Board of Directors

Chair

Tony Ross serves as the Chair of Infrastructure Ontario. Prior to this, Tony Ross worked as a Business Consultant for RG Group where he advised, among others, Manulife Financial, the Government of Newfoundland, the University of Toronto, York University, Hydro One and Telus.

Before RG Group, Tony Ross was Vice-Chairman of Merrill Lynch Canada, where he directed the activities of the Capital Markets group.

Tony Ross is the Chair of the OPSEU Pension Trust, the Vice-Chair of KP Autism Services and a member of the Investment Committee of Cystic Fibrosis Canada.

Anthony Salerno currently serves as the President of Integrity Works, Inc., a consultancy firm focused on providing a variety of business services to the private and public sectors related to corporate governance, regulatory compliance and business ethics.

From 2000 until 2005, Anthony Salerno served as Managing Director of Global Investment Banking and Investment and Corporate Banking at BMO Nesbitt Burns. From 1995 to 2000, Anthony Salerno served as Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chair of the Ontario Financing Authority, where he advised the Minister of Finance on many initiatives, including the restructuring of Ontario Hydro. Prior to that, he held many positions of increasing responsibility in the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Transportation, where he led the development and implementation of the original Highway 407 public-private partnership.

He has also served on a number of boards, including Cornerstone Capital, the Ontario Clean Water Agency and Superbuild Corporation.

Darija Scott is Managing Principal of SCOTT Associates Architects Inc., which she co-founded in 1987. The Toronto-based firm’s current project and consulting work in the international area centres around public/private infrastructure projects. This field has become an area of specialization for Darija. She has worked around the world on several high profile transport privatization projects with a diverse group of clients including operators such as Lockheed and Hughes, contractors Bouygues and Skanska, as well as entities such as British Aerospace and Aeroports de Paris, and various airport authorities.

Her firm, SCOTT Associates, was the Design Architects for the original Terminal 3 at Toronto Pearson, and has had several recent major assignments at Pearson including the 120,000m2 expansion and retrofit of Terminal 3 and the design of the new 13,200-vehicle Terminal 1 parking garage.

Darija runs the firm's Business Development divisions in both Canada and the US.

President and Chief Executive Officer, Infrastructure Ontario  

As President and Chief Executive Officer of Infrastructure Ontario, David Livingston leads the crown corporation responsible for both managing the renewal of Ontario’s public infrastructure, as well as executing assigned business initiatives.

David Livingston obtained his B.Sc from the University of Western Ontario in 1973 and his MBA from Queen’s University in 1976. He and his wife have two grown children.

David Livingston is a Director of Infrastructure Ontario, eHealth Ontario, Ovarian Cancer Canada and the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto.

As chief executive officer of the Ontario Financing Authority (OFA), Gadi Mayman is responsible for the Province’s borrowing and debt management strategy, and its banking and capital markets relationships. He is also CEO of the Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation.

Prior to joining the Ontario Ministry of Finance, Gadi Mayman worked at the Export Development Corporation in Ottawa and in the International Division of the TD Bank. He received a B.A.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto in 1981, and an M.B.A. from the University of Western Ontario in 1988.

Gadi Mayman is also a board member of the Ontario Capital Growth Corporation and Co-Chair of the Joint Nuclear Funds Investment Committee, a joint OFA and Ontario Power Generation Committee.

Isabel Meharry is the Chief Financial Officer for Green Shield Canada which specializes in group and individual health and dental programs and administration.

A Chartered Accountant since 1980, Isabel has more than 25 years in senior financial and operating roles. Prior to joining Green Shield Canada, she held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Executive International Canada. She has also served as the Executive Consultant to the Chairman and CEO of Sun Life Financial of Canada in Hong Kong, as an Executive Vice President Operations of Aviva Insurance Company, as the Chief Financial Officer of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia and as the Chief Auditor at North American Life Insurance Company (now part of Manulife).

Isabel is the Chair of the Board of Director's of Kerry's Place Autism Services, and on the Board of Directors of the Scarborough General Hospital, and serves on the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Isabel holds an MBA from Schulich School of Business, is a Chartered Director and was recently awarded her FCA.

Jim Schwindt is a Professional Engineer who started his career at Traugott Construction Limited in 1973 as an estimator and project manager. He was then promoted to General Manager in 1978 and became President and controlling partner in 1982. He retained this position until his retirement at the end of 2005.

Throughout his career, Jim Schwindt has served as the director and chairman of numerous associations, such as the Council of Ontario Construction Association, the Ontario General Contractors Association and the Grand Valley Construction Association.

Jim Schwindt graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1973 with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Civil Engineering.

John Swinden is a retired partner from Ernst & Young Toronto. In his 39 year career with the firm he practiced auditing and accounting in a number of areas that included audits of large construction companies, computer audit specialty services, micro computer audit practice support and forensic accounting. He also served as the chief financial officer for the Canadian practice. His final responsibilities were for risk management and lived in London UK where he served as the world-wide director of risk management for Ernst & Young International.

