TERRY COOKE

Chairman of the Board

Terry Cooke joined Hamilton Community Foundation as President & CEO in January 2010, assuming leadership of its donor development, a comprehensive cross-sector grantmaking program and community leadership in poverty reduction, the environment, arts and culture, and citizen engagement. Mr. Cooke brings to the job his leadership abilities, his wide-ranging experience, and most important, his passion for Hamilton.

Mr. Cooke is chair of the Canadian Urban Institute, and a corporate director of Northgate Properties, and The Canadian Infrastructure Development Fund.

Mr. Cooke has been serving his community for over 25 years. He was elected Chairman of the Region of Hamilton-Wentworth in 1994 and re-elected decisively in 1997. Under his leadership, the Region gained recognition as an international leader in the formation of successful public/private partnerships. He was also the primary political champion of the amalgamation of Hamilton and its former area municipalities into the new City of Hamilton in 2001. Prior to his election as Regional Chairman, Mr. Cooke was elected three times as a City and Regional Councillor for Ward One in the City of Hamilton.

Upon his retirement from political life, Mr. Cooke entered the private sector with his appointment as President and Chief Operating Officer for the Foxcroft Group of Companies, which includes Fluke Transportation, Hamilton Terminals and Fox 40 International. During Cooke’s five years leading the Foxcroft Group, the businesses enjoyed an unprecedented level of profitability.

Terry Cooke began his career in 1983 at the Ontario March of Dimes where he was Provincial Director of Housing and Support Services. During his tenure with the March of Dimes, Mr. Cooke lead the development of housing and support service programs for disabled persons in over 20 communities across Ontario.

Mr. Cooke is a past Chairman of the Hamilton-Wentworth Police Services Board and also served on the boards of GO Transit, the Greater Toronto Services, Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation and Horizon Utilities.

Terry Cooke has done a great deal of community service and volunteer work and has been recognized with awards such as Honourary Chief of Police for the Hamilton Police Service and the Queen’s Jubilee Medal for Community Service. He has recently co-chaired the capital campaign for Wellwood Resource Centre and is a member of the Board of Governors of the YMCA of Hamilton.

Mr. Cooke resides in Hamilton with his partner Maureen Wilson and their three children, Lane O’Hara, Frances and Wil. An avid athlete, Mr. Cooke enjoys squash, basketball and running and has completed numerous marathons including New York City, Chicago and Washington D.C.

terry.cooke@hcf.on.ca

CARYL ARUNDEL

Caryl has more than 20 years experience in municipal government in Toronto and in London, England. She held a range of senior positions including direct operations in housing, child care, social policy and planning, housing development, organizational and operational analysis, and political support to the Mayor of York and the Metropolitan Chairman.

Caryl currently works as an independent consultant on a range of policy and management consulting projects in the public and nonprofit sectors, including research and policy analysis, program evaluation, organizational review, strategic planning and training. Clients include public sector, community-based organizations, provincial and national nonprofit organizations, and think tanks and funders. Her policy interests are in urban governance and social and health policy. Caryl is also a part time Instructor with the Department of Politics and Public Administration and in the Nonprofit Management program at Ryerson University.

Caryl has been an active member of the Institute of Public Administration on the Board of Directors, the Research Committee and Service to Members Committee and continues her involvement with the Toronto Regional Group of IPAC. Caryl also has volunteer experience with a number of nonprofit community based organizations in Toronto.

Caryl holds an MPA from the School of Policy Studies, Queen's University and an MSc in Planning Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has an undergraduate degree in urban geography from the University of Toronto.

carundel@sympatico.ca

IAN CLARK

A Rhodes scholar and member of the Order of Canada, Mr. Ian Clark received an Honours Bachelor of Science in physics and chemistry (1966) from the University of British Columbia, a doctor of philosophy (1969) from the University of Oxford and a Masters in public policy (1972) from the Harvard Kennedy School.

Clark is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Toronto’s School of Public Policy and Governance after serving for nine years as the President of Council of Ontario Universities. Mr. Clark worked in the federal public service for 22 years in a variety of positions, including Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, Deputy Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and Secretary of the Treasury Board. He subsequently served on the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund and as a partner in the accounting/consulting firm KPMG.

Mr. Clark is a Senior Fellow of Massey College and is the author of numerous articles on public sector management and higher education. In 2009 he was co-author of the book Academic Transformation: The Forces Reshaping Higher Education in Ontario. He is Chair of the Statistics Canada Advisory Committee on Postsecondary Education Statistics, Chair of the Audit Committee for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, a member of the Audit Committee for Health Canada and Chair of the Accreditation Board for the Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration.

MARK ENTWISTLE

Mark Entwistle is a private sector consultant who specializes in public policy issue management, government relations, strategic communications and global business intelligence. As a professional Canadian diplomat for 16 years, he served in Canadian embassies in Moscow (1986-1989) and Tel Aviv (1983-1985), and was Ambassador of Canada to Cuba from 1993-1997.

In 1990, Mark was a senior aide to the Canadian Foreign Minister responsible for parliamentary affairs. From 1991-1993, he served as director of communications and Press Secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada. Mark was Chief of Staff and communications advisor to the leader of a national political party from 1999-2000 and continues a private practice in reputation architecture as partner in The Endeavor Group.

He is a leading world expert on Cuba and Cuba business and is President of Chibas Consulting Inc.
Mark is a Director of several corporations both public and private.

In his non-profit commitment, he is Vice-Chair of Psychology Beyond Borders, Co-Chair of Faiths Act Canada and a Director of The Belinda Stronach Foundation."

jfarrow@lea.ca

MELANIE HARE

Melanie Hare is Partner with Urban Strategies. She is an urban planner with over 10 years' experience in the consulting world. Ms. Hare holds a BA from the University of Toronto in Economics and Urban Studies. She graduated in 1992 from the Technical University of Nova Scotia with a Masters of Urban and Rural Planning and was recipient of the Governor General's Gold Medal.

Prior to her employment at Urban Strategies, Ms. Hare worked with Mark Dorfman Consultant, Bousfield Dale-Harris, Cutler and Smith, Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association and for the Canadian Urban Institute. She is a Registered Professional Planner and a member of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute and Canadian Institute of Planners.

At Urban Strategies, Ms. Hare has worked on master plans and reinvestment strategies and routinely analyses and prepares policy documents. Her understanding of community dynamics, urban form and economic realities has led to relevant and practical solutions to a variety of urban development challenges. Ms. Hare has had an ongoing role in the Toronto’s waterfront renewal effort, prepared a policy paper for the Ontario Professional Planners Institute: Exploring Growth Management Roles in Ontario: Learning from “Who Does What” Elsewhere and has also played key roles on projects outside Canada, including projects in Detroit, Hartford and Barbados.

mhare@urbanstrategies.com

bob.onyschuk@gowlings.com

ed.sajecki@mississauga.ca