Rob MacIsaac served as the first Chair of Metrolinx, occupying the position on a full time basis from 2006 to 2009, during which time he oversaw the start-up of the organization and the development and adoption of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area's first ever regional transportation plan - The Big Move.

In early 2009, Rob MacIsaac became the 7th President of Mohawk College in Hamilton. He continues his role as Chair of Metrolinx.

From 1997 until 2006, he was the Mayor of the City of Burlington. Prior to this, Mr. MacIsaac was Councillor for the City of Burlington and the Region of Halton, Managing Partner at MacIsaac and Associates, and a lawyer at Goodman and Goodman. He has been heavily involved in the development of Provincial policies for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, serving as Chair of both the Greenbelt Taskforce and the Strategic Planning Sub-panel of the Central Ontario Smart Growth Panel.

Mr. MacIsaac holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Ontario.

Lena Azzou, Executive Assistant
Lena.Azzou@metrolinx.com
416-874-5947

Kim Hopps, Office of the President and CEO
Kim.Hopps@metrolinx.com
416-874-5909

Peter Smith is President and Co-Founder of Andrin Limited, a real estate development company. He has served on the Board of GO Transit since 2004 and for the past four years has been Chair of GO. Mr Smith was previously Chairman of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation for eight years. He is a past member of the Boards of Credit Valley Hospital, The Ontario Homebuilders' Association and Waterfront Toronto.

In addition to GO Transit and Metrolinx, Mr. Smith also sits on the boards of TARION Warranty Corporation, Brampton Brick Limited (TSX) and Geo-Global Resources (AMEX).

He holds a Masters Degree from the State University of New York and a Bachelor of Arts from McMaster University. Mr. Smith is a Member of the Order of Canada, appointed in 2000.

Elyse Allan was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Canada in October 2004, with a mission to grow GE’s businesses in Canada, and to advance the company’s leadership in technology, media, and financial services. The appointment marked Elyse’s return to GE, where she began her career in 1984. She served in corporate marketing in the U.S. where she worked with a number of the industrial businesses, and held senior roles in GE Canada in corporate, lighting and appliances.

Aside from her work at GE, she contributes as a Director of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, the C.D. Howe Institute, and the Public Policy Forum. She has served on the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy. She serves as a Director of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, and the Mississauga International Investment Board. She is the former Chair of Providence Healthcare, a leading Toronto healthcare institution.

Prior to her current position, Elyse was President and CEO of the Toronto Board of Trade and, before that, a senior executive at Ontario Hydro.

Jennifer Babe is a partner at Miller Thomson LLP where she practices corporate and commercial law. Ms. Babe was admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 1982 and has been practicing corporate and commercial law since then. Ms. Babe lectures and writes regularly for the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association, the Law Society of Upper Canada and Osgoode Hall. She is the author of Sale of a Business, now in its 7th edition, and co-author of Creditors' Remedies in Ontario, now in its 2nd edition.

Ms. Babe received the Ontario Bar Association's Distinguished Service Award in 2008, is a fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, and is named in Lexpert's Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada for 2008 and again for 2009. She is an active member of her community. She volunteers for the YMCA and the United Way of the Greater Toronto Area. Ms. Babe is currently on the board of directors of the YMCA of GTA and has served as a director on the board of GO Transit for three years prior to its merger with Metrolinx.

Ms. Babe was born in Thunder Bay and received her LL.M. from the London School of Economics (1980), LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School (1979) and Honours B.A. from Victoria College, University of Toronto (1976).

Paul Bedford is an Adjunct Professor of City Planning at the University of Toronto and Ryerson University and an Urban Mentor with Paul Bedford & Associates in Toronto, which includes proactive involvement in a wide variety of public planning issues in numerous capacities primarily within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

He is a member of the Waterfront Toronto Urban Design Review Panel, a member of the National Capital Commission Planning Advisory Committee in Ottawa, and a futures columnist in the Ontario Planning Journal and a Senior Associate of the Canadian Urban Institute. He is also a member of the CAMH Property Committee guiding the long-term redevelopment of the Queen Street Mental Health and Addiction Facility.

Mr. Bedford was the former Chief City Planner for the City of Toronto and is a passionate advocate of transit and city building throughout the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

Mr. Bhardwaj is the President & CEO of the Toronto Community Foundation. He was formerly a corporate lawyer with a leading Canadian law firm, Vice President of the Toronto 2008 Olympic Bid and then CEO of United Way of York Region.

