Standing for election for the first time, Mr. Sam Ajmera is Co-Founder of FGF Brands, a commercial bakery manufacturing products sold under the brand name "Stonefire".

Mr. Ajmera holds a Masters Degree in Business from the University of Detroit. He has served as a Director of Healthy Kids International, which raises funds to support the international projects of The Hospital for Sick Children, and has also supported the Ajmera Family Chair in Urology at Sunnybrook Hospital to further pursue genetic research in prostate cancer.

Mr. Ajmera has supported the Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation as a member of the Diwali – A Night to Shine Event Committee. He also hosted a dinner in support of diabetes research in May 2009. In 2009, FGF Brands was a presenting sponsor of the Ladies on the Links golf event raising funds for the mechanical heart program.

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Serving on the Board since 2005, Dr. Robert Bell is President and CEO of UHN and an internationally recognized Orthopaedic surgeon, healthcare executive, clinician-scientist and educator. He brings more than 20 years of experience in academic health care to leadership of Canada's largest research hospital. From 2000 to 2005, he served as Chief Operating Officer of UHN's Princess Margaret Hospital where he was responsible for leading Canada's largest comprehensive cancer centre. From 2003 to 2005, he served as Regional Vice President and Chair of the Clinical Council of Cancer Care Ontario.

Dr. Bell earned a Doctor of Medicine from McGill University in 1975 and a Masters of Science from the University of Toronto in 1981. He completed a Fellowship in Orthopaedic Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University in 1985. He participated in the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2005. Dr. Bell is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the American College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

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Ms Vonna Bitove is Executive Director of the Bitove Foundation and has been associated with Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation for several years. She served as a board member from 1999 to 2004 and returned as a member in 2006. A nurse by profession and a graduate of the Toronto General Hospital School of Nursing, Vonna has volunteered in a leadership capacity for a number of major fundraising events in support of the hospital, including The Wine Classic and the Dr. Michael Baker Tribute Dinner.

Through her family foundation, Vonna has been a long-time supporter of the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, having supported a number of areas, including the creation of the Bitove Foundation Professorship in Adult Congenital Heart Disease.

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Serving on the Board since 2010, Dr. Charles Chan is Vice-President, Medical Affairs, University Health Network and Professor & Vice-Chair of Medicine, University of Toronto.

Dr. Chan received his M.D. from the University of Toronto in 1981. He completed his Internal Medicine & Pulmonary Medicine training at the University of Toronto & Yale University in the USA. His academic research is in applied clinical epidemiology. His main clinical and research interest is in infectious complications in the lungs and interstitial lung diseases. Over the past decade, Dr. Chan has held leadership roles that include the Medical Director of the Thoracic Business Unit and Endoscopy services at the UHN, Head of Respiriology at the UHN and MSH and Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee at the UHN. His University leadership roles include Interim Head of Respiriology at Sunnybrook Hospital and Women's College Hospital.

Dr. Chan has served on numerous regional, national and international consensus guidelines groups for treatment guidelines for respiratory conditions, and has served on several national and international medical advisory boards.

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Serving on the Board since 2001, Mr. G. Raymond Chang is a Director of CI Investments Inc., a diversified wealth management firm and one of Canada's largest investment fund companies. He is also President of G. Raymond Chang Ltd. Mr. Chang holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and a bachelor of applied science degree from the University of Toronto.

Mr. Chang is the Board Champion of the Education program. He also established the Gladstone and Maisie Chang Chair in Teaching of Internal Medicine. He is a passionate advocate for education and has been a member of Ryerson University's Board of Governors since 2001. On September 26, 2006, Mr. Chang was named Chancellor of Ryerson University. The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education is named in honour of his generous support.

Mr. Chang is the recipient of the 2010 Outstanding Philanthropist award from the Greater Toronto Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

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Serving on the Board since 2010, Dr. Edward Cole was appointed Physician-in-Chief, University Health Network and received the Dr. Charles H. Hollenberg Chair in Medicine at UHN in May 2010.

He received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science from the University of Toronto in 1972 and 1973, respectively, and his M.D. from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1975. Following four years of post-graduate training in internal medicine and nephrology at the University of Toronto, he received a Medical Research Council of Canada Fellowship for work in the laboratory of Dr. Curtis Wilson at the Research Institute of the Scripps Clinic that focused on glomerular immunopathology. He has been a member of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto since 1981, having worked at the Wellesley Hospital until 1984, St. Michael's Hospital until 1992, and is presently a staff nephrologist at the Toronto General Hospital.

