Board of Governors

List of 12 items.

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  Richard Willoughby ’80

  Chair
  Richard Willoughby ’80 is a senior corporate partner with Torys LLP. He has a wealth of experience in domestic, cross-border and international mergers and acquisitions, giving practical and strategic counsel to some of Canada’s largest institutional investors, businesses and family enterprises.
  
  Richard was appointed as Chair in January 2026 and is also Chair of the UCC Campaign Cabinet. He has served the College as Chair of the Plan 200 committee (2020 to 2021), Chair of the UCC Foundation Board of Trustees (2014–2020) and was previously a Trustee of the UCC Foundations in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. In 2022 he received the John D. Stevenson Award for his UCC service. He is the parent of two Old Boys, Robert ’11 and Andrew ’15.
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  Joannah Lawson

  Vice-Chair
  As co-founder and president of her family foundation, Joannah Lawson partners with universities, non-profits, think tanks and other foundations for maximum impact. The Brian & Joannah Lawson Family Foundation’s mandate is the widespread adoption of sustainable practices to promote human health and to protect the natural world. A key pillar of the foundation’s work is enabling nutrient-rich food systems that are produced sustainably to help mitigate climate change.

  
  

  Key recipients of the foundation’s philanthropic support are the Lawson Climate Institute, the Temerty Faculty of Medicine’s Lawson Centre for Child Nutrition, and the Lawson Centre for Sustainability at Trinity College, which are all part of the University of Toronto. Other partner organizations include the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada, The New Farm Centre, Farmers for Climate Solutions, Canadian Organic Growers, Right to Food and Shorefast Foundation.

  
  

  Before certifying as a nutritionist, Joannah led a successful career in organization change management in the high-tech sector and was recognized with the Nortel President’s Award of Excellence for Innovation. She completed her graduate studies at the University of Toronto and is the proud recipient of the university’s Arbor Award for volunteer service, a doctor of sacred letters (honoris causa) from Trinity College, a doctor of laws (honoris causa) from the University of Toronto and the King Charles III Coronation Medal in recognition of her work with the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada.

  
  

  At Upper Canada College, Joannah chaired nutrition committees at both the Prep and Upper School over a nine-year period. In 2016, she joined the Association Council and the Wellbeing Subcommittee of the Council, and in 2019, she was appointed to UCC’s Board of

  Governors. She has served on various UCC committees, most recently on the IB DP Systems Transformation Graduation Pathway Advisory Committee.

  
  

  Joannah has served as co-chair of the campaign cabinet at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine, U of T’s Boundless campaign executive, the board of trustees at Trinity College and is currently serving on the advisory board for Toronto Climate Week.

  
  

  Joannah and her husband Brian Lawson ’78 have three children, daughter Gillian and sons Tristan ’17 and Alexander ’19.
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  Dr. Joseph Wong

  Vice-Chair
  Joe was appointed to the Board in 2020. He joins UCC with a wealth of experience in the education sector.

  
  Joe is the University of Toronto’s Vice President, International. He is also the Roz and Ralph Halbert Professor of Innovation at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. In addition, he is a professor of political science at the University of Toronto, a former director of the Asian Institute at the Munk School, and a past Canada Research Chair in Health, Democracy and Development.

   

  Joe has authored a number of academic articles and several books and has been a visiting scholar in many leading global institutions, including the U.S., Taiwan, Korea, and the U.K. His current academic research focuses on poverty and social policy innovation.
  
  Joe and his wife Jennifer have a son, Oliver '24. 
  
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  Joel Feldberg

  Member At Large
  Joel Feldberg is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Furniture Group. Prior to joining Global Furniture Group, Joel was an associate at the law firm of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt in Toronto where he focused his legal practice on the areas of corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions.
  
  Joel has a Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall and is a member of the Canadian and Ontario Bar Associations. Joel serves on the Boards of Sick Kids Hospital Foundation, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center; BIFMA (member since May 2008).
  
  Joel and his wife, Dr. Melissa Feldberg, have four children, including their son, Jay '24.
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  Larry Grafstein ’78

  Member At Large
  Larry Grafstein was appointed to the Board in 2026. 

  
  Larry is Deputy Chairman of the Global Investment Bank at RBC Capital Markets, a role he has held since 2018. With more than thirty years of experience spanning all industries and geographies, he has worked on some of the largest and most complex M&A, restructuring, equity and privatization deals ever. 

  
  Larry has been a member of the U.S.-based Upper Canada Educational Foundation since 2001, and a member of the UCC Campaign Cabinet since 2022. 

