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.
Anne Parker (Chair)
Former COO, Managing Director, General Counsel and Secretary to the Board of Directors
Greystone Managed Investments Inc.
John Wiltshire (Vice Chair)
Former President and CEO
Canadian Marketing Association
Ira Goldstein (Treasurer)
Founder and CEO
Kernel Advisory
L. Neil Gower KC (Secretary)
Former Partner
MLT Aikens LLP
Suzanne Anton KC
Former Attorney General and
Minister of Justice, BC
Goshka Folda
President and CEO, Investor Economics
Global Head of Research, ISS Market intelligence
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS)
Kristen Miller
Indigenous High School Graduation Coach - Edmonton Public Schools
Sartaj Sarkaria (CHRL)
Chief Executive Officer
Holstein Canada
Lindsay Sauder
Vice President, Liquidity, Funding and Financial Crisis Management, CIBC
Linda Tchombé
Director, Philanthropic Development Fondation du Grand Montréal
Hañwakañ Blaikie Whitecloud
Co-owner
Wakan Productions Inc.
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
Suzanne Anton KC
Former Attorney General and
Minister of Justice, BC
Yassir Berbiche
Chief Treasurer, Desjardins Group
Marija Finney
Co-founder, Placemore Capital Inc.
Rayan Rafay
Co-founder & CFO/COO
Fraction
Meron Tecle
Principal Corporate Governance,
Total Fund Management
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
John Wiltshire
Former President & CEO,
Canadian Marketing Association
Anne Parker (ex-officio)
Former COO, Managing Director, General Counsel and Secretary to the Board of Directors,
Greystone Managed Investments Inc.
Mélanie Valcin
President and CEO
Michelle Fraser
Office Manager and
Executive Assistant to the President
Kaylea Bove
Vice President, Finance
Richard Harvey
Vice President, Programs and Impact
Kathleen Provost
Vice President, Philanthropy and Communications
Angela Briscoe
Director, Government Relations
Maureen Anglin
Regional Director, Ontario
Mark Anto
Regional Director
Québec, Nunavut, NWT and Atlantic Canada
Laura Keegan
Regional Director, Western Canada
Meredith Roberts
Director, Communications and Annual Giving
Sathya Amirthavasagam
Director, Information Technology
Jennifer Chow
Events Manager
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
Annie Montague
Regional Manager, BC
JoAnne Hartigan
Regional Manager
Alberta
Jared Ross
National Programs Support Manager
Liliana Sitkowiecki
Manager, Northern Quebec
Krystyna Slawecki
Program Manager
Johnny St-Onge
Regional Manager, Atlantic Canada
Shannon Stevens
Regional Manager, Southern Ontario
Vanessa Wong
Regional Manager, Toronto
The late Hon. R. Roy McMurtry
Honorary Board Member
Michael Meighen
Honorary Board Member
James Morrison (Historian)
Professor Emeritus,
Department of History,
St. Mary's University
