TRIEC Council Members

TRIEC is truly a multi-stakeholder collaboration. Never before have organizations from so many sectors come together on the issue of immigrants entering the labour market. The representation on TRIEC and the participants in the programs that have been launched clearly show that this is an issue that speaks to all cross-sections of society and industry.

Council membership is organizational, and is comprised of members representing various groups: employers, labour, occupational regulatory bodies, post-secondary institutions, assessment service providers, community organizations, and all three levels of government.

* denotes member of TRIEC Board of Directors

Chair and Co-chair

Gordon M. Nixon, President and CEO, RBC
Zabeen Hirji, Chief Human Resources Officer, RBC

Founding Co-Chairs
Dominic D'Alessandro, Retired President and CEO, Manulife Financial
Diane Bean, Executive Vice-president, Corporate Affairs and Human Resources, Manulife Financial

Organizational Members

ACCES Employment Services - Allison Pond, Executive Director
American Express Canada - Karen Rubin, Vice-president, Senior Counsel and Corporate Secretary, General Counsel's Office
Avana Capital Corporation and Maytree - Alan Broadbent, Chairman and CEO, Avana Capital, and Chairman, Maytree
Bank of Montreal - TBD
Brampton Board of Trade - Gary Collins, Chief Executive Officer
Career Edge Organization - Anne Lamont, President and CEO
Centennial College - Ann Buller, President and CEO
CERIS - The Ontario Metropolis Centre - Dr. Tony Fang, Economic and Labour Market Integration Domain Leader, CERIS
CGI - Young Park, Sector VP, Consulting Services
Chinese Professionals Association of Canada - Dr. Longhuan Kim, President
CIBC - Sharon Wingfelder, Vice President, Diversity & Resourcing, Human Resources
College of Nurses of Ontario - Anne Coghlan, Executive Director
Community MicroSkills Development Centre - Kay Blair, Executive Director
Compugen - Gerry Skipwith, Vice-President, Services
COSTI Immigrant Services - Mario Calla, Executive Director*
Deloitte - Yezdi Pavri, Managing Partner, Toronto*
Dixie Bloor Neighbourhood Centre - Lynn Petrushchak, Executive Director
Ernst & Young - Eric Xiao, Partner, Transaction Tax
Fraser Milner Casgrain - Chris Pinnington, CEO
George Brown College - Anne Sado, President
Human Resources Professionals Association - Claude Balthazard, Director, HR Excellence and Acting Registrar
Humber College - John Davies, President
JobStart - Heather Sant, Executive Director
JVS Toronto - Karen Goldenberg, President and CEO
KPMG - Diane Jeffreys, Managing Partner, GTA Advisory Services*
LEA International - John Farrow, Chairman and CEO
Manulife Financial - Jennifer Rowe, Vice-president, Corporate Affairs*
Maytree - Ratna Omidvar, President, and Chair, TRIEC Board of Directors*
Microsoft Canada - Carolyn Buccongello, Vice-president, Human Resources
Mississauga Board of Trade - Sheldon Leiba, President and CEO
Mount Sinai Hospital - Debbie Fischer, Senior Vice President, Organizational Development and Strategic Projects
Nytric Limited - Anthony Gussin, Director, Business Development
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants - Debbie Douglas, Executive Director
Ontario Society of Professional Engineers - Edwina McGroddy, Executive Director, OSPE Centre of Engineering Excellence
Peel Newcomer Strategy Group - Evelyn Myrie, Director
Pitney Bowes Canada - Guilherme Dias, Director, Strategic Talent Management
Professional Engineers Ontario - Kim Allen, Registrar and CEO
RBC - Zabeen Hirji, Chief Human Resources Officer*
Ryerson University - Dr. Wendy Cukier, Associate Dean, Academic, Ted Rogers School of Management
Scotiabank - Deanna Matzanke, Director, Global Employment Strategies
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology - David Agnew, President
Skills for Change - Jane Cullingworth, Executive Director
State Farm Insurance - Barbara Bellissimo, Senior Vice-president, Canada
St. Michael's Hospital - Sylvia Halliday, Vice-president, Human Resources
Steam Whistle Brewing - Lorna Willner, Human Resources
TD Bank Financial Group - Monique Bateman , Senior Vice-president, Human Resources, TD Canada Trust*
Toronto City Summit Alliance - Julia Deans, Chief Executive Officer
Toronto Community Foundation - Rahul Bhardwaj, President and CEO
Toronto Board of Trade - Carol Wilding, President and CEO
Toronto and York Region Labour Council - John Cartwright, President
United Way Toronto - Gillian Mason, Senior Vice-president, Strategic Initiatives and Community Partnerships
United Way of Peel Region - Shelley White, CEO*
United Way of York Region - Daniele Zanotti, CEO*
University of Toronto - Dr. Angela Hildyard, Vice-president, Human Resources and Equity
World Education Services - Timothy Owen, Director
Xerox Canada - Dr. Hadi Mahabadi, Vice-president and Director, Xerox Research Centre of Canda
York University - Rhonda Lenton, Associate Vice President Academic

Individual Members

Naomi Alboim, Fellow and Adjunct Professor, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University*
Jennifer Lynn, President, LCI Associates Inc.
Kamran Niazi, Senior Manager, Human Capital Consulting, Deloitte
John Tory, Chair, Toronto City Summit Alliance
Alan Rego, Manager, External Affairs, Procter & Gamble Canada Inc.*
Jeffrey Reitz, R.F. Harney Professor of Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies and Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto
Sanish Samuel, Director of Finance and Administration, York University Foundation*
Philip Schalm, Program Director, Gateway for International Professionals, The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Ryerson University*

Government Members

City of Brampton
City of Mississauga
City of Toronto
Town of Markham
Region of Peel
York Region
Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Human Resources and Social Development Canada