  
  He is a graduate of Harvard University, Oxford University and the University of Toronto.
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  John Hockin ’89

  Member At Large
  John Hockin was appointed to the Board of Governors in 2026. 

  
  

  John is the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Sea Cliff Partners in San Francisco. He has more than thirty years of experience in investment banking at organizations like Morgan Stanley, J.H Whitney & Co, Golden Gate Capital and KKR. 

  
  

  John is also a member of UCC’s Association Council. During his time at the College, John won the Lieutenant Governor Medal in 1987 and 1988. He holds a BA in economics from Yale University and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Arjay Miller Scholar). While at Yale, John successfully launched and sold a baseball hat company called J&J Lids.

  
  

  John and his wife Lisa have four daughters — Haley, Emily, Annie and Sophie.
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  Dr. Ifedayo Kuye ’05

  Member At Large
  Ifedayo is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is also the Associate Medical Director of Value Based Care in the Johns Hopkins Office of Population Health, where he leads initiatives to improve the health care system’s population health and value-based care strategy.
  
  Ifedayo received his undergraduate degree in Economics at Harvard College. He also received his MD degree from Harvard Medical School and an MBA from Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar).
  
  He completed his residency in internal medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital where he served as a clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School.
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  Christie Love Thomas

  Member At Large
  Christie Love Thomas was appointed to the Board of Governors in 2026 and serves as a member of UCC’s Association Council. She has also served on the Prep Parents’ Organization and as a Class Representative.

   

  Christie is the Vice-President, Strategy at Jona Capital, where she oversees asset allocation, external portfolio managers, private equity investments, and an actively traded portfolio of public equities. She sits on the Jona Capital Board, the KingSett Fund Advisory Board, and the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation Board.

   

  Christie holds a BA (Hons.) from Huron University College and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business.

   

  Christie and her husband Jeff are the proud parents of a current UCC boy and two daughters at Branksome Hall.
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  J.P. Mackay ’02

  Member At Large
  J.P. previously served as President of Association Council, which represents the interests of Old Boys, parents, faculty, staff, and other community members with demonstrated interest in the College. He currently serves as Chair of the Barbara A. Barrow Scholarship Foundation and is a member of the Lang Scholar Program Advisory Board.

  
  J.P. is Chief Operating Officer at Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust.

  
  He is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and the Ivey Business School.
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  David Morgenstern '90

  Member At Large
  David was appointed to the Board by the Association Council in 2021.

   

  David is an active UCC parent and community member and currently serves on the Association Council as Chair, Events and Engagement Committee. His involvement with the College includes the Think Ahead Campaign (Boarding Cabinet), the Principal Search Committee, Founders Dinner co-chair and Annual Fund representative.

   

  Professionally, David is a Senior Managing Director at Accenture leading Accenture Canada’s Consumer and Industrial sectors. He is a member of Accenture’s Global Leadership Council, Accenture Canada’s Executive Committee and Inclusion and Diversity Council. He also serves on the INSEAD NAA Board of Directors.

   

  David received his BA from McGill University and his MBA from INSEAD. He has been based in Toronto since 2004 after a decade working abroad in Asia and Europe.

   

  David and his wife Caroline have two sons William ’23 and Matthew (Class of 2026).
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  Cynthia Schyff

  Member At Large
  Cynthia was appointed to the Board in 2023 and has been a member of UCC’s Audit and Finance Committee since 2018.

  
  

  Cynthia is Chief Financial Officer of Fleet Complete, a global provider of fleet management solutions.  She has more than 30 years of international management experience developed in high growth and innovative technology industry environments. Prior to joining Fleet Complete, Cynthia served as CFO of Blue Ant Media and Algorithmics, and Worldwide Head of Operational Risk and Governance Risk and Compliance within the IBM Risk Analytics business.

  
  

  Cynthia holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University and is a CPA, CA. 

   

  Cynthia and her husband Gord have two sons, Josh ’21 and Cam ’23.
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  Chanakya Sethi ’03

  Member at Large
  Chanakya Sethi is partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, where his practice focuses on high-stakes litigation matters. He is serving his second term on the Association Council. A proud member of Bremner's House, Chan graduated from UCC in 2003 with the J. Herbert Mason Medal. While a student, he was involved with Convergence, the World Affairs Conference, Ontario Model Parliament, and student government. Chan is a graduate of Princeton, Osgoode Hall, and Yale Law School. He lives in Toronto with his husband, Kevin.
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