Donna Cansfield
Chair
Retired – formerly Ontario MPP and Chief Government Whip
Retired – formerly Ontario Liberal Party
Donna has spent much of her career within the education sector occupying numerous positions. From 1988-2003 she was the Trustee with the Etobicoke School Board and the Toronto District School Board. She has been a Member of the Metropolitan Toronto School Board, President of the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association, President of the Canadian School Boards Association and Chair of the Toronto District School Board.
Dan Markovich
Past Chair
Retired – formerly Associated Partner
Retired – formerly Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting
Prior to his retirement in 2014, Dan was an associate partner in the Investment Consulting practice at Aon Hewitt and supported clients in the greater Toronto area as well as in Eastern Ontario. After nearly 40 years in pension finance, investments and consulting, Dan proudly bears the scars from stagflation, currency crises, meltdowns, reckless conservatism and irrational exuberance. His clients included pension funds, endowments, insurers and special purpose funds in the corporate, university, municipal government and not-for-profit sectors.
J. Talbot Babineau, CFA
Vice Chair
President & CEO
IBV Capital
Talbot founded IBV Capital and is responsible for portfolio management and setting the firm’s strategic vision. Talbot has over a decade of value investing experience. In 2010, he was engaged by two highly successful Canadians to form and manage their Family Office. The Family Office experienced tremendous success under his management and, in 2014, Talbot founded IBV Capital and launched IBV Capital Global Value Fund.
Emmanuel Binaday
Partner & Director
Forbes Capital & Treasury Advisor Inc.
Manny Binaday is the founder and principal consultant of EJB Business Consultant. Manny specializes in assisting small and medium sized enterprises in arranging and negotiating senior debt financing and treasury / cash management solutions. Manny also has a real estate development company in Coron, Palawan, Philippines where he built the Rapsa Nui food park in a tourist area of the islands.
Dawn Bowdish, PhD
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Aging & Immunity
McMaster University
Dr. Dawn Bowdish is a Professor at McMaster University and a Canada Research Chair in Aging & Immunity. Dr. Bowdish investigates the changes in the aging immune system that make older adults vulnerable to pneumonia and how the microbes that naturally live on us keep dangerous pathogens at bay. Her research team aims to discover novel treatments to protect older adults from infection by improving their immune systems and harnessing the power of the microbes that live on and in us (“the microbiome”).
Keely Renee Cameron, LLB, GEeMBA
Partner
Bennett Jones LLP
Keely is a commercial litigator. She has spent much of her career as legal counsel, representing a regulatory board and in her current role advises corporate boards. She has experience as a director through her involvement with Calgary Greeters and Breast Cancer Supportive Care. She first became involved with the Lung Health Foundation through the governance committee. Keely is currently completing the Directors Education Program.
Kirsty Duncan
Former Minister of Science, Sport, and Persons with Disabilities, Deputy House Leader of the Government, and former Member of Parliament
The Hon. Kirsty Duncan was elected to federal office five times. She served as Canada’s Minister of Science, Sport, and Persons with Disabilities, led G7, G20, and UN ministerial delegations, and served as the Deputy House Leader of the Government.
Dr. Duncan also served on the COVID-19 cabinet committee and created and chaired the inaugural session of the Standing Committee on Science and Research in the House of Commons. She served as Vice-Chair of the Standing Committees on Health, Environment and Sustainable Development, and the Status of Women, and as a Member of the Council of Economic Advisors for Scotland.
John Guest, BA, Management Certificate
Retired – formerly Director of Marketing & Sales
Retired – formerly PNI Digital Media
John is a retired marketing and sales executive with thirty years of experience profitably managing diverse traditional and digital lines of businesses and cross-functional teams. Having successfully worked for and with some of the world’s most recognized retail brands he is adept at driving innovation and effectively managing change in dynamic business environments.
Sarah MacIsaac, MD, FRCPC
Staff Respirologist and Assistant Professor
Dalhousie University
Dr. Sarah MacIsaac is a staff respirologist and assistant professor at Dalhousie University with a focus on interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension. She completed her undergraduate degree in Connecticut, her medical school at McMaster, her internal medicine and respirology training at McGill and her interstitial lung disease fellowship and Pulmonary Hypertension fellowships at McMaster and the Centre de Référence de l’hypertension pulmonaire at Université Paris Saclay. Her areas of interest include interstitial lung diseases, pulmonary hypertension, lung cancer treatment modalities in patients with interstitial lung disease, and reducing barriers to care for patients- specifically those who identify as LGBTQ2S+.
Andrew Mitchell, CFA
Managing Director & Portfolio Manager
RBC Global Asset Management
Andrew Mitchell is an investment leader with over two decades of experience in institutional portfolio management and multi-asset strategy. As Managing Director at RBC Global Asset Management, he leads the firm’s institutional family office practice, overseeing customized investment solutions for family offices, endowments, and corporate clients. He is a member of the Canadian Institutional Management Committee and served on the RBC GAM Proxy Voting Committee for 16 years.
Joanna Wilson
Executive Vice President, National Lead, Health & Wellness
Burson Canada
Joanna is a senior leader in health communications and advocacy with over 30 years of experience spanning strategy, science, and storytelling. She has worked with major pharmaceutical companies, public health agencies, wellness organizations, and patient advocacy groups to drive purpose-led transformation in healthcare.
Currently with Burson Canada, Joanna is helping launch the brand nationally while shaping the future of health communications. Previously, she served as Global Client Lead at Edelman for Novartis, leading one of the agency’s largest global accounts and delivering integrated strategies that expanded market reach and strengthened reputation.