In 2001 Dr. Cole was appointed as Director, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network & Mount Sinai Hospital and in 2007 became the Amgen Professor of Nephrology. He is currently Professor of Medicine and, from 1996-2006, he was the Director of the Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto. He is founder and Chair of The Canadian Transplantation Society Kidney Working Group and Chair of the Steering Committee for National Kidney Registries. His major research interests are in immunosuppressive drugs and clinical trials in renal transplantation with over 130 publications.

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Serving on the Board since 2011, Mr. George R. Eaton has had a varied and extensive business career in Canada. He is Vice Chairman, Weatons Holdings Limited, a private holding company.

Mr. Eaton was the former President of Eaton's serving in this role from 1991 until 1997. He served as Vice President and Deputy Chairman of Eaton's of Canada from 1975 to 1991.

Mr. Eaton is a trustee of the John David & Signy Eaton Charitable Foundation. He has held directorships with Baton Broadcasting, First Canada Securities International, The Eaton Foundation, Desjardins Laurentian, Metaris Inc and JC Clark. He has been involved in a wide range of philanthropic endeavours for the past 30 years at both the board and executive levels.

Married to Terrie for over 35 years, they have three sons, James, Michael, and David.

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Serving on the Board since 2003, Mr. George Enns is an Organizational Advisor specializing in Human Resources. Mr. Enns retired from Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions in 2009. He was the Founder and chairman of Enns Partners Inc., a leading partner-owned executive search-consulting firm acquired by Knightsbridge in late 2006. Previously, Mr. Enns led three organizations in the consumer products and services sectors.

Mr. Enns is the Chair of the Foundation's Compensation Committee and has served as Chair since 2004. He is a member of the Nominating & Governance Committee.

Mr. Enns is on the Board of Advisors, Altum Health, a UHN entity. He was a previous member of the Board of Trustees, University Health Network.

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Serving on the Board since 2007, Mr. Paul Farrell is Managing Director and Vice Chairman, Investment Banking, Wholesale Bank, CIBC. Prior to assuming his current responsibilities in 2011, Mr. Farrell was Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Investment Banking and prior to that Managing Director and Head of Merchant Banking with responsibility for its overall principal investing activities. Prior to 2000 Paul was both an investment and corporate banker.

Mr. Farrell currently serves as a member of the Finance and Compensation Committees of the Foundation.

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Serving on the Board since 2010, Mr. Ivan Fecan is the retired President and CEO of CTVglobemedia, Canada's #1 media company and CEO of Canada's #1 television group, CTV. Prior to this, Mr. Fecan served in a number of broadcast roles in Canada and the United States.

Mr. Fecan is Board Champion for the Transplant Campaign at Toronto General Hospital.

Born and raised in Toronto, Mr. Fecan has a BA (Fine Arts) from York University and Honorary Doctor of Laws from Ryerson University and York University (with his wife, Sandra Faire). He is active in the community in terms of volunteering and philanthropy. Currently, Mr. Fecan sits on the board of the Art Gallery of Ontario. He is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Royal Conservatory of Music.

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Mrs. Angela Feldman is Executive Vice-President of Camrost-Felcorp a respected GTA real estate firm that has developed and built over 9000 residential units and over 1 million square feet of office/retail. Mrs Feldman is President of AFD Holdings Inc an investment company.

Mrs Feldman has served on the Board of Directors of the Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation since 2011 and is the Board Champion for the Arthritis Campaign at Toronto Western Hospital. She has been on the advisory board of the Grand Cru Culinary Wine Festival which benefits research at University Health Network. She recently joined the Peter Munk Cardiac Care Innovation Committee whose mandate is to identify and integrate innovative investigation and therapy into clinical practice.

Mrs. Feldman is the Treasurer for Partners in Art, a volunteer-based, not-for-profit corporation of Toronto art supporters with an interest in promoting contemporary visual arts within Canada and internationally.

Serving on the Board since 1986, Mr. Fraser Fell is Counsel with Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. He has served as a member of the UHN Campaign Executive Committee, Chair of the Audit Committee and as Co-Chair of the Neuroscience Campaign. His volunteer participation also includes the Spark of Life Campaign and the Cardiac Centre Campaign.

