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tacf board of directors
Past President: Yvonne Chiu, C.M.
Diana Bennett
Chair |
Visual artist, educator, senior executive.
Owner of Zephyr Studios, a studio that designs, develops,
and exhibits works of art. Past positions include Managing
Director of Corporate Affairs, Marketing and Development at
TVOntario, Executive Director, Zoological Society of Metro
Toronto, and 15 years with the North York Board of Education
as a teacher, department head and principal. Member, Canadian
Foundation for Investor Education Board of Directors, Trudeau
Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies Advisory Board, University
College Principal’s Advisory Committee. Past member,
Toronto Stock Exchange Board of Directors. Board member, Toronto
Arts Council. |
André J. Galipeault, C.M.
Vice-President |
President of Galipeault Group Inc., a management consulting
firm providing board advisory services to the public and non-profit
segments of Canadian institutions. Mr. Galipeault is Honorary
Governor of York University, Past President of National Ballet
of Canada and of National Theatre School and a Member of numerous
Boards, including Canadian Stage Company and Les Centres d’Acceuil
Heritage. |
Mark Opashinov
Secretary |
Lawyer. Partner, McMillan Binch LLP. Focus of practice is
corporate/commercial and competition law. Mark writes widely
and speaks extensively in his field and has a long list of publishing
credits. He has a professional and personal interest in the
arts and, in addition to advising the Framework Foundation volunteer
art auction, collects art himself. Mark also has an interest
in human rights issues and is Secretary and Past President,
Macedonian Human Rights Movement of Canada. |
Randal Levine
Treasurer |
Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of finance and management
experience. Randal has held a variety of senior financial management
positions and is currently the CFO of Vector Aerospace, a TSX
listed company. He has experience in all aspects of treasury
and finance. He has served on a number of Boards including not-for-profit
and charitable organizations. |
Curtis Barlow |
CEO of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship. Curtis Barlow
has held leadership positions in the arts and government throughout
his career. Prior to joining the ICC, he was Deputy Secretary
(Policy, Program and Protocol) to the Governor General of Canada,
with responsibility for the Governor General’s domestic
and foreign policy program, as well as constitutional issues.
Past positions include Director of the International Arts Promotion
program at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International
Trade (DFAIT), CEO of the Confederation Centre of the Arts in
Charlottetown, Cultural Counsellor in both London and Washington
with DFAIT, and Executive Director of the Professional Association
of Canadian Theatres. |
Sara Diamond |
President, Ontario College of Art & Design. Sara is the
former Director of Research at the Banff Centre where she also
served as Artistic Director of Media and Visual Art. She has
taught at Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design; The California
Institute for the Arts, and the University of California, Los
Angeles. Also a practicing artist and designer, working in video
installation, artist's television and most recently conversation
visualization software, artificial intelligence and performance,
her work resides in collections such as the National Gallery
of Canada and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. |
Rana Florida |
CEO of the Creative Class Group, a global advisory services
firm based in Toronto and Washington DC. She has more than 15
years of experience in the communications and marketing field,
and has worked with some of the world’s most recognizable
brands including Disney, Starbucks, Chrysler, Wolfgang Puck,
California Pizza Kitchen, and Neiman Marcus. Rana’s past
experience included global strategic communications for HMSHost
(Host Marriott Services), a $2 billion company with over 100
airport locations worldwide. She has advertising agency experience
as a lead executive on the Chrysler Corporation account as well
as managing several advertising agencies to give client’s
the best ROI. She has served on several cultural arts boards,
including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Fanclub Arts Foundation,
the Detroit Zoo, the Belle Isle Aquarium and the Belle Isle
Nature Center. Rana holds a Bachelor's degree in Public Relations
and Communications and a MBA in Marketing and Management. |
Gerald George |
Born and raised in London, England and graduated from the
Camberwell School of Art, University of London. Gerald moved
to Toronto and held a series of positions as art director and
creative director for several of the world’s large agencies
based in Toronto. He formed The George Partnership in 1991.
Gerald’s ability to understand, manage and strategically
solve business problems combines with proven expertise in developing
insightful, innovative and idea driven creative/design solutions.
Gerald has over 20 years of experience creating brand identity,
advertising, corporate communications, packaging and promotional
campaigns for clients in almost every industry sector. He sits
on various boards and committees in Toronto including the Toronto
International Film Festival and the George Brown College of
Design industry and advisory committee. |
Vanessa Harwood, O.C. |
Vanessa Harwood-Scully is a former principal ballerina with
the National Ballet of Canada. During her career some of her
partners included Nureyev, Godunov, Augustyn and Bujones. Vanessa
also pursued acting, performing on stage and screen. She is
now a photographer. Her current projects include a line of greeting
cards and still photography for dance films and the Moving Pictures
Festival. Vanessa is a former President of Actors' Fund and
former Trustee of Arts Toronto. She was named an Officer with
the Order of Canada in 1984. |
Natalie Lue |
Director of Operations & Theatres for Toronto International
Film Festival Group. As part of the senior management team,
she contributes to the organizational development of TIFFG and
participates in the design development and operational planning
for their new building, the Bell Lightbox. Prior to joining
TIFFG, Natalie was Director of Planning at Harbourfront Centre
and played a leadership role in the development, management
and implementation of long term strategic planning for major
organizational and program initiatives. |
Micheline McKay |
Executive Director, Opera.ca. Micheline McKay draws
on over 20 years experience in the public and cultural sectors.
She currently shares her time between Opera.ca, and
her business as a cultural consultant and publisher of The Arts
Advocate newsletter. Micheline serves on the board of the Cultural
Careers Council of Ontario. She is also a member of Arts Consultants
Canada, Canadian Society of Association Executives and the Public
Affairs Association of Canada. |
Don Moffat, R.C.A. |
Past President, Toronto Arts Council Board of Directors. Architect.
Principal, Cannon Design. Academician of the Royal Canadian
Academy of Art. Former member of Hamilton Public Art Commission.
Past chairman of Etobicoke Municipal Arts Commission. Former
president of Etobicoke Community Foundation. |
Janice Price |
CEO for Luminato. She most recently served as President and
CEO of The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia,
and was both the Interim Executive Director and Vice President
of Marketing and Communications at New York's Lincoln Center
for the Performing Arts. Previous to her tenure in the United
States, Janice held senior positions at Toronto arts organizations,
including the Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts, Roy
Thomson Hall and Massey Hall, and was the Director of Marketing
and Special Projects for the Stratford Festival. Janice is a
past board member of the Toronto Dance Theatre and Vice President
of the Shakespeare Theatre Association of America. She continues
to actively participate in the arts community as a current member
of the board for the International Society of Performing Arts
(ISPA). |
Karen Tisch |
President, Toronto Arts Council. Executive Director, Ashkenaz
Foundation. Long-time film programmer and cultural worker, Karen
is past Managing Director of the Hot Docs Festival. Other past
positions include Grants Officer at the Canada Council for the
Arts and Toronto Arts Council, Programming Director of the Images
Festival of Independent Film and Video and President of A Space
Gallery. Karen is a graduate of the National Ballet School of
Canada and the Ontario College of Art and Design and has worked
as a film critic (radio) and arts consultant. |
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honourary members
Max Beck
Dr. Murray Frum
Donald Guthrie, Q.C.
Peter Herrndorf
Elizabeth Kilbourn
Timothy Porteous
The TACF remembers Honourary Members Arthur
Gelber
and The Hon. Pauline McGibbon
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