John Swinden holds a B.Com. from the University of Toronto and has been elected a Fellow of the Ontario Chartered Accountants Association. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and holds a certificate in conflict resolution. He has been actively involved in professional and community activities over the years, including directorships at Young People's Theatre, Transparency International Canada and Toronto Summer Music Foundation. He is currently a Director, Vice-chair and Audit Committee Chair of Stevenson Memorial Hospital in Alliston.
 

Karen Weaver is the Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of First Capital Realty, a Canadian-based public real estate corporation. She has been the Senior Vice-President, Operations Services and Chief Financial Officer of Brookfield Commercial Properties, Canadian Operations. She also worked with KPMG in the United States in audit, consulting and professional development.

Karen Weaver graduated, Magna Cum Laude, from Old Dominion University in Virginia with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, is a Certified Public Accountant and was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2002. She was also recognized in 2003 as one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada. She has served on the Board of Directors and is currently a member of Toronto Corporate Real Estate Women (CREW).

Larry Kelly founded the law firm Kelly Santini LLP more than thirty years ago, practicing in corporate, real estate, employment, litigation, estate planning and sports law. Larry’s in-depth understanding of topics such as debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance helps entrepreneurs, venture capital funds, financial institutions and businesses in technology, real estate and insurance accomplish their business objectives. Larry serves as the firm’s representative with US Law Network, an international alliance of law firms throughout the United States and Latin America and is actively involved with the expansion of the organization within Canada. Larry served as an arbitrator for the International Chamber of Football Arbitration for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and for several years served as an arbitrator with the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Larry’s professional experience includes serving as a director of several companies, universities and hospitals. He currently serves on the advisory board of the Reilly Institute at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana and on the board of directors of Sarona Asset Management and Sarona Frontier Markets Fund 1 LP, investment funds that support sustainable energy projects in the third world. He is a former member of the board of directors of St. Francis Xavier University. Larry has chaired four major fundraising campaigns on behalf of charitable organizations, and is currently the chair of the New St. Patrick’s Home Campaign which has raised $10 million towards the construction of a new long term care facility. Larry is a former director and vice-president of Kelly Funeral Homes Limited and has founded several private companies.
 

Linda Robinson is a retired partner of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, a leading Canadian law firm, where she was a senior partner in the Corporate group and Chair of Osler's national business law department. Linda Robinson has a long standing interest in infrastructure renewal with an MSc in Urban and Regional Planning Studies from the London School of Economics.

Linda has been a Member of the Board of Directors since February 21, 2007.

Mitch Kowalski operates a boutique law practice specializing in real estate and project finance matters. Prior to opening his own firm, he was a partner in botha large international law firm and a mid-sized downtown Toronto law firm, as well as being an in-house solicitor for the City of Toronto and Residential Project Director at First Canadian Title. He has written a legal text on commercial real estate financing as well as a number of legal and non-legal articles. He also speaks and teaches on real estate law. He received a Master of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Ontario, and an LL.M. from Osgoode Hall Law School.

In addition to his legal practice, Mitch Kowalski is the Managing Director of Toronto Writers' Centre. He is a founding board member of Project Desert Roses, and currently sits as a Board Member of the Hong Kong Canada Business Association (Toronto Section). He has been Vice-Chair of the Hong Kong Canada Business Association (National); Secretary of the Hong Kong Canada Business Association (National); President/Chair of the Hong Kong Canada Business Association (Toronto Section); Past President of the Hong Kong Canada Business Association (Toronto Section); Board Member and Secretary of the Mon Sheong Charitable Foundation; Cathay Ball Co-Chair of the Mon Sheong Charitable Foundation; and Executive Committee Member of the Ontario Bar Association, Real Estate Section.

Patrick J. Dillon is the Business Manager and Secretary Treasurer of the Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario.

He has held this position since January of 1997. He began his career in the construction industry as an apprentice electrician in 1961 and became a journeyman in 1966. Following 18 years of experience in the construction industry, he was elected Business Manager of Local 105 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). In 1991, he was elected Executive Chairman of the IBEW Construction Council of Ontario.

Patrick Dillon was appointed by the Government of Ontario to serve on the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), Infrastructure Ontario, the 2015 Toronto-Greater Golden Horseshoe Pan Am Games Committee, and recently the Appointments Council for the Ontario College of Trades.

Appointed by the Federal Minister of Public Safety, Patrick Dillon also sits on the Advisory Board of Correctional Services Canada (CORCAN). He is also a member of the Toronto City Summit Alliance where he joins other civic leaders in addressing the City's issues and challenges moving forward.

Patrick Dillon also sits on a number of construction industry boards, including those of the Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS), the Construction Sector Council of Canada (CSCC), the Workers' Arts and Heritage Centre and the De Novo Treatment Centre.

In his hometown of Hamilton, Patrick Dillon is an avid curler and golfer. He is married with two children and three grandchildren.