Philanthropic Leadership

List of 11 items.

• Elliot Johnson ’94, President

  Elliot has served as a trustee since 2016 and was formerly a member of the UCC Foundation Investment Committee. He is Chief Investment Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Evolve Funds, an investment firm specializing in exchange traded mutual funds. He has previously held senior roles at a number of large Canadian asset management, wealth management and capital markets firms.

   

  From 2016 - 2020 Elliot was also a trustee of Trinity College at the University of Toronto where he chaired the Committee on Investments.
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• Tanya Covassin

  Tanya has been a trustee since 2018. She serves as a director of various private and public companies. In addition to her global board work, Tanya has a background in both investment banking and private equity. She has originated, structured, executed and managed large-scale private and public investments and financings. 

  
  Tanya earned her Honours B.E.S. from the University of Waterloo and her MBA from the University of Toronto. She also has an ICD.D certification from the Institute of Corporate Directors.
  
  

  Tanya is the mother of Massimo ’29.

   
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• Matt Farb ’96

  Matt has served as a Trustee since 2016 and was formerly a member of the UCC Foundation Investment Committee. He is President and Chief Investment Officer of Better Capital Corp., which he founded in 2015. He’s also served as President and CIO of Coldstream Capital Management Inc. and President of East West Investment Management Corporation.
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• Jim Garner ’77

  Jim Garner ’77 was appointed as a Trustee of the Upper Canada College Foundation in November 2019. Recently retired, Jim is an experienced senior executive with broad experience in finance, healthcare/life sciences and the education sector. He has extensive board experience as a director and executive with public company, broader public sector, not-for-profit and organizations.
  
  He served as Vice-Principal, Advancement and Strategy of Upper Canada College from 2014 until 2019, and is a former Association Council President (2012-2014) and member of the Board of Governors (2012-2014).  He has held several executive positions in private and public sectors, including Executive Vice-President, Corporate Services of the Hospital for Sick Children, where he oversaw the planning of the $400-million Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning. 

   

  Jim holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen's University and an MBA from the Institute of Management Development in Switzerland. Jim is a CPA/CA and a Chartered Business Valuator and earned his ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. He and his wife Sally share two daughters Jillian and Kate.

   
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• Christine McLean

  Christine has served as a trustee since 2023. She is a Portfolio Manager at Fairbank Investment Management and began her career at Sprucegrove in 2004 as an Investment Analyst, before leaving in 2020 as the Director of Research. She serves as a Board Member of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd and Branksome Hall.  
  
  Christine holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration specializing in Finance from the University of Richmond, Virginia. 
  Christine is the mother of Kiran ’33, Mira and Logan.
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• Niral Merchant ’93

  Niral has served as a trustee since 2018. He is a Principal of Augmentram Capital Corp., a private merchant bank which provides capital and strategic insight to growing businesses. Niral has held senior financial leadership roles in a number of operating companies.

  
  He has an MBA from INSEAD and is a Chartered Professional Accountant and CFA designation holder. He is an active volunteer sitting on the board of a number of philanthropic and community-based organizations.
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• J.P. Mackay ’02

  J.P. is 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 also serves as Chair of the Barbara A. Barrow Scholarship Foundation and is a member of the Lang Scholar Program Advisory Board.
  
  Professionally, J.P. is Senior Vice President, National Operations at Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust.
  
  J.P. holds a BA from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from the Ivey Business School.
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• Raymond Shiu

  Raymond has been a trustee since 2020. He is Director, Private Capital - Consumer & Retail at Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP). Raymond joined OTPP in 2005 from RBC Capital Markets. He has been involved in a number of direct investments across the consumer sector and currently sits on several boards of private companies within the OTPP portfolio.
   
  Raymond earned a B.Comm. from the University of Alberta and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at Western University.
   
  Raymond is the father of Tyler ’27 and Nathaniel ’29.
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• Stephanie Tjon

  Stephanie has served as a trustee since 2023. She is Manager, Business Support Team in the Office of Economic Growth and Innovation at the OSC (OSC Innovation Office). Prior to joining the OSC, Stephanie practiced business law at Osler and was a Senior Accountant at KPMG. She also sits on the OSC’s Inclusion and Diversity Council as well as volunteering in her community on a number of committees and boards.

   

  Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University and completed her law degree at the University of Toronto. 

   

  Stephanie is a mother to Noah ’27, Alyssa and Camille.
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• Lara Zink

  Lara has served as a Trustee since 2014. She is a Managing Director in Global Institutional Equity Sales at RBC Capital Markets. She has senior coverage responsibility for over 30 institutional equity investors including pension plans and mutual funds located in Toronto and Montreal. Prior to joining RBC Capital Markets, Lara was an Account Manager in Financial Institutions at the Royal Bank. Lara joined the Royal Bank in 1995 as a Business Banking Account Manager Trainee.

   

  Lara has an MBA from the Rotman School of Management and a BA, Honours from Western University. She is an active volunteer for the Special Olympics, Women in Capital Markets, and sits on board of the UCC Foundation.

   

  Lara is the mother of Robbie ’20 and Christina.
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• Staff:

  Brendan Dellandrea '01, Executive Director
  Patti MacNicol, Treasurer