Mr. Fell is a long-time supporter of the hospitals. He is Board Champion of Krembil Neuroscience Centre, the Brain Campaign, the Epilepsy Program and the Nursing Program.

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Serving on the Board since 2005, Ms Susan Freeman has operated several successful businesses ranging from fashion retailing to sales promotion consulting in both Vancouver and Toronto. She has supported the development of a number of charities, including the formation of Kids Help Phone in 1986.

Ms Freeman's not-for-profit board experience includes: The Canadian Children's Foundation; Kids Help Phone; ProAction (formed to develop healthy relationships between youth at risk and Metro Police Officers); and the Centre for Studies of Children at Risk at McMaster University. She is currently Board Champion of the Diabetes Program.

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Serving on the Board since 1998, Mr. Leo Goldhar is President of Whitehorn Investments Limited. A retired businessman and venture capital investor, he has been involved with a number of philanthropic organizations including the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care and the United Jewish Appeal Federation.

Mr. Goldhar served as a Vice Chair of the UHN Campaign. He is a supporter of the Neural and Sensory Science Fund for Excellence. He is Board Champion of Krembil Neuroscience Centre, the Brain Campaign and the Arthritis Campaign.

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Serving on the Board since 2004, Mr. David Goldstein is with Chalet Capital Corporation. He is Chair of the Fundraising Priorities and Development Committee. He is Board Champion for the Respirology Program and the Thoracic Surgery Program.

Mr. Goldstein is a member of the Tomorrow Campaign, a group of leaders committed to the rejuvenation of Toronto's Jewish downtown core, the midtown campus, and the new Vaughan campus. Among his volunteer activities, Mr. Goldstein has served as Chairman of the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto and has been Chairman of the UJA Federation Campaign. Mr. Goldstein is also a former Chair of the Baycrest Centre Foundation.

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Serving on the Board since 2003, Dr. J. Bernard Gosevitz is Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Rogers Communications. He holds the Medical Directorship for CTVglobemedia and Barrick Gold Corp. He is Medical Advisor to Sun Media, National Post, Burnac Corporation, TI Benefits, Hull Insurance and KPMG. Recently he has agreed to take on Medical Directorship of the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club.

Dr. Gosevitz is on the Board of Directors for the Council for Canadian Unity. He holds positions on the Board of Directors for Sheena's Place as well as for the Coady Institute at St. Francis Xavier University.

Dr. Gosevitz is Board Champion for the Arthritis Campaign, the Krembil Neuroscience Centre, the Brain Campaign, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre Campaign and the Transplant Campaign.

He is on the advisory board of the Toronto Rehab Centre Foundation, and is on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Colorectal Cancer Association.

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Serving on the Board since 2001, Dr. Gerald Halbert has been a strong supporter of Toronto General Hospital and Toronto Western Hospital, and he has volunteered significant time to a number of fundraising initiatives including the Spark of Life and Neurosurgery Campaigns.

Most recently, he was instrumental in TG&WHF's campaign of securing significant gifts for Neuroscience. Dr. Halbert is a member of the Naming Opportunities Committee for the University Health Network. He is Board Champion for the Krembil Neuroscience Centre and the Brain Campaign.

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Serving on the Board since 2005, Mr. Todd A. Halpern is President of Halpern Enterprises. He is Board Champion of the Krembil Neuroscience Centre, the Brain Campaign, the Arthritis Campaign and the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre Campaign.

Mr. Halpern is the Chair of the Grand Cru Culinary Wine Festival, which benefits research at University Health Network.

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Serving on the Board since 2000, Mrs. Tennys Hanson is President & Chief Executive Officer, Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation and Vice President & Chief Development Officer, University Health Network. The Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation team has a broad mandate to raise funds in support of research, education, equipment and the enhancement of patient care at University Health Network, specifically for Toronto General Hospital and Toronto Western Hospital. Mrs. Hanson completed a $550 million fundraising campaign for UHN — one of the largest fundraising initiatives undertaken by any Canadian health care institution.

