Sunnybrook Foundation - Who we are

Who we are

Sunnybrook Foundation exists to support the advancement of our world-class health sciences centre, through active fundraising in support of research, education and equipment initiatives at Sunnybrook.

Board of Directors

Meet our Board of Directors at the helm of our Foundation.

Chair

Phillip Crawley

Vice Chair

Carey Diamond
Managing Partner
Whitecap Venture Partners


Treasurer

Chris Clark
Former CEO
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Secretary

Lisa Borsook
Executive Partner
Weirfoulds LLP


Members
Robert Beutel
President
Oakwest Corporation Limited
 
   

(Ricco) A.S. Bhasin
Partner & Co-Head, Finance Services Transactions
Torys LLP

William W.L. Cheng
President
Premier Candle Corporation
 

Perry Dellelce
Founder & Managing Partner
Wildeboer Dellelce LLP

Karen Diamond

Michael Faralla
Head of Global Mining
TD Securities

Anne Odette Kaye
Co-President
E. & G. Odette Foundation, and President
The Odette Kaye Family Foundation

Mike Lord
President
Temerty Group
Umeeda Madhany
President, Sofina Foundation, Executive Deputy, Office of the Chairman
SofinaFoods
 

Neil McLaughlin
Group Head of Personal & Commercial Banking
RBC

Maneesh Mehta
Co-Founder
The Black Box Institute

Sheldon Pollack
CEO
OV2 Capital Inc.
Cliff Rand
Partner
Aird & Berlis LLP
Baljit Sierra
President and CEO
Novo Plastics Inc.

Adi Mor Sitelbah
General Counsel
GLH Asset Management Corporation

Andy Smith
MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS President & CEO
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Jennifer Tory

Alexandra von Schroeter
Managing Director & Co-Owner
Cumberland Partners Ltd.

Dr. Harindra Wijeysundera
Chief Schulich Heart Program & Division Head Cardiology,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Carol Wilding
President & CEO
Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario

Committees of the Sunnybrook Foundation Board

 

Executive

Phillip Crawley (Chair)

   
Carey Diamond (Vice Chair)
 

Lisa Borsook (Secretary)

   Chris Clark (Treasurer)

Cliff Rand

  Perry Dellelce

Jennifer Tory

Mike Lord


 

Audit & Finance

Chris Clark (Chair, 2020)
 
   
Michael Faralla
 
Michael Kavanagh
 
   Neil McLaughlin
 
Phillip Crawley   Maneesh Mehta
 

Robert Beutel


 
(Ricco) A.S. Bhasin
 

 

Nomination & Governance

Mike Lord (Chair, 2024)
 
   
Lisa Borsook (Vice Chair)
 
Jennifer Tory
 
   Carol Wilding
 
Sheldon Pollack
 
  Neil McLaughlin
 
Robert Beutel
 

 

Donor Relations

 
Umeeda Madhany (Chair, 2024)
 

 
Stacey Murphy

Linda Campbell

   William Cheng
 

Anne Odette Kaye

  Brian Prendergast
 
Adi Mor Sitelbah
 
  Karen Diamond
 
Michael Faralla
 
  Dr. Harindra Wijeysundera
 
 

Common Investment

Poul Winslow (Chair, 2024)

   

Rags Davloor

Gord Love

Alexandra von Schroeter

Anca Drexler

  

Louise Morwick

Priti Singh

 

David Clare


 

Common Marketing & Communications

David Simmonds (Chair)
 
   

Phillip Crawley

Iliana Oris Valiente

  

David Jowett

Shannon MacDonald

Dr. Andy Smith

Kelly Cole

 

Carol Annett

Baljit Sierra

 

Governing Council

The Governing Council is a voting body of Sunnybrook Foundation. Its primary governance responsibility is to elect the Directors of the Foundation Board at the Annual General Meeting each year.

