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.
Donna has also been ingrained in provincial politics. From 2003 2014 Donna served as an elected Provincial Member of the Legislature Etobicoke Centre. She was appointed Parliamentary Assistant (PA) to the Energy Minister in 2003, and then became the Minister of Energy in 2005. She was reassigned as Minister of Transportation in 2006.
After the 2007 election, Cansfield became Ontario’s Minister of Natural Resources, where she served until 18 January 2010, following which she was appointed as PA to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
In 2011, she was appointed as PA to the Minister of Economic Development and Innovation and in 2012 as PA to the Minister of Finance. In February 2013 as part of the Wynne government, she was appointed as chief government whip.
Within the health space, Donna has spent time as Palliative Care Volunteer Support, and currently serves on various Boards of charitable health non-profits.
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.
Before joining Aon Hewitt in 2005, Dan had co-founded the independent pension advisory firm ARDAN Fund Oversight and has held executive positions with TD Asset Management and the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System. He has also lectured on investment theory and practice at Ryerson University.
Dan was previously a member of the Pension Investment Association of Canada. He is also a former Chair of the Association of Canadian Pension Management and its Ontario Regional Council. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in International Economics from the University of Windsor.
Now that he has retired, Dan aims to balance family activities with volunteering and checking off items on his bucket list. He is married to Pat, with whom he has three adult children and looks forward to spoiling a growing brood of grandchildren. Dan and Pat are avid wilderness paddlers and also have trekked extensively across northern Spain, Italy, the U.K., Galapagos Islands, Peru, Patagonia, India, Nepal, Bhutan and Ontario’s Algonquin Park and Bruce Trail.
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.
Prior to forming the Family Office and founding IBV Capital, Talbot held various positions at institutional real estate firms where he was responsible for investment activities and strategic planning.
Talbot is a CFA Charterholder and earned an Honours Economics and Financial Management degree from Wilfrid Laurier University.
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.
Manny was a long time commercial banker with several of the Canadian banks in the GTA where he supported a team of commercial bankers in Peel Region and Toronto. In one of his roles, he managed a portfolio of high value not-for-profit and charitable organizations where he volunteered his time as a photographer with several of the clients for many charitable events.
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.
Before entering politics, Dr. Duncan was an Associate Professor of Health Studies, University of Toronto at Scarborough Campus, and an Associate Professor of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Windsor.
She has received numerous awards and honours, including an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Edinburgh, CSPC Trailblazer Award for Policy for Science, Knowledge Millennium Award from the India Chamber of Commerce, and Pioneer in Healthcare Policy Award from the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics in the United States.
A life-long athlete, dancer, and dance teacher, Dr. Duncan competed in marathons, half Ironman triathlons, and gymnastics, and she coached and judged many sports.
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.
John has previous board experience having sat on the Board of Directors for WestPark Healthcare Centre for eight years and is currently a board member for Music Care which trains healthcare and support workers how to leverage music in ongoing care environments. John joined the marketing council for the Lung Health Foundation in 2020. He now is Chair of the marketing council and in the Spring of 2024 became a member of the Lung Health Foundation Board of Directors.
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.
Prior to joining RBC in 2008, Andrew was a Managing Director at a leading Canadian investment bank, where he was repeatedly ranked as Canada’s top equities analyst for media and communications. Known for his innovative approach to portfolio construction, he has played a key role in developing equity and alternative investment solutions now widely used by institutional investors.
Andrew holds a CFA designation, a Master of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from Western University.
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.
Her career includes work across a wide range of therapeutic areas—from oncology and respiratory health to mental health and women’s health—supporting clients like AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Merck, Roche, and leading health NGOs. She has earned multiple industry awards, including a Cannes Lion and two North American Gold SABREs.
Joanna holds degrees from Queen’s University and the University of Toronto, along with a post-graduate certificate in Public Relations from Humber College. She has served on the boards of the Cancer Research Society and the Canadian Institute for Advancements in Mental Health, and currently contributes her expertise to the Lung Health Foundation and Women Leaders in Pharma.