Mrs. Hanson is the recipient of the 2008 Outstanding Fundraising Professional award from the Greater Toronto Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

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Serving on the Board since 1999, Mr. Donald K. Johnson is a Member of the Advisory Board, BMO Capital Markets and a former Vice-Chairman, BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. Mr. Johnson continues to serve in an advisory capacity to the firm following his 2004 retirement. He also serves on the Boards of a number of not-for-profit and for-profit organizations and played a key role in convincing the federal government to eliminate the capital gains tax on gifts of listed securities.

Mr. Johnson is Chair of the Vision Science Campaign. He is currently a member of the Foundation's Investment Committee. He is Board Champion of the Vision Program, the Krembil Neuroscience Centre Campaign and the Brain Campaign.

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Serving on the Board since 2010, Dr. Shaf Keshavjee was appointed Surgeon-in-Chief of University Health Network in July 2010. He has been an integral part of UHN's Thoracic Surgery Division for almost two decades. He has taken on leadership roles in all facets of this specialized area of care: as a skilled surgeon and Director of the Toronto Lung Transplant Program; as a researcher and Director of the Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories. He is also a Senior Scientist in the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine.

Dr. Keshavjee's specific research interest is in lung injury related to transplantation. He has attracted worldwide attention for his pioneering research to recondition and repair injured human donor lungs using a combination of gene therapy and the Toronto XVIVO Lung Perfusion System, making them suitable for transplantation into patients.

Dr. Keshavjee serves on the Board of Directors of the International Society for Heart & Lung transplantation and on the Governing Council of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. He has received numerous awards including: the George Armstrong Peters Young Investigator Award, Canada's Top 40 Under 40 Award, the Colin Woolf Award for Excellence in Continuing Medical Education and the highest award for research achievement in the Department of Surgery – the Lister prize in Surgery.

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Serving on the Board since 2005, Mr. Raj Kothari is Managing Partner Greater Toronto Area and National Asset Management Practice Leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Canada . His business experience spans India, U.K. and Canada. He was Co-chair of the National Campaign Team of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, India and helped raise over $400,000. Raj has also Chaired and Co-chaired Stratford Express and helped raise over $1.5 million. He also served in a voluntary capacity as a Director and Treasurer of Bayview Community Services Inc., an organization for mentally challenged people, Duke of Edinburgh Awards, Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), Pearson College of the Pacific and Artscape.

Mr. Kothari currently serves as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival Endownment Foundation, and is on the International Advisory Council of the Dean of Schulich Business School. He is also Board Champion of the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health. He is currently Co-chairing 'A Night to Shine' event for Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation which is expected to net $500,000.

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Serving on the Board since 2008, Mr. Robert Mark Krembil is the President of the Krembil Foundation, a family foundation that supports medical research and child education.

From 1996 to 2001, Mr. Krembil was co-owner of Lewiscraft, a National Canadian retail company. Prior to 1996 Mr. Krembil held a senior position in System Engineering at EDS Canada.

Mr. Krembil is a graduate of the University of Toronto and currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, and is on the board of directors for Earth Rangers, NeuroScience Canada and NoNo Inc. a small biotech start-up company.

Mr. Krembil is Board Champion for the Krembil Neuroscience Centre Campaign and the Brain Campaign.

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Standing for election for the first time, Mr. Edward C. Kress is Chairman and President, Brookfield Investments Corporation. Prior to joining Brookfield, Mr. Kress was with Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Kress also serves as a director of Halmont Properties, Willmington Capital Management, BAM Investments Corp. and Morguard Real Estate investment.

Mr. Kress and his wife, Paddy, actively support several philanthropic organizations and in 2011 they established the Kress Family Chair in Esophageal Cancer at University Health Network (UHN) and the Kress Family Esophageal Cancer Research Fund at UHN in 2008.

Mr. Kress was appointed to the Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation's Finance Committee in September 2009 and has served on the Committee since that time.

Serving on the Board since 1996, Mr. Jim Leech is President and Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Canada's largest single profession pension plan representing 300,000 active and retired teachers in Ontario. He has led large public companies operating and investing in the financial services, real estate and energy industries, as well as start-up technology businesses.

Mr. Leech serves on the Boards of: Queen's School of Business, The Learning Partnership, Toronto Financial Services Council and the Mastercard Foundation. He is a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors and ICD Governance College.

