The team that will help transition John Tory into his role as mayor includes key members of his campaign team, mayoral candidate David Soknacki, and non-profit, business and academic leaders
“The best transition team is people that have the knowledge of city hall both at bureaucracy and the political scene. But also some outside people that will have a fresh perspective.”
- Case Ootes, former deputy mayor
The full list of the new teams:
Transition team
Case Ootes, former deputy mayor
Rod Phillips, chair of CivicAction
Christopher Eby, chief of staff to the Mayor-elect
Vic Gupta, principal secretary to the Mayor-elect
Joe Halstead, former commissioner of economic Development for the city
Nick Kouvalis, Tory campaign advisor
Susan McIsaac, president and CEO of the United Way Toronto
Arthur Lofsky, former advisor to Ontario Finance Ministers Sobara and Duncan
Shirley Hoy, former Toronto city manager
Teresa Di Felice, director of government and community relations, for CAA South Central Ontario.
Transition Advisory Council
Geoff Cape, founder and CEO of Evergreen
Ken Chan, vice-president of advocacy, research and healthcare for Cystic Fibrosis Canada
Alvin Curling, former speaker in the Ontario Legislature
Mohamed Dhanani, executive officer for Ismaili Council of Canada
Michelle DiEmanuele, president and CEO of Trillium Health Partners
Robert Foster, founder and president of Capital Canada
Nikki Holland, director of public affairs for Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario
Blake Hutcheson, president and CEO of Oxford Properties
Sharifa Khan, board member for Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Sheldon Levy, president of Ryerson University;
Marnie McBean, Olympian;
Eric Miller, University of Toronto professor
Micheal Nobrega, former president and CEO of Omers
Gail Nyberg, executive director of the Daily Bread Food Bank
Sevaun Palvetzian, CEO of the Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance
Rod Phillips, chair of CivicAction;
Saad Rafi, CEO of the 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games
David Soknacki, former Toronto city councillor
Steve Upton, vice president of Tridel and chair of BILD (Building Industry and Land Development Association)
Gordon Cressy, president of George Brown College Foundation
Via Mayor-elect John Tory names his transition team
Mohamed Dhanani previously ran for Councillor in Ward 26 in 2010 and lost by only a few hundred votes.
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