Meet our Board
Thank you to Women’s College Hospital Foundation’s Board of Directors. This group of incredible volunteers is a passionate team of business and community leaders who are committed to helping us revolutionize health care by advancing women’s health and broadening access to care for all Canadians.
For additional information about our Foundation Board of Directors, please contact Darren Zagoruy, Manager, Board of Directors & Office of the President, at 416-813-4708 or darren.zagoruy@wchospital.ca.
A Message from our Board Chair – Debbie Simpson
On behalf of the Board of Directors and the staff team at Women’s College Hospital Foundation, thank you to each member of our community – each donor, supporter, champion and advocate. Thank you for supporting us in what we do, believing in our mission, vision and values.
Women’s College Hospital is a leader in advancing women’s health and broadening health care access for all Canadians. This is possible through the longstanding generosity of our incredible donor community. With your support, the Foundation fuels the Hospital’s excellence in research and health care, supporting the Hospital and its extended mandate for exemplary patient care, research, education and innovation, underscored by its unique and necessary focus on equity.
Your generosity is revolutionizing healthcare, and our gratitude knows no bounds.
Meet your board of directors for 2022/2023:
Debbie Simpson
Board Chair
Chief Financial Officer, Li-Cycle Holdings Corporation
Linda L. Bertoldi
Chair, Governance Committee
Retired Senior Counsel,
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP.
Gail Cecil
Chair, Investment Committee
Managing Director,
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Michael Cherny
Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan
Valerie Chort
Vice-President, Corporate Citizenship, RBC Executive Director, RBC Foundation
Wendy Daniels
Chair, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access Taskforce
Retired Financial Services Executive
TD Bank
JoAnne Doyle (ex-officio)
Chair, Women’s College Hospital Board of Directors
Chief Operating Officer
United Way of Toronto & York Region
Elizabeth L.W. Fanjoy
Vice-President & Associate General Counsel, Personal Banking
CIBC Legal Department
Ozench F. Ibrahim
Chair, Audit & Finance Committee
Partner, Financial Services
KPMG LLP
Dr. Cynthia Maxwell (ex-officio)
Vice President, Medical Affairs & System Transformation, Lead Medical Executive
Women’s College Hospital
Ron McEachern
Vice Chair, Board of Directors
Chair, Development Committee
CEO & Chairman,
Niagara Ventures Inc.
Anne McGuire (ex officio)
Board Representative
WCH Association of Volunteers
Heather McPherson (ex officio)
President & CEO
Women’s College Hospital
Paul Melville-Gray
President,
Boss Print & Creative Services
Silvia Montefiore, FCPA, FCA
Canadian Managing Partner, Business Enablement & Operations
KPMG LLP
Jennifer Ocampo-King
Co-Chair, Women for Women’s Committee
Director, Prime Brokerage
TD Securities Inc.
Eden M. Oliver
Past Board Chair, Board of Directors
Corporate Counsel & Director
Eden M. Oliver PC
Aman S. Patel
Barrister and Solicitor
Private Practice
Jennifer Reynolds
President & CEO,
Toronto Financial Services Alliance
Maria Theofilaktidis
Executive Vice-President, Chief Compliance Officer & Head Enterprise Risk
Scotiabank
Katherine Tweedie
Country Head, Managing Director
Canada Ninety One (formerly Investec Asset Management)
Robert Yeung
Co-Chair, Women for Women’s Committee
Managing Director & Head,
Global Equities and Financing Solutions, Global Markets
BMO Capital Markets
Samra Zafar
Author, Public Speaker, Founder & Executive Director,
Brave Beginnings