He has a long history of community service, including serving currently as a Board Member of the Stratford Festival of Canada, George Brown College and Community Foundations of Canada, and previously, the Art Gallery of Ontario Foundation, United Way of Toronto and past Chair of the Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival, among others.

In 2007, Mr. Bhardwaj was named by the National Post as one of the "Next Generation of Toronto Civic Leaders." In 2008, he was named as a member of Toronto Mayor David Miller's “Blue Ribbon” Fiscal Review Panel.

Mr. Bhardwaj is a popular presenter and speaker, particularly on issues relating to the city, community and leadership as well as Toronto’s Vital Signs ®. He has been featured in local Toronto media as well as international media including CBC Newsworld, CNN and the national Daily News in China.

Tony Gagliano presently serves as Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of St. Joseph Communications which was founded by his parents in the basement of their home shortly after emigrating from Italy. Under Mr. Gagliano's leadership, St. Joseph Communications has evolved from a small family business with a handful of associates to a national, fully integrated communications/media corporation with more than 2,100 associates from coast to coast.

In 1995, as President and CEO of Canada’s fastest growing printing company, Mr. Gagliano became a recipient of the Canada’s Top 40 under 40. He also received the Ernst and Young’s Ontario Entrepreneur of the Year for “Business to Business, Products and Services in 2003 and received an Alumni Achievement Award from Ryerson University in 2007. In 2008, the CIJA and UJA Federation presented Mr. Gagliano with the Words & Deeds Leadership Award for his many contributions towards civil discourse. Also in 2008, the Canadian Club of Toronto chose the co-founders of Luminato, Mr. Gagliano and David Pecaut, as the 2008 Canadians of the Year.

Joseph Halstead is the former Commissioner responsible for Economic Development, Culture and Tourism in the City of Toronto. In this capacity, he was also responsible for the Parks and Recreation system, as well as Major Events.

Previously, he spent 24 years with the Provincial Government of Ontario in five different Ministries in a broad range of management positions, rising to the position of Assistant Deputy Minister of the Provincial Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Recreation.

Mr. Halstead has been involved in the business sector as well as Sports and Recreation Sectors most of his professional career. He has served on Boards such as: the Premier’s Roundtable on Volunteerism, the Toronto Community Foundation, Canada Games Council, the Inter-Provincial Lottery Corporation and the Toronto Economic Development Corporation.

He was the City’s lead person on Toronto’s bid for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and the Province’s representative on the bid for the 1996 Olympic Games.

Mr. Halstead was also the Executive Lead for the World Youth Day Conference and the Pope’s visit in 2002. Currently, he is a Board member of Ontario Place Corporation, and the Toronto Raptors Foundation. In addition, he is chair of the hugely successful Toronto Caribbean Carnival (Caribana).

Richard Koroscil is President and Chief Executive Officer for the John C Munro Hamilton International Airport (Canada). His distinguished career in Airport Management spans over 33 years in both public and private sectors throughout Canada and internationally.

His career portfolio includes Vice President of Operations for YVRAS and Vice President for YVRAS parent company, the Vancouver International Airport Authority.

Mr. Koroscil sits on the boards of the Hamilton & Ontario Chambers of Commerce, Theatre Aquarius, St Joseph’s Hospital Foundation, McMaster Institute of Transportation and Logistics, President SKAL International Hamilton, founding Chairman of Southern Ontario Gateway Council, Co Chair Commercial Division for the 2008 United Way campaign, member of Jobs for Prosperity Collaborative, Ontario/Quebec Continental Gateway Private Sector Advisory Group, Mayors Economic Development Advisory Committee and Hamilton’s Immigration Partnership Council.

He is a graduate of Durham University/College in Aviation Management, a Chartered Director from McMaster University/Conference Board of Canada Directors College and studied Business Administration at the University of Windsor in Ontario.

Nicholas Mutton, Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Administration, brings over 40 years of hotel management experience to Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. He was General Manager and Regional Vice President at the Ritz-Carlton, Chicago (a Four Seasons Hotel), and subsequently Senior Vice President Operations, Americas with operating responsibilities for 40 hotels.

In 2003, Nick was promoted to Executive Vice President Human Resources & Administration, with global responsibility for all the people and culture issues of 36,000 employees in 34 countries worldwide. Nick is a member of the Company's Management Committee.

