Governance
Board of Directors
The ONN Board is the governing body that supports ONN by providing strategic leadership. Members of the Board are stewards of the public benefit sector, and the work that is being undertaken in relation to the sector. Board members are not representative of their organization’s or sub-sector’s particular interests.
- Heather Barnabe, Institute for Canadian Citizenship
- JP Bervoets, Community Foundations of Canada
- Kasandra James, Volunteer Toronto (Interim Chair)
- Anita Khanna, United Way Centraide
- Shereen Munshi, The Circle on Philanthropy
- Greg Prior, SickKids Foundation (Treasurer)
- Sahar Raza, Daily Bread Food Bank (Secretary)
- Jenna Robar, Library of Parliament
- Margaret Zou, Kawartha World Issues Centre (KWIC)
Policy Committee
The Public Policy and Advocacy Committee brings their expertise and experience in public policy and provides valuable feedback on the development of policy priorities set out by the ONN staff team.
- Sarah Beyer, Canadian Centre for Housing Rights
- Amanda Colella-King, Feed Ontario
- Marie-Lauren Gregoire Drummond, Alliance for Healthier Communities
- Shruthi Ganpathy, Markham Arts Council
- Jin Huh, Social Planning Toronto
- Janet McCrimmon, Strides Toronto
- Margaret McGuffin, Music Publishers Canada (Chair)
- Jennifer Ross, Ontario Cooperative Association
- Fayzal Samji, Labour Education Centre
- Tammy Shubat, Ophea
- Stan Williams, Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres
Lifetime Members
ONN’s lifetime memberships are given to individuals to celebrate their outstanding contributions to our network.
Jini Stolk, 2015, in celebration of her role as founding chair of ONN’s Board of Directors and of her 7-year membership on the ONN Steering Committee.
Ayumi Bailly, 2013, of the Law Foundation of Ontario, for being ONN’s first grant provider and for her ongoing leadership and support related to the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA), ONN’s founding issue.
Robin Cardozo, 2012, in celebration of his contributions as he finished his position as CEO of Ontario Trillium Foundation.
Sandy Houston, 2012, for his work at Metcalf Foundation and for championing 7 years of fellowship funding for ONN’s Lynn Eakin.
Tonya Surman, 2012, CEO of the Centre for Social Innovation, in celebration of her 5½ years as co-chair of the ONN Steering Committee.
