*
Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee
Professor of Immunology, Associate Dean, BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, PhD, MSc
Tony Pedari, CPA*
Partner, Risk Assurance Services,
PwC
Casey Antolak
Vice President,
Scotiabank
Sven Bly
Chief AI Officer & VP, Enterprise Technology
Bill Flanagan
President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Alberta
Marie Henein
Senior Partner,
Henein Hutchison LLP
Jeffrey Kroeker
Partner,
Civis Law LLP
Robert Hoppenheim
Head of Brand Strategy, Creative and Communications,
Hoppenheim & Co.
Stephen Lewis
Chair,
Stephen Lewis Foundation
Sylvia Mantella
Chief Marketing Officer,
Mantella Corporation
John Prato
Deputy Chair & Executive Managing Director,
TD Securities
Paul Noble
Vice-President, Deputy General Counsel, BMO Capital Market
Al Ramsay
Vice President-Head 2SLGBTQ+ & Black Customer Segments, TD Bank Group
Tom Ranson
Client Associate, CIBC Wood Gundy
Dr. Paul Sandstrom
Public Health Agency of Canada
Chanakya Sethi
Partner, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Candice Sinclair
Entrepreneur and Business Leader, fundraising for BOOST, SickKids, CANFAR, & National Ballet of Canada
Trevor Stratton
Indigenous Leadership Policy Manager,
Communities, Alliances & Networks (CAAN)
Maxime St-Pierre
President,
Gestion Maxime St-Pierre Inc
Jaime Watt
Executive Chairman,
Navigator Ltd.
Leeanne Weld Kostopoulos
Sales Representative,
Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd.
Johnston & Daniel Division,
Brokerage