OMERS Sponsors Corporation (SC) has announced the appointment of several new OMERS AC Board members.
William (Bill) Aziz
Mr. Aziz was appointed to the AC Board as an AMO employer representative, effective February 2009. He is currently the President of BlueTree Advisors Inc. and sits on the boards of Canada Bread Company Ltd. and Tecumseh Products Company.
David Carrington
Mr. Carrington was reappointed to the AC Board on June 30, 2009 as a CUPE member representative. He previously served on the Board from 1997 to 2008. Mr. Carrington is with Toronto Hydro and is currently the Recording Secretary of CUPE Local One.
Laurie Nancekivell
Ms. Nancekivell was appointed to the AC Board on June 30, 2009 as the OPSEU member representative. Ms. Nancekivell has worked for the Children’s Aid Society of London and Middlesex for more than 10 years and is currently an Intake Case Aide.
James Phillips
Mr. Phillips was appointed to the AC Board on June 30, 2009 as the Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies employer representative. Mr. Phillips is Director of Corporate Resources with Family and Children’s Services of Waterloo Region. He has been Executive Director of its Foundation since 1991.
Leslie Thompson
Ms. Thompson was appointed to the AC Board on June 30, 2009 as the City of Toronto employer representative. Ms. Thompson founded LESRISK Debt and Risk Management Inc. and has had a career in banking and finance. She is on the City of Toronto’s Sinking Fund and Investment Advisory committees.
Sheila Vandenberk
Ms. Vandenberk was appointed to the AC Board on June 30, 2009 as the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation member representative. Ms. Vandenberk has been Treasurer of the OSSTF Provincial Executive since 1999. She has also worked for the Ontario Teachers’ Federation.
John Sabo Confirmed as OAC Board Chair
At its first meeting held on July 2, 2009, the newly-appointed OAC Board confirmed John Sabo as Chair for the balance of 2009. John was first appointed to the AC Board in 2001 and currently serves as the employer representative from a School Board. He is the Associate Director of Leading Services and the Treasurer of the Board for the York Catholic District School Board, and the current Vice-President of both the Ontario School Boards Financing Corporation and the Catholic School Boards Services Association.
Thank you to Outgoing Board Members
The OAC wishes to express its appreciation to the following five Board members who concluded their service on the Board as of June 30, 2009 – Ed DeSousa, Peter Routliff, Sid Ryan, Gerard Sequeira and Cam Weldon.
