Greening Greater Toronto

Leadership Councils

These groups of 25+ leaders from across GTA representing key stakeholders to inform and champion the Green Procurement and Commercial Retrofit Programs. Each leadership council meets 3-4 times per year.

Green Procurement Leadership Council

CHAIR

Ontario Power Generation
Cara Clairman, Vice President, Sustainable Development

LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

Bennett Jones LLP
Len Griffiths, Partner, Regulatory, Toronto

BMO Financial Group
Pamela Schott, Director, Strategic Sourcing, Technology & Operations

Bullfrog Power Inc.
Ron Seftel, Senior Vice President, Operations

Celestica
Nick Malegan, Director, Supply Chain Operations

CIBC
Lisa Doyle-Pask, Senior Director, Corporate Sourcing, Corporate Services

City of Toronto
Lou Pagano, Director, Purchasing and Materials Management Division

Clean Air Partnership
Gabriella Kalapos, Program Manager, Procurement Community of Practice

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Rick Sullivan, Associate Partner, National Director, Business Services

Dupont Canada
Patrick Langille, Manager, Government Solutions

Ernst & Young LLP
Melanie Steiner, Senior Manager, Risk Advisory Services

Government of Canada
Ellen Burack, Director General, Office of Greening Government Operations, Public Works and Government Services

Green Enterprise Toronto
Chris Lowry, Network Director

KPMG Canada
Sean McCormick, National Director, Real Estate and Procurement

National Bank Financial
Michael Klax, Head, Cleantech Initiative

Ontario Centre For Environmental Technology Advancement
Kevin Jones, President and CEO

Ontario Centres of Excellence
Doug Wright, Managing Director, Earth and Environmental Technologies

Ontario Environment Industry Association
Carole Burnham, Member

Ontario Institute of the Purchasing Management Association of Canada
Sandra Gilmer, Chair, Board of Directors

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation
Alex Hocevar, Manager, New Channels & Services Business Development & Innovation

Ontario Power Authority
Paul Shervill, Vice President, Conservation and Sector Development

PricewaterhouseCoopers
Peter Johnson, Vice President, Sustainable Business Solutions

Province of Ontario
Marian MacDonald, Assistant Deputy Minister, Supply Chain Management, Government Services

Province of Ontario
Iris Ko, VP, Supply Chain Secretariat, Ministry of Finance

Province of Ontario
Tim Smitheman, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister, Ministry of Government Services

RBC
Charles Varvarikos, Head Facilities Sourcing, Procurement and Corporate Real Estate

Regional Municipality of Halton
David Trevasini, Director, Financial and Purchasing Services, Corporate Services

Sears Canada
Rob Evans, Divisional VP, Corporate Procurement

Social Housing Services Corporation
Lindsey Reed, Chief Executive Officer

Sustainable Development Technology Canada
Susan McLean, Manager, Stakeholder Relations

TD Financial Group
Nick Davies, Vice President, Strategic Sourcing Group, Corporate Services

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
Bernie McIntyre, Manager, Community Transformation Programs

Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas
John Kiru, Executive Director

Toronto Atmospheric Fund
Mary Pickering, Associate Director

Toronto Hydro Corporation
Ivano Labricciosa, Vice President, Asset Management

Toronto Region Research Alliance
Courtney Pratt, Chairman and CEO

Toronto Transit Commission
Grant Waddell, Senior Buyer and Co-ordinator, Green Procurement

University of Toronto
Cathy Rigall, Vice-President, Business Affairs

University of Waterloo
Blair Feltmate, Profesor and Director, Sustainability Practice, Faculty of Environment

Waste Management of Canada
Cal Bricker, Vice President, Public Affairs

Commercial Building Energy Leadership Council

Co - CHAIRS

Royal Bank of Canada
Linda Mantia
Senior Vice President, Procurement and Corporate Real Estate

BMO Financial Group
Michael Thornburrow
Senior Vice President, Corporate Real Estate and Sourcing

TENANTS

BMO Financial Group
Jim Johnston, Director, Environmental Sustainability

CIBC
Barb Pohner, Senior Director, Corporate Real Estate

City of Toronto
Jim Baxter, Director, Energy & Strategic Initiatives, City of Toronto

Environics Communications
Bruce MacLellan, President

Government of Canada
Paul Wong, A/Regional Director General, Ontario Region

Ontario Realty Corporation
David Glass, President & CEO

Rogers
Guy Knowles, Vice President Real Estate

Scotiabank
Andrew Lennox, Senior Vice President Real Estate
Zev Rosenblum, Director Real Estate

Stikeman Elliott
Jean McLeod

TD Bank Financial Group
Roger Johnson, Senior Vice President Corporate Real Estate & Procurement

TD Securities
Bernard Ockrant, Vice President and Director, Investment Banking Realty Group

Telus
Trish Clarry, Executive Director, Real Estate Enterprise Services

WalMart
Carmine Francella, Director of Real Estate and Development

BUILDING MANAGERS & OWNERS

Bentall LP
Keith Major, Senior Vice President, Property Management, Real Estate Services

Brookfield Properties
Stefan Dembinski, Senior Vice President, Asset Management Eastern Canada

Cadillac Fairview
Scott Pennock, Senior Vice President, Toronto Office Portfolio;
Karen Jalon, National Sustainability Director

CREIT
Andy Robins

First Capital Realty
Peter Papagiannis, Vice President Property Management

GE Capital Real Estate
Tony Maduri, Regional Director GTA

GWL Realty Advisors
Mike Snell, Senior Vice President, Asset Management

Manulife Financial
Ted Willcocks, Vice President, North American Operations, Real Estate

Menkes Developments
Andrew Hoffman, Chief Operating Officer

Morguard Investments
Derek Billsman, Director Strategic Initiatives

Northam Properties
Craig Walters, Senior Vice President

Oxford Properties Group Inc.
Andrew McAllan, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Real Estate Management
Darryl Neate, Director, Sustainable Programs

SERVICE PROVIDERS (TECHNICAL & PROFESSIONAL)

Ameresco
Sam Goldberg

Bennett Jones
Leonard Griffiths, Partner

Cushman & Wakefield LePage
Pierre Bergevin, President &CEO;
Nancy Cohen, Vice President, Strategic Occupancy Planning

Enerlife
Ian Jarvis

Enermodal
Ian Sinclair

Halsall
Doug Webber

Toronto Hydro Energy Services
Chris Tyrell, President

PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

BOMA Toronto
C.S. (Chuck) Stradling, Executive Vice President

Canada Green Building Council
Lyle Shipley, Executive Director, Toronto Chapter

The Continuum Network
Elisa Turner

Ontario Power Authority
Paul Shervill, Vice President, Conservation and Sector Development
Steve Mooney, Segment Manager, Commercial Buildings & Sector Development

Province of Ontario - Climate Change Secretariat
Rachel Kampus, Director of Policy

Real Estate Search Corp
Iain Dobson

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
Brian Denney, CAO

WWF-Canada (ex-officio)
Gerald Butts, President & CEO