Board of Directors

TFS Board of Directors

The TFS Board of Directors provides strategic advice and financial oversight for the School. The Board is comprised of elected directors, who may serve up to six one-year terms. The Chair of the TFS Foundation, the President of the Alumni Association and the President of the Parents’ Association, attend School Board meetings as guests. The Head of School reports to the TFS Board and the Chief Financial Officer reports jointly to the Board and to the Head of School.

Board Committees

All Board members may sit on at least one Board Committee. The Board Committees include both Board members and non-Board members, with the exception of the Nominating and Governance Committee, which include only Board members.

Audit and Finance
Nominating and Governance
Sustainability and Property
West Campus Advisory Committee

Board of Directors

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Josée Turcotte

Chair of the Board
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Ms. Turcotte is an experienced business executive, with extensive governmental and private sector experience, including previous service with the OSC in increasingly senior roles, culminating as Secretary to the Commission (2005-2016), Secretary and Head of Governance of HSBC Bank Canada (2016-2021), Chief Legal Officer of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (2022-2023), and most recently as the Executive Director, Emerging Risks Directorate of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI (2023-2024). She currently serves as EVP, COO and Chief of Staff of the Ontario Securities Commission. In this role, she is responsible for the oversight and leadership of the OSC operations, including human resource management, information technology, digital solution, systems security, enterprise-wide project management, strategic and business planning, and execution. In addition, Ms. Turcotte has extensive Not-For-Profit board experience.

Josée holds a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) in business law from Osgoode Hall Law School, a Civil Law degree with Honours (LL.L.), a Juris Doctor degree with honours (J.D.) from the University of Ottawa and an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. Josée is a member in good standing of the Ontario and Quebec bars.

Josée and her husband, James, are proud parents of a daughter who has been attending TFS since PK and will be graduating this spring.
Shernee Chandaria ’95

Director
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Shernee Chandaria is the President of Conros Corporation and LePage’s, a family-owned manufacturing and distribution company in consumer products. She has a passion for “getting things done” and driving results through collaboration, and strategic partnerships and relationships.

Her interests extend to women’s empowerment, health, education, and the arts. She is a member of YPO Toronto Chapter and is a director on its board.

Shernee holds a BA from McGill University, and her ties to TFS go back several decades as she is a “lifer” TFS alum. Shernee and her husband, Jaymesh, are proud parents to two daughters, Nayali and Niyeva, and one son, Nevyan, at TFS.
Yashar Fatehi

Director
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Yashar Fatehi is the visionary founder, president, and CEO of Montcrest Asset Management, a premier Toronto-based boutique private equity real estate firm. Leveraging over two decades of expertise in residential and commercial real estate, he drives strategic investment initiatives, fosters long-term partnerships and navigates the firm's innovative growth.

Yashar's unique blend of technical and business acumen stems from his Bachelor of Engineering from Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) and his Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Real Property Development from the Schulich School of Business.

Beyond his professional accomplishments, Yashar values his role as a devoted husband to Sonia and father to their two children, who attend TFS.
Mitch Frazer

Director
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Mitch is the Managing Partner of the Toronto office of Mintz and the Chancellor of Ontario Tech University. Prior to joining Mintz, Mitch served as the chair of the Pensions and Employment Practice of an international law firm based in Toronto. His practice focuses on all aspects of pension, benefits and employment law. He is the co-founder of the National Institute on Ageing at Toronto Metropolitan University, a former adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and a published author. Mitch is chair of the North York General Board of Governors, a member and former chair of the TFS Board of Directors, chair of the Western Law Advisory Council, the immediate past chair of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Board of Governors and a former member of the Ontario Science Centre Board of Trustees. He is an avid runner and has completed all six Abbott world marathon majors.

Mitch was named one of the 25 most influential lawyers in Canada by Canadian Lawyer magazine and is a recipient of numerous awards and honours including the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the King Charles III Coronation Medal, the Ontario Bar Association’s Award of Excellence in Pension and Benefits Law and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Toronto Metropolitan University. He has also been admitted to the Order of Ontario.

Mitch and his wife Leslie, are proud TFS parents of Josh and Jordan, at the school.
Rob Galaski

Director
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Rob Galaski is the Chief Journey Officer at Questrade focused on brokerage, wealth management, banking, insurance and consumer finance. Prior to joining Questrade, Rob was Vice-Chairman and Global Managing Partner at Deloitte, where he built and led their industry-leading Financial Services Practice.

Rob has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Applied Economics from Queen's University. He served as Executive Advisor to the World Economic Forum on Innovation in Financial Services. He was recognized for his contributions to the global financial services industry by the IIF as a Global Leader Under 40. He also serves as a Board Director for Hamilton Health Sciences.

