More About Our PeopleIntegra's Board of Directors 2009/10
Gina Gentili, President Gina received her Bachelors of Law from the University of Ottawa Law School and a Double Honours in Communication and Political Science from York University. She has served on the boards of the Reel World Film Festival and the Black Film and Video Network and currently holds a seat on the boards of The Child Development Institute and the Ontario Minister of Culture’s Advisory Council on Arts and Culture. Gina currently resides in the City of Toronto.
Michael Harris, Past President Michael Harris is currently a Vice-President at Corus Entertainment, and General Manager of three of Corus' new digital services, The Documentary Channel, Country Canada and SCREAM. Before moving to Corus last year, Michael had a long career in television at CBC and CTV, mostly in journalism and production. Among other assignments, he was Lineup Editor at CTV's National News, Head of CBC Newsworld, Daily Editor at The Journal, and the senior executive in charge of production for CBC's English Television Network. Michael has a BSc from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MA from York University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He has been on the Board of Integra since 1996. Michael was also a founding member of Cable in the Classroom, an initiative of television programmers and television distribution companies to get relevant educational material into the classroom that was free, copyright-cleared and without any advertising or sponsorship. Michael lives in Toronto, is married with two children.
Nicholas Offord, Secretary Nicholas Offord is one of Canada’s most experienced and respected leaders in institutional development and leads The Offord Group, a Toronto based consulting agency specializing in capacity building for charities and public sector clients. Following a five-year career (1984-1989) with Ketchum Canada Inc. as a Campaign Director for clients such as Mount Allison University, Concordia University, Credit Valley Hospital, and the Canadian Cancer Society, Nicholas served as Executive Director of Development at McGill University for a five-year period. In 1994, he received the 1994 gold medal for “Best Development Program” from the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education, in recognition of his work in support of McGill’s hugely successful $200 million campaign and annual fundraising initiatives. In 1995, he became the President of the Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation and Vice-President, Resource Development of Mount Sinai Hospital. Here, Nicholas led the breakthrough $250 million “The Best Medicine” campaign. In 1999, the Toronto Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals gave him the award for “Outstanding Executive of the Year” for his work at Mount Sinai. And in 2000, he was selected as one of “Canada’s Top 40 Leaders Under 40” by the Report on Business magazine. After 10 years at Mount Sinai he left in 2004 to form The Offord Group. Nicholas is a well-known speaker across Canada on fundraising and community development. He also has a special interest in government relations and public policy and has served (2001-02) as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister of Health for Ontario, with a focus on health care reform policy for Ontario. His is a volunteer Director of Altruvest, a charity whose mission is to support sector wide capacity building, and he serves on the President’s Advisory Board of the Canadian Red Cross.
Tom Healy, Treasurer Tom Healy was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1944. He was educated in Dublin at St. Paul’s College, and Lyon University in France. He has been engaged in trading businesses since 1966 with Investment Bank of Ireland and with Bank of Nova Scotia since 1969. He sits on the Policy Committee of Scotia Capital and is deputy-head of the Global Trading Division. Tom was a member of the Easter Seals Finance Committee for many years and is a voting member of the Society. His wife is a physician and they have three children. John Bohnen, Director John Bohnen is a surgeon at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, and Professor of Surgery and Vice-Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. John's professional interests include education, quality improvement in health care, and standards and regulation related to clinical and scholarly practice.
Colleen Coman, Director Colleen has over 20 years of capital markets experience. After obtaining her CA designation while working at KPMG, Colleen worked at Citibank Canada for 5 years in derivatives and foreign exchange. She spent the next 14 years at CIBC World Markets, where she was Managing Director, Foreign Exchange, leading a sales team that provided currency risk management solutions, market analysis and deal execution to corporate and institutional clients. She is currently an Executive Director, Business Development with CIBC Mellon. Colleen was actively involved with the CIBC World Markets Children's Miracle Foundation and the CIBC World Markets Donations Committee for over 10 years. She has also served on the board of Welcome Baby Support Program, and has been involved in Integra's fundraising efforts for many years. Colleen has a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Toronto, an MBA from York University and is a Chartered Accountant. She and her husband Jeff have two teen-aged children, Andrew and Hilary. They are active in their community and enjoy spending time together at the cottage.
Sarah Crawford Sarah Crawford is a communications consultant with extensive experience in the broadcasting industry and charitable and not-for-profit sectors. A passionate advocate for diversity, media literacy and other social issues, Sarah has been invited to speak throughout Canada and internationally by groups including Banff World TV Festival, University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management's Women in Business forum, Canadian Women in Communications (CWC), and UNESCO’s international conference, Educating for the Media and the Digital Age. Sarah sits on the advisory boards of MusiCounts, Canada's music education charity, and the Jesuit Communication Project, an international media education project. In 2009, she was named an honourary member of the Media Awareness Network board in recognition of exceptional contributions to the organization. Last year, she was appointed to the national Nominating Committee of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC), where she also serves as an At Large Adjudicator on CBSC panels. Sarah began her broadcast career with CHUM Limited working for over two decades in a number of roles including leading the communications department for the national specialty services MuchMusic and MuchMoreMusic, and later as Vice-President Public Affairs, and as a member of the company's Senior Operating Group overseeing CHUM's 33 radio stations and 33 local and national television services (including Citvtv) and related on-line properties. Sarah joined CTVglobemedia (CTVgm) when it acquired CHUM Limited in 2007. As VP Public Affairs for CTVgm Sarah oversaw the company's corporate and divisional community and public relations division. She also directed CTVgm's corporate social responsibility initiatives, as well as the strategic corporate giving, social investment programs, and was a leader in the company's diversity efforts.
