McMichael
Board of Trustees

Andrew Pringle worked in the investment business at RBC Capital Markets from 1972 to 2002, where he retired as Managing Director, Head of Global Fixed Income and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He was also one of the founding directors of Freedom International Brokerage in 1987.

In 2009, Andy and his two business partners founded RPIA, a fixed income asset management firm. RPIA began with six employees and $25 million in assets under management, and has now grown to 120 employees, managing $20+ billion for a individuals, families, institutions, and investment advisors across Canada. Andy is a Principal of the firm and serves as Chair.

Andy also chairs the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and the Canadian Foundation for Aids Research (CANFAR). He is a member of the board of Fidelity Canada LTD, the Atlantic Salmon Federation, the Shaw Festival Foundation and Mount Sinai Health Foundation. He is a former Chair of the Shaw Festival, the Toronto Police Services Board, and the Board of Governors of Upper Canada College. He also Chaired the PC Ontario Fund from 2004 to 2008, ran unsuccessfully as a candidate in the October 2007 Provincial election after which he served as Chief of Staff at Queen’s Park to the Leader of the Official Opposition, John Tory, from December 2007 to June 2009.

In 2016, Andy was awarded the Order of Canada. He lives in Toronto with his wife, broadcaster Valerie Pringle.

Tony has over 30 years of experience in providing both advisory and assurance services to a wide range of entities, focusing primarily on global asset managers and real estate entities, including reporting issuers registered with both the Ontario Securities Commission and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as institutional investors.

Tony serves as the Canadian sector leader for Asset Management and Real Estate, and is a member of the Firm’s Global Executive for both sectors. In this role, he has overall responsibility for collaboration across Deloitte’s Asset Management and Real Estate network, including innovation and thought leadership, regional delivery of certain services and the development of industry programs and competencies across the member firms.

Tony previously led the public company audit practice in Canada and IFRS and Securities Offering Services practice in Toronto.

Specific expertise and experience that Tony brings in serving his clients include financial reporting, business process and internal controls, risk management and capital markets transactions in Canada and the United States, as well as a strong fundamental understanding of valuation and taxation.

Community affiliations

Canadian-Italian Business and Professional Association – President

Catholic Children Aid Foundation – Chair

Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto – Past President

Drew Fagan is a professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, where he teaches in the graduate degree program and leads other university initiatives.

Drew also is a senior advisor at McMillan Vantage Policy Group, a national public affairs firm affiliated with the law firm McMillan.

Drew previously spent 12 years in leadership positions with the governments of Ontario and Canada.

With Ontario, he was Deputy Minister of Infrastructure. He was also Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, with responsibility for the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games.

Drew joined the Ontario Public Service from the federal government, where he was Assistant Deputy Minister for policy planning at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (now Global Affairs Canada). Before becoming a public servant, he worked at The Globe and Mail, including as parliamentary bureau chief, editorial page editor, foreign editor, associate editor of Report on Business and Washington correspondent.

Drew also serves on the board of governors of the Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall. He is co-director of the Ontario 360 initiative, a senior fellow with the Public Policy Forum and a member of the advisory board of the Canada Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre in Washington, D.C.

Drew holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen’s University and a Master of Arts degree from Western University. He received his ICD.D designation from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, in 2017.

Over the last 20 years, Debra has been involved with design & construction spanning high-end residential, retail, and commercial projects. While her initial studies focused on science where she graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and then pursued Masters level courses in Ecotoxicology she was more drawn to design. After a short period of time spent in advertising, she decided to study and graduate from a FIDER accredited 3-year program in Interior Design.

Debra has a passion for great design, creative solutions, and incorporating new and cutting edge materials into every project. The result is a unique collaboration between the client’s personal tastes or commercial goals and the designer’s vision and expertise. She is committed to the highest level of quality in every part of the process from design concept to project completion.

With a background in both architectural design and construction, Debra possesses the ability to see any size project through from ideation to conclusion while ensuring client budgets and time constraints are met.

Her lifelong enthusiasm for life and travel combines with the belief that good design should respond to changes and challenges, be accessible on any budget, and be an inspirational element in everyday life to incite interest, exploration, and alternative ways of thinking.

Committed to environmental issues for the last 25 years, she has acquired her LEED Accredited Professional status and promotes the incorporation of design-forward, earth-friendly elements into all of her designs. Her work embodies a contemporary aesthetic style with clean lines while incorporating individual customized finishes that reflect her client’s personalities or the qualities of the brand.

Rand Lomas is a partner of the Fasken Martineau law firm in Toronto and the Chairman Emeritus of IMCD Canada Limited. Rand practiced corporate and securities law actively with the Fasken Martineau firm from 1977 until 2008. From 2008 until 2017 he was the Chairman and CEO of L. V. Lomas Limited (now IMCD Canada Limited), one of North America’s largest chemical products distributors.  He has served as a director and officer of a number of public and private Canadian corporations and continues to serve as a director and officer of IMCD Canada Limited and as the Chairman and CEO of Labrador Holdings Limited, a privately-held investment management firm.

Rand holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Law from Carleton University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Windsor Law School.  He earned the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors of the Rotman School of Management of the University of Toronto in 2009. He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the Law Society of Ontario.

Rand has also served as a volunteer Director and Officer of St. George’s Golf and Country Club and has held other volunteer positions in a number of amateur sports organizations. His interests include art, golf, hockey, skiing and tennis. Rand has been