Rob and his wife Chantal are parents to Henri and Élodie, both TFS students.
Sander Grieve

Director
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Sander Grieve is a partner with Bennett Jones LLP, where he leads the firm’s Global Mining Practice Group. He practices public markets mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. He is recognized regularly as a leading lawyer by several reputable organizations, including Chambers Global, where he is noted both domestically and as a foreign expert in Australia; Lexpert; American Lawyer; The Legal 500; and International Law Office. Sander is an active contributor to national, provincial and local politics, providing policy and communications advice to political leaders.

Sander was awarded the Diamond Jubilee Medal by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his community service. He has a J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and an LL.B. from the University of Windsor.

His wife, Tierney Read Grieve, class ‘92, is a proud TFS graduate and he is a proud TFS parent.
Anna-Maria Kaneff '97

Director
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Anna-Maria Kaneff is the Executive Vice-President of the Kaneff Group, a private real estate company based in Peel, Ontario. Previously Anna-Maria worked as an associate at West Face Capital, a Toronto-based hedge fund, and at Moore Capital, where she specialized in North American energy and materials investments. She also served as an analyst in the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Oil & Gas Group at the World Bank.

Anna-Maria holds a B.Sc. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a Master’s from the University of Cambridge Land Economy Department. Her community involvement includes serving as a Director of the Credit Valley Hospital Foundation (now Trillium Health Partners) and Governor of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). She is a founding Board member and CFO of the Grassroots Reconciliation Group in Uganda.

She and her husband, Michael, have two daughters attending the TFS West campus with their youngest daughter starting soon.
Nora Nestor

Director
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Nora Nestor is the Chief Financial Officer of Peloton Capital Management, a private equity fund with a long-term investment orientation, that she joined in 2018. Nora has almost 20 years experience and has worked extensively in the areas of corporate taxation. Prior to her role as CFO at PCM, she was Director of Taxation at West Face Capital Inc. Before that, Nora spent over a decade in the Mergers & Acquisitions Tax and Audit groups at Deloitte.

She holds a BBA (Hons.) degree from the Schulich School of Business at York University and an MTax degree from the University of Waterloo. She is a CPA, CA charterholder and a holder of the Institute of Corporate Directors designation. Nora is actively involved in volunteer work. She has been a member of the TFS Board since 2020.

Nora and her husband have two daughters, both of whom attend TFS.
Adina Notto '04

Director
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Adina Notto ‘04 is a Partner at Imperial Capital, a private equity firm, where she leads investments in various business and consumer services companies across North America. Before joining Imperial, Adina spent 13 years at Onex Partners, focusing on investing in large business services companies. Prior to entering private equity, she began her career in investment banking in New York City.

Adina holds a B.Sc. in Economics and a B.A. in International Studies from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Adina and her husband Mike are proud parents to three TFS students in Grades 4, 2, and JK. Adina moonlights as a hockey, swim, and dance mom.
Carole Piovesan '95

Director
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Carole is a Managing Partner at INQ Law and a Principal at INQ Consulting. Carole’s practice focuses on privacy, cyber incident response, data governance and artificial intelligence (AI) risk management. Prior to founding INQ Law, Carole was co-lead of the national Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Management group at a leading law firm.

Carole is ranked by Chambers Canada as a leading lawyer in Privacy & Data Protection and by Best Lawyers in Technology Law and Health Care Law. Carole is a member of the OECD AI Policy Observatory and has contributed to organizations including the Global Partnership on AI, the Global Task Force to Promote Trusted Sharing of Data at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the Standards Council of Canada’s Data Governance Collaborative, and the National Advisory Council on AI in Healthcare. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law.

Her two children, Ava and Max, both attend TFS.
Roger Poirier

Past Chair of the Board
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Roger is the Founder of Whiteshell Group Inc., a Toronto-based merchant bank, and was President of the Tallman Group for the past two years. He was a co-founder of Cormark Securities, an institutional equity boutique in Toronto, where he held various positions over the course of 18 years. Most recently, Roger was Managing Director, Investment Banking, and held internal roles including Deputy Chair and Risk Committee member, and Audit Committee member. Roger has spent his entire career working with entrepreneurs to help them grow their companies and realize their potential.

Roger holds a CFA designation as well as a B.A. in Economics. He is also a member of two private company boards in the U.S. and an advisor to a family office and a small venture capital fund. Roger has been an active member of the TFS community, and served as the Chair of the TFS Board from 2021 to 2024.