Natalie Herbert Natalie was born and raised in Toronto. She holds an Honors BSc.in Environmental Science from the University of Toronto. She has been an active community member for many years. Her contributions include:
Natalie lives in Toronto with her husband and three children.
John Madden, Director Mr. Madden joined Scotia Capital Markets in January 1997 and is a Vice Chairman of the Capital Markets Group. Mr. Madden is jointly responsible for Scotia Capital’s Global Fixed Income and Derivatives products operations in Toronto, Montreal, New York, London, Singapore and Mexico. Mr. Madden was promoted to Vice Chairman on December 1, 2001. Mr. Madden has extensive experience in the domestic and international financial services community, including Director and Vice President, Canada Life Investment Management Limited and CEO of the Ontario Financing Authority. Prior to Mr. Madden’s appointment at the OFA, he held a number of senior positions with Pricewaterhouse and Beneficial International. Mr. Madden is a graduate from the University of Toronto with a B.A. in Commerce and Economics. He is also a Chartered Accountant. He enjoys boating, golf and hockey. John resides in Toronto with his wife Jan and has five children, Jessica, Matthew, Ashley, Geoffrey and Sam.
Paul Potvin, Director Paul Potvin has worked in the financial services industry for 16 years as an equity derivatives trader and structured finance specialist. Before working on Bay Street, Paul was an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Toronto’s business school. Paul is currently Co-Head of Equity Derivatives at Desjardins Securities, where his mandate is to develop products for the retail, commercial and institutional clients of the Desjardins Group of companies. Paul completed his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Toronto in 1980, and received his PhD in business economics from Harvard University in 1988. Paul was born in Toronto and has lived here all his life, except for his time in graduate school in the Boston area. Paul and his wife Kathryn have three children: Daniel, Claire and Emma. Paul has learned about Integra over the years through his friends, Barb and Isaac Muskat. He recently took part in the filming of Integra’s informational video, produced by Sullivan Entertainment.
David Reese, Director A proven business leader, experienced in managing teams of highly educated professionals. A visionary and strong facilitator with exceptional interpersonal skills which run the gamut from building very successful business groups, to marketing concepts/products and negotiating large complex transactions. Over 23 years of innovative structured finance experience, since obtaining his MBA from UWO in 1984 (Queen’s 1981, Biology). Experienced in structured finance, credit analysis, high yield debt, LBO’s, public and private debt and equity transactions, debt and equity syndications, private placements and investment banking. In the early ‘90’s David was head of CIBC/WG’s Structured Distribution Group, which included private placements, loan syndications and securitization, which he built into the dominant Canadian structured finance group. Hired in the mid ’90’s to build TD Securities structured finance capabilities, with a focus on securitization - TD quickly became the most active securitization group in Canada. He then spent 5 years, from ’99 to ’04, establishing and building National Bank Financial’s structured finance capabilities. The group started with a high yield debt group focused on origination, trading and running a proprietary trading book. The group then expanded into securitization and other structured finance products. In ’05 David worked with Robert Kidd to help establish Gatehouse Capital, a Retail Structured Finance Boutique. In ’06 he worked with Maple Financial Group, Greg Nelson and Robert Kidd to establish Securitus Capital, an Institutional Structured Credit Boutique. Judith Wiener, Director Judith Wiener is a Professor in the Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT), and Chair of the School and Clinical Child Psychology program. She received her Ph.D. in 1978 from University of Michigan in the Combined Program in Psychology and Education. She has worked as a school psychologist for six years with school boards in Quebec and Ontario, and was a consultant to the Learning Disabilities Program at York University. Currently, Judy teaches courses in psycho-educational assessment and learning disabilities, supervises students conducting psychological assessments in the OISE/UT Counselling and Psycho-educational Clinic, and has a small private practice where she assesses children and adults who are referred due to learning and social-emotional problems. In the 1980’s, Judy conducted several studies on the types of psycho-educational reports that facilitate the comprehension of teachers and parents. This research led to the development of a package to facilitate the writing of these kinds of reports. Recently, this package has been updated and is available on the Internet. Judy has done extensive research on peer relations of children with learning disabilities, and affective and social outcomes of special education and inclusion programs. This research culminated in a classroom-based social skills training program for these children. Her current research is on the perceptions of children with ADHD of their behaviour and their social milieu.
Adrian Zenwirt, Director Adrian has previously worked for Price Waterhouse, Sun Life Financial, and Royal Bank of Canada. He has also worked for a Member of Provincial Parliament. Adrian is a member of the Endowment Committee of the Toronto French School Foundation. He led the creation of that school’s Alumni of Distinction Award and continues to serve on the award selection committee. Adrian has a Bachelor of Arts from University of Toronto and an MBA from McMaster University. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Janet, and their two sons.
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