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Serving on the Board since 2009, Mr. Marc J. Lipton is a partner at Torquest Partners, a Canadian manager of private equity funds. He is responsible for investing in established businesses and taking a leadership role in developing these businesses, helping to create and implement value-creation and growth strategies. Prior to joining Torquest, Marc was a private equity investor in, and an operator of, businesses in a wide range of industries.

Marc serves as a director of Torquest portfolio companies including: Firstonsite and Global Traffic Technologies. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Engineering) from the University of Toronto, an MBA from the Rotman School of Management and holds a chartered accountant designation.

Marc has been serving as a member of the Foundation's Investment Committee since October 2008. He is a Board Champion for the Krembil Neuroscience Centre Campaign and the Brain Campaign.

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Serving on the Board since 2010, Mrs. Christine Magee is the president and co-founder of Sleep Country Canada. She is a champion of the many charitable initiatives supported by Sleep Country Canada, including the Donated Bed Program; Give a Kid a Coat, Backpack for Kids, Food Drives in support of the Salvation Army, and Adopt a Sheep in support of the Children's Miracle Network.

In addition to her charitable work, she is an active member of the Women's President Organization, the Advisory Council for the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, former Chair of the Rouge Valley Health System Foundation, Cabinet Member for the United Way of Greater Toronto in 2001 and 2002 and the Account Executive Retail Division of the 2006 United Way Campaign.

Mrs. Magee has been recognized and received numerous awards including Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards, an Honorary Doctorate of Commerce from Ryerson University, the CIRAS Henry Singer Award for Exceptional Leadership in Retailing and Services from the University of Alberta School of Business and the Laurier Outstanding Business Leader Award from Wilfrid Laurier University. She was also recognized as one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 in 1997.

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Serving on the Board since 2005, Mrs. Cheryl McEwen, along with her husband Rob, established the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine. She has been extremely active with such initiatives as branding, marketing, advertising, media, securing major gifts, organizing special events, providing tours, and developing communications materials. Mrs. McEwen has also been involved with developing the strategic direction for the McEwen Centre, and is a member of its Advisory Board. She is also the Board Champion of the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine.

Previously, Mrs. McEwen worked in the fashion/retail industry, and co-founded Andrew's for Women in Hazelton Lanes. A lifelong learner, she takes courses to broaden her knowledge and test her abilities. Her interests include medical sciences, art and wine appreciation. She is also a certified sport instructor.

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Serving on the Board since 2008, Mr. Marc Muzzo is a real estate developer and a principal in Marel Contractors, Canada's largest drywall contractor and the Pemberton Group, one of Canada's leading condominium developers. He also sits on the Board of Directors of Consolidated HCI Holdings Corporation, a publicly traded real estate company based in Ontario.

Mr. Muzzo is Chair of the Muzzo Family Charitable Foundation which was primarily established to assist, promote and develop medical and scientific research in cooperation with hospitals, universities and charities. The Muzzo family's philanthropic contributions include the establishment of the Muzzo Family Minimally Invasive Surgical Oncology Program Fund at Princess Margaret Hospital and the Muzzo Family and Patient Library at Sunnybrook & Women's College Hospital. As well, Mr. Muzzo serves as Vice Chair of the G.U./Prostate cancer team at the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation.

Mr. Muzzo is the Board Champion for the Surgical Innovation Campaign.

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Serving on the Board since 1998, Dr. Christopher Paige is Vice President, Research of UHN. He earned a PhD in Immunology at the Sloan-Kettering Division of Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences in 1979. He became a Member of the Basel Institute for Immunology in Switzerland where he worked from 1980-1987 before joining the Ontario Cancer Institute as a Senior Scientist in 1987. In 1990, Dr. Paige became the founding Director of the Arthritis and Autoimmunity Research Centre as well as Director of Research at The Wellesley Hospital.

In 1998, Dr. Paige returned to the Ontario Cancer Institute to assume the role of Vice-President, Research and subsequently, he assumed his current position at UHN.

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Serving on the Board since 2007, Mrs. Marvi Ricker is Managing Director, Philanthropic Services for BMO Harris Private Banking. She assists clients with the establishment and administration of their private foundations, particularly the creation of innovative granting programs. Also, she plays a key role in BMO Financial Group's alliance with community foundations, "Supporting Your Community".