Roger and his wife, Jennifer, are proud parents of TFS graduates.
Poonam Singh

Director
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Poonam Singh is a senior partner currently serving as Vice Chair to the CEO of Deloitte Canada & Chile. In this role, she leads some of the most senior client relationships in the market. Most recently, she was the Managing Partner of the firm’s Risk Advisory Practice, leading the largest risk consulting business in Canada. Poonam’s career has spanned the world. She has worked in the US, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, the Middle East and parts of Asia.

Poonam is an advocate for inclusion and the elevation of women in leadership roles. Her global mindset aligns well with TFS’s focus on providing a multicultural, progressive, and inclusive education environment.

She is a fitness enthusiast in her increasingly diminishing spare time due to chasing after her three-year-old, who is a student at La p'tite école. She also has two young-adult children who are pursuing university in England and a husband who is a senior partner in a large firm based in London.
Limin Yang

Director
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Limin Yang is a Managing Director at CPP Investments, a professional investment management organization that manages over C$675 billion in assets under management for the Canada Pension Plan by investing across all major asset classes. He heads the Real Assets and Sustainability Risk Group. Additionally, he is a voting member of both the Real Assets Investment Committee and the Sustainable Investing Committee. Before joining CPP Investments in 2007, Limin spent five years with RBC Financial Group in market risk and prior to that five years as a corporate banker in China.

Limin holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business.

He and his wife, Cathy, are proud parents of TFS graduate Ryan Yang ’21 and Senior School student, Claire Yang ’28.

Ex-officio Guests

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Rosa Maria Barbara

President, TFS Parents’ Association
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Rosa Maria has dedicated over fourteen years of service at TFS through various roles, always aiming to enrich the school and its community. She began as a class representative, working closely with parents and teachers. Her passion for community building led her to become the Branch Coordinator for La p'tite école and later for the Junior School. She has also chaired and participated in numerous committees over the past ten years, driving volunteer initiatives, team-building efforts and community outreach programs. As the Parents’ Association Secretary and later President, her leadership's aim has been to strengthen and enhance the school’s resources and community.

Through her entrepreneurial spirit, she founded Cucina Calabria Ltd., a line of homemade Italian sauces and related food products known for their distinctive quality and customer satisfaction. She has also served as an Executive Committee and Board Member for Suzanne Rogers Presents for four consecutive years, contributing to high-profile fundraising events. Additionally, she founded SickKids Hospital’s ongoing Designer Sale, helping to boost the hospital’s fundraising efforts for children’s healthcare.

Rosa Maria holds a degree in Sociology from York University. All three of her children have attended TFS for their entire school careers, with two having graduated and her youngest currently in Level III. Her deep commitment to education and community development continues to drive her passion for making meaningful contributions.
Sunny Lowe

Chair, TFS Foundation Board
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Ms. Sunny Lowe is a CPA, CA with more than 20 years of capital markets, finance, international tax and risk management experience mostly spent in the mining sector. Ms. Lowe is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Solaris Resources Inc., an international mining company advancing copper and gold projects in the Americas. Prior to joining Solaris Resources, Ms. Lowe assumed leadership positions with various publicly traded global mining companies, such as INV Metals Inc., Kinross Gold Corporation and Inmet Mining Corporation. Ms. Lowe obtained the certificate of Risk Management for Corporate Leaders at Harvard Business School and holds a MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University. She currently sits on the Board of Directors of EMX Royalty Corporation and of Prime Mining Corporation.

On a personal level, Ms. Lowe was born in China and grew up in Argentina and is therefore a native speaker of both Spanish and Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese). She has two children currently attending TFS.
Sandra Wever ‘09

President, TFS Alumni Association
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Sandra is a marketing strategist and business leader with a passion for bringing provocative new ideas to life. Sandra is the Director, Media at FanDuel Canada and manages North America's #1 Sportsbook's paid media investment in Canada, building best-in-class advertising solutions that drive real business results.

Sandra brings a unique cross-discipline approach to tackling business challenges, with a skill set that spans across marketing strategy, communications planning, media investment, client service, sponsorship, digital integration and digital transformation, which includes best practice approaches to performance, social media, data and technology.

As a proud alumni of TFS, Sandra hopes to create even stronger ties among the alumni community. She is eager to focus on growing various programs, events and working hand-in-hand with the school to develop an alumni strategic plan.

Nomination Process

Typically, interested and qualified TFS community members who are nominated for consideration, may be invited to join a Board Committee for a one-year term. Later, if it is mutually agreed upon by the Committee member and the Board, the Committee member may then be nominated to join the Board. Members of the TFS community are encouraged to self-nominate or to nominate others who may be interested in volunteering for a Committee role.

If you have any questions about the TFS Board of Directors or the nominations process, please contact Rehana Persad, Board Administrator. If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else, please fill in the nomination form below, which will be submitted automatically.