More About Our PeopleIntegra's Board of Directors 2011/12
Arthur Heinmaa, President Arthur oversees the trading, research, operations and compliance activities of Toron as well as chairing the firm's Investment Committee.
Arthur is active in the community as:
Gina Gentili, Past 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 Meta Centre for People with Special Needs, The Child Development Institute and the Ontario Minister of Culture’s Advisory Council on Arts and Culture. She is currently on the Royal Ontario Museum 's Institute of Contemporary Culture. Gina currently resides in the City of Toronto with her husband Fred.
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.
Adrian Zenwirt, Treasurer 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. Cam Anderson, Director Cam Anderson enhances leadership and sales performance. Most executives and sales professionals today are under enormous pressure to perform, not only individually but also in teams. For many, this dynamic increases stress, which in turn creates barriers to the very performance that is needed. Cam has shown many organizations how to use advanced performance learning technology to meet these ongoing challenges. From leadership training to succession planning, and from conflict management to executive coaching, Anderson has combined his expertise in human behaviour with the realities of today’s business environment. He has presented unique speeches and programs to a variety of audiences since 1993 in 33 countries. Anderson has authored many articles and papers including “Paying Attention to the Right Things” to help high performing leaders become even better, and has been a certified TAIS inventory Training Consultant (CTC) since 1994. He is also a member of the Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CMC). He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and is currently pursuing his ICD.D designation. Cam earned his B.A. (Hons.) in Political Studies, History and Economics from Queen’s University and his M.B.A. from The Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. He has also completed post graduate studies in psychometrics at Duke University. He has worked with, and continues to work with, high profile business clients such as BMO, RBC, TD, Deutsche Bank, Unicredit, CIBC Mellon, National Bank of Oman, Sprint Corporation, Ericsson, Research in Motion, Descartes Systems Group, and many more.
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 Vice President with Bell Kearns and Associates Ltd. 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.
Scott Conover, Director Scott Conover practises general corporate/commercial law at Fasken Martineau, with a particular emphasis on private mergers and acquisitions. He has extensive experience in the acquisition and divestiture of private companies, strategic alliances, amalgamations, corporate reorganizations, venture capital investments, secured lending and the establishment and operation of partnerships. His practice experience also includes the licensing and protection of intellectual property and sale and distribution of a variety of products and services. Scott advises, on a day-to-day basis, both Canadian and foreign entrepreneurs and public and private companies. He is regularly involved in cross-border transactions in a variety of sectors including industrial, health care and technology. Scott has experience in advising directors and independent committees as to their duties and potential liabilities and has advised numerous closely-held and family owned companies on governance, succession planning and shareholder dispute resolution. He has acted both for creditors and debtors in several complex, multi-class debt restructurings and plans of arrangement. Scott is Editor-in-Chief of the Carswell Business Law Reports.
Sarah Crawford, Director 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, Director 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.
Maggie Toplak, Director Dr. Maggie Toplak is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at York University and a Core Member of the LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution. Dr. Toplak received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, and she is registered as a psychologist with the College of Psychologists of Ontario. Her research program is composed of two main areas. The first line of research is on cognitive science approaches to understanding human rationality and cognition by using dual process models of cognition, which is currently funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The broad goal of this research program is to apply models of cognitive science to developing explanatory models for developmental psychopathology, including youth who have Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and/or Learning Disabilities.
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