United for Literacy benefits from the expertise of two Boards of Directors. The United for Literacy Board provides oversight to the work of the organization. The United for Literacy Foundation Board manages and stewards endowment funds and other gifts donated for the ongoing support of our literacy programs.
John Wiltshire (Chair)
Former President and CEO
Canadian Marketing Association
Sartaj Sarkaria (Vice Chair)
Chief Executive Officer
Holstein Canada
Ira Goldstein (Treasurer)
Founder and CEO
Kernel Advisory
Julia Deans
Experienced CEO and Corporate/Non-profit Director Former CEO at Habitat for Humanity Canada
Goshka Folda
President and CEO, Investor Economics
Global Head of Research, ISS Market intelligence
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS)
Ed Gullberg
Partner McLennan Ross LLP
Kristen Miller
Indigenous Educational Consultant
Lindsay Sauder
Vice President, Liquidity, Funding and Financial Crisis Management, CIBC
Linda Tchombé
Director, Philanthropic Development Fondation du Grand Montréal
Anne Parker (Past Chair)
Former COO, Managing Director, General Counsel and Secretary to the Board of Directors
Greystone Managed Investments Inc.
Meron Tecle
Principal, Strategic Asset Allocation,
Total Fund Management,
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Peter Levitt (Ex-officio)
Former Executive Vice President, Treasury and Taxation
CIBC
Peter Levitt (Chair)
Former Executive Vice President, Treasury and Taxation
CIBC
Lauren Manteuffel (Vice Chair)
Chief Financial Officer,
Spira Equity Partners
Yassir Berbiche
Chief Treasurer, Desjardins Group
Marija Finney
Co-founder, Placemore Capital Inc.
Matthew Latimer
Executive Director Federation of Independent Dealers
Elizabeth Loach
Head of Private Markets CIBC Pension Plan
Anne Parker
Former COO, Managing Director, General Counsel and Secretary to the Board of Directors,
Greystone Managed Investments Inc.
Meron Tecle
Principal, Strategic Asset Allocation,
Total Fund Management,
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
John Wiltshire (Ex-officio)
Former President & CEO,
Canadian Marketing Association
Mélanie Valcin
President and CEO
Michelle Fraser
Office Manager and
Executive Assistant to the President
Shirley Suurdt
Interim Vice President, Finance
Richard Harvey
Vice President, Programs and Impact
Kathleen Provost
Vice President, Philanthropy and Communications
Angela Briscoe
Director, Government Relations
Lalit Varma
Vice President, Finance and Administration
Maureen Anglin
Regional Director, Ontario
Mark Anto
Regional Director
Québec, Nunavut, NWT and Atlantic Canada
Sathya Amirthavasagam
Director, Information Technology
Annette Appiah
Philanthropic Development Officer
Madeline Brun
Marketing Manager
Jennifer Chow
Events Manager
Emily Davies-Robinson
Regional Manager (Acting), Southern Ontario
JoAnne Hartigan
Regional Manager
Alberta
Cory Kane
Program Manager
Nunavut and Northwest Territories
Joëlle Marion
Program Manager, Southern Québec
Kalyani Mathur
Manager, Program Development
Cathy Mehagan
Regional Manager, Northern Ontario
Jared Ross
National Programs Support Manager
Liliana Sitkowiecki
Manager, Northern Quebec
Krystyna Slawecki
Program Manager
Johnny St-Onge
Regional Manager, Atlantic Canada
Vanessa Wong
Regional Manager, Toronto
Michael Meighen
Honorary Board Member
James Morrison (Historian)
Professor Emeritus,
Department of History,
St. Mary's University