From 1990 to 2002, Mrs. Ricker was executive director of The Richard Ivey Foundation, a private charitable foundation created in 1947 in London, Ontario and in 1998 relocated to Toronto. The Foundation, which has made grants of more than $50 million in support of projects in health, education, social development, environment, and arts and culture, has a particular interest in conservation of forests in Canada.

A graduate of the University of Toronto, she began her career as a chemistry instructor at U of T's Scarborough Campus. After teaching full time for four years, she held a number of administrative positions, culminating in 1984 with director of the University of Toronto's Department of Public and Community Relations. She serves on a number of boards, among them, the University of Toronto's Governing Council, Telehealth Ontario, and Women in the Lead Inc.

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Serving on the Board since 2005, Mrs. Loretta Anne Rogers is a Director of Rogers Communications Inc., Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc., and Rogers Media Inc. She sits on several corporate boards and undertakes many philanthropic activities, previously serving on the board of Sheena's Place, a centre that offers services focused on hope and support to people with eating disorders and their families. Mrs. Rogers is the Board Champion of Peter Munk Cardiac Centre Campaign and the Board Champion, Emergency Medicine/Critical Care Campaign.

Mrs. Rogers and her late husband Ted Rogers served as Honorary Co-Chairs of the UHN Fundraising Campaign. In 2000, the Rogers established the Loretta A. Rogers Chair in Eating Disorders held at Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation. In 2009, the Ted Rogers and Family Chair in Heart Function was established.

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Serving on the Board since 2010, Mr. Jeff Rubenstein is CEO of Export Packers Company Limited which was founded in 1937 by his father, Max Rubenstein. Export Packers is a diversified international food company that began as a domestic food wholesaler and has since evolved to include Worldwide Commodity Trading and Domestic Seafood divisions. Export Packers is a Financial Post 500 company and has become one of the largest privately owned food companies in Canada.

Mr. Rubenstein joined the business in 1968 and established a reputation throughout the food industry as an expert on market trends in food commodities. His contribution in sales and marketing has helped make Export Packers one of the most highly respected commodity trading houses in North America.

Jeff is married to Honey Rubenstein and has two children, Richard and Kelly. The Rubensteins and Export Packers are supporters of numerous charities, including the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, the Krembil Discovery Centre, SPARK (Special Programme in Applied Research and Therapy) and the Grand Cru Culinary Wine Festival.

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Serving on the Board since 1993, Mr. David W. Smith was a senior tax partner of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. From 2004 to 2009, he served as Chair of the Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation Board of Directors and was appointed Chair Emeritus in 2009. He has been involved with the Foundation as a Director since 1993, including serving as Chair of the Finance Committee, Chair of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Friends of UHN Foundation. Currently, Mr. Smith is Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee. He is a Board champion of the Vision Program at the Toronto Western Hospital and a Board Champion of the Krembil Neuroscience Centre Campaign and the Brain Campaign.

Mr. Smith received his LL.B in 1966 from the University of Toronto and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1968.

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Serving on the Board since 2008, Mr. Richard Wachsberg is co-founder and Chairman of Apollo Health and Beauty Care, the largest Private Label and Control Label Personal Care Manufacturer in Canada with distribution throughout North and South America, Mexico, Europe, and Asia. Apollo Health and Beauty Care have been awarded the distinction of being one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies from 2003 to 2009 and maintained its 50 Best Platinum status in 2010.

Apollo Health and Beauty Care has been a sponsor of the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation's Toronto Fashion Show and is a long time sponsor of, among other worthy causes, the Reena Foundation benefiting the developmentally disabled, on which Board Richard currently sits.

Richard lives in Toronto with his family and has been a strong supporter of local and of international health services organizations. He is the Board Champion for Emergency Medicine/Critical Care Program. He is a member of Partners for Discovery in benefit of Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation.

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Serving on the Board since 1991, Mr. John Warren is retired Vice-Chair and Counsel at the Toronto office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP.

Mr. Warren was appointed Chair of Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation Board of Directors in September 2009. He previously served as Vice-Chair and Secretary. He is the former Chair of the Nominating & Governance Committee and has been a long-serving member of the Finance Committee. From his wealth of experience with the organization, Mr. Warren is providing exemplary leadership through his dedication of considerable time and energy in serving as Chair. The Chair is a member of all committees of the Board of Directors.

Mr. Warren is the Board Champion of the Respirology Program the Krembil Neuroscience Centre Campaign and the Brain Campaign.

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