School Board

• Elected twice as Public School Trustee – North York Board of Education (1994-1997) and Toronto District School Board (1997-2000).
• Instrumental in the reopening of Elkhorn P.S. in 1996 to alleviate overcrowding at Bayview Elementary and Middle School.
• Promoted the building of the New Earl Haig S.S. and seconded the motion to build the new School at the Board meeting.
• Served on several Board Committees: Pension Committee for Non-Teaching Staff, School Board Strategy Team for Union Negotiations, Special Education Committee, Communications Committee, Committee to Select Executive Officers, etc.
• Chaired Committee on Capital Assets Management and School Operations.
• Held regular Ward meetings for parents and administrators.

Business

• Worked for over 35 years with two large international companies (Kodak and Pitney Bowes) and one smaller Canadian company (Pacific Safety Products).
• Held senior management roles in all three organizations which included significant budget responsibilities up to $30,000,000.
• Significant experience in Engineering, Facilities Planning, Logistics (Supply Chain Management), Manufacturing and Human Resources.
• Served nine years as Director of Education & Development for Kodak Canada Inc.
• Committed to the elimination of “Waste” in all forms – a Lean systems thinker.
• Directed Corporate Quality Management program.
• Graduated from Six Sigma Management Black Belt program.

Significant Accomplishments

• Formulated the “ABC” (Attributes, Behaviours and Competencies) model for people development.  
• Initiated summer intern program with the University of Western Ontario’s Business School to attract high profile candidates to the company.
• Initiated workplace partnerships with two local School Boards.
• Transformed style of Education and Development Department from “Training for activity” to “Learning for impact”.
• Wrote and presented paper “Learning a Living” at O.I.S.E. Education and Work Conference 1993.
• Became company resource for Self Directed Work Teams and Employee Involvement.
• Created an opportunity for 50 employees to obtain their Secondary School diplomas during their workday.
• Formed a consortium with Humber College and other local companies to provide educational programs that were mutually beneficial.
• Developed both short and long range strategic plans for Operations.
• Developed and sourced the facility upgrade program which involved obtaining approval from City officials.
• Used ‘Request For Proposal’ process and saved $450,000 annually while improving service times.
• Developed an innovative method for order fulfillment that eliminated the need of a planned warehouse expansion and saved a $4,000,000 capital expenditure.
• Coordinated a cost reduction program resulting in over $2,000,000 in savings.

Current Memberships

• Professional Engineers of Ontario
• Honourary Board of the Sanfilippo Children’s Research Foundation

Previous Memberships

• Co-Chair, Joint Health and Safety Committee
• Co-Chair of joint project between O.I.S.E. and Kodak “Quality Management in Education”.
• Ontario Training & Adjustment Board’s Workplace/Sectoral Council
• Conference Board of Canada’s Training Directors’ Forum
• Ontario Society for Training and Development
• Humber College’s E.S.L. Committee
• Greater Toronto Learning Organization Collaborative
• Editorial Board of the Human Resource Development and Training Executive Update
• Eastman Kodak’s Worldwide Education and Development Leadership Team
• Supervisory Committee of the Camera Heights Credit Union
• Administrative Council of the Presbyterian Church in Canada