Nick is a director of the Canadian Opera Company and the Canadian Opera House Corporation; is a member of the MIG Cabinet of the Toronto United Way; a member the International Advisory Board of Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne; the Governing Committee of the International Tourism Partnership, International Business Leaders Forum; and a Board Member of the Terry Fox Humanitarian Award Program. He is also a member of the Patient Safety and Quality Committee of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto.

Lee Parsons is a founding Partner of the planning and economic consulting firm, Malone, Given Parson Ltd. He is President of MGP Information Systems Ltd. and a director of Sabourin Kimble & Associates.

Over the past 25 years, he has managed many urban and regional planning, and economic development projects in Canada and internationally. Mr. Parsons is a graduate of Dalhousie University (Engineering, 1970) and York University (Environment Studies, 1974).

He is a professional engineer and a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario. Mr. Parsons is also a professional planner and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners, the Ontario Professional Planners Institute, the Association of the Ontario Land Economists and the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association. He was a member of the GO Transit Board of Directors and Chair of the Risk Management Committee.

Rose Patten is Senior Executive Vice-President, Head of Human Resources and Senior Leadership Advisor, BMO Financial Group, and a member of the Bank’s Executive Committee.

Her 35 year career in Financial Services is characterized by senior leadership roles in Business and Organization Strategy, Human Resource Management, Executive Development and Succession, Transformational Change, Communications and Public Affairs.

Prior to joining BMO in 1995, she was Executive Vice-President at Nesbitt Burns (1992-1995), Senior Vice-President at Manulife Financial (1987-1991) and Vice-President/General Manager at Continental Bank of Canada/Lloyds Bank Canada (1975-1987). In 2008, Ms. Patten was honoured as the YWCA Woman of Distinction for Corporate Leadership and has numerous other recognitions from her community service contributions.

Stephen Smith is the Co-Founder, Chairman and President of First National Financial LP, Canada’s largest non-bank mortgage lender with over $40 billion of mortgage assets under administration. With over 500 employees across the country, FNFLP lends $12 billion of commercial and single family residential mortgages to Canadians annually.

In addition, Mr. Smith is a member of the Board of Directors of The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company and The Empire Life Insurance Company. Mr. Smith is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Royal Conservatory of Music and a Governor of the Dominion Institute.

Mr. Smith served as the Vice-Chair of the GO Transit Board of Directors and chair of the Audit Committee.

Born in Ottawa, Mr. Smith holds a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from Queen's University and a Masters Degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Doug Turnbull is the Deputy Chairman of TD Securities, responsible for executive coverage of sovereign, super-sovereign agencies, provincial, crown corporation and quasi-government clients worldwide, with a particular emphasis on developing and enhancing capital market and infrastructure activities with this important client group. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Turnbull was Managing Director, Global Head of Government Relations.

Mr. Turnbull has over 30 years of fixed income capital markets, M&A and advisory experience in Canada, New York and Tokyo. He has acted for government, corporate, infrastructure and public sector clients on numerous public and private market transactions. In addition he has advised and spoken publicly on various topics related to capital markets, debt management, credit ratings, provincial budgets, infrastructure financings and privatizations.

Mr. Turnbull is Chair of the Board of Directors of George Brown College Foundation, where he also chairs the Audit Committee. Doug also serves on the Canadian Board of Directors of ORBIS International, a global charity committed to eliminating preventable blindness in the developing world, and chairs their Nominating Committee.

J. Robert S. Prichard is President and CEO of Metrolinx. Metrolinx is the regional transportation authority for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

He is also past President and Chief Executive Officer of Torstar Corporation and President Emeritus of the University of Toronto where he previously served as dean of law and as a professor specializing in law and economics. Mr. Prichard is a director of Bank of Montreal, Onex Corporation and George Weston Ltd. He also serves as Vice-Chair of Canada’s Science, Technology and Innovation Council, Chairman of the Visiting Committee of Harvard Law School, trustee of the Hospital for Sick Children, and a director of the Toronto Community Foundation.

Mr. Prichard studied honours economics at Swarthmore College, received his MBA from the University of Chicago and earned law degrees at the University of Toronto and Yale University. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Member of the Order of Ontario and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Robert.Prichard@metrolinx.com
416-874-5906

Kim Hopps, Chief of Staff, Office of the President and CEO
Kim.Hopps@metrolinx.com
416-874-5909

Carrie Sterling, Executive Support Coordinator
Carrie.Sterling@metrolinx.com
416-874-5908