Chair

Carol Wilding

Vice Chairs

Anne Odette Kaye

Sheryl Kerr



Members

Alan B. H. Abrams

David Agnew

Lesley Alboini

Gail Appel

Mark G. Appel

David D. Archibald

Salvatore M. Badali

Shane S. Baghai

Sharon Baghai

Mauro Baldassarra

Jennifer M. Bassett

Paul L. Bertin

Austin C. Beutel

Elaine Beutel

Tracey J. Black

K. A. Bowman

Donald R. Brown

Linda C. Campbell

Richard Carl

Celine Chen

Andrea Chisholm

Robert W. Chisholm

James R. Christie

Gerald R. Connor

Carol A. Cowan

George N. Currie

Aubrey L. Dan

Marla L. Dan

Rags Davloor

Catherine A. Deluce

Gloria Di Giovanni

Harry G. Emerson

Joel Feldberg

John T. Firstbrook

Elizabeth Flavelle

Tom Flynn

John R. Gardner

Albert Gasparro

Blake C. Goldring

Lily Goodman

Anita Gupta

Marie A. Heffernan

Trent H. Henry

Susanne Holland

Gordon J. Homer

J. M. Horgan

Mary-Ellen Horgan

Marilyn Hull

Garry L. Hurvitz

J.D. Jackson

Michael Kavanagh

Michael Kaye

Burton V. Kelly

Edward J. Kernaghan

Sheryl Kerr

Ann Kerwin

Michael M. Koerner

Sonja N. Koerner

Donald Lang

Ana P. Lopes

Phillips Lounsbery

W. Carl Lovas

Gord Love

Nancy MacKellar

Walter M. Macnee

Janet H. MacPhail

Veronica S. Maidman

Shelley McGirr

Virginia V. McLaughlin

Rosemary McLeese

Barry McLellan

Mark R. McQueen

Theodore R. Meighen

Gregory A. Milavsky

Malcolm Moffat

William F. Morneau

Stacey Murphy

Gulshan Nanji

Pyarali G. Nanji

Narmin-Nimi Nanji-Simard

Jennifer Pagnutti

Louis P. Pagnutti

Maureen Parkinson

J. Brian Prendergast

Valerie Pringle

Leonard Racioppo

Heather Reid

Cristina Ronald

Maureen Sabia

Gerrard B. Schmid

Joseph M. Schmitt

Seymour Schulich

Som Seif

Leonard P. Sharpe

Lydia H. Sharpe

Amanda Sherrington

John L. Sherrington

Georgia H. Sievwright

Willard S. Sutherland

James C. Temerty

John W. Thompson

Marvin Tile

Stephen Tile

Elizabeth Tory

Gregory W. Tsang

Annette M. Verschuren

Marcia B. Visser

Frederic A. Waks

John D. Wetmore

Charles M. Winograd

Poul Winslow

Andrea L. Wood

Paul Zentil

Executive Team

Kelly Cole, President & Chief Executive Officer

Kelly Cole

Sunnybrook’s philanthropic community of donors and volunteers is essential to advancing the Hospital’s vision to invent the future of health care through life-saving innovation, research and care. As CEO and President of the Sunnybrook Foundation, Kelly works with the Hospital’s leadership team to align fundraising strategies with Sunnybrook’s priority initiatives; she builds connection between the community and the hospital to facilitate donor investment; and she leads the Foundation team in its mission to grow financial support for Sunnybrook. 

Kelly has an extensive background in academia and health-care fundraising and is recognized for her transformational leadership and success developing strong collaborative teams. As Vice-President, University Advancement, Western University, she played a lead role in the “Be Extraordinary” campaign, which surpassed its goal.  

Prior to Western University, Kelly was the President and CEO of West Park Healthcare Centre Foundation in Toronto. Kelly holds an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University and an Honors Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo.

Asha Raheja, Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer

Asha Raheja

Asha leads the Foundation team in promoting a culture of sound fiscal responsibility and stewardship of resources.  She provides executive level governance and management oversight for financial planning, budgeting, reporting and accounting operations and controls. Asha is also responsible for guiding the human resources of the Foundation.

Passionate about delivering impact in mission driven organizations, Asha has more than 20 years of leadership experience in finance, information systems and operations in the not-for-profit and private sector. Her leadership style focuses on building high-performance teams, as well as creating collaborative and effective relationships with board members, senior volunteers and other stakeholders to achieve organizational goals.

Prior to joining the Sunnybrook Foundation, as Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer at The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation she was part of the senior management team that led the growth of annual net fundraising revenue, and successfully completed the “Billion Dollar Challenge” campaign ahead of schedule.

Ana-Maria Hobrough, Executive Vice-President, Philanthropy

Ana- Maria Hobrough

Ana-Maria champions an integrated approach to encourage philanthropic investment, deepen our base of leadership support and grow donor impact over the long-term for Sunnybrook’s priority initiatives. She leads strategy for individual, institutional and legacy giving in partnership with the Foundation CEO, senior leadership teams, board members and volunteers. She fosters strong collaboration between the Foundation and Hospital, building upon a culture of philanthropy to achieve Sunnybrook’s vision of delivering the highest level of care, research and education.

Having served in a variety of leadership roles over 16 years at the University of British Columbia, Ana-Maria has a proven track record of mission-based transformations and redefining Canadian best practice for fundraising reporting, research and digital engagement. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia.

Christina Topp, Vice-President, Marketing & Community Engagement

Christina Topp

Christina provides leadership to the marketing, events and community giving portfolios.  Together, these teams assist Sunnybrook in its mission to invent the future of health care by raising awareness of the work of the Hospital and inspiring community support and giving.

Christina has over twenty years of experience in the non-profit sector spearheading initiatives that drive revenue, create sustainable partnerships and build brand reputation at national and local levels. She holds a MBA from the Schulich School of Business and an Honors Bachelor of Arts from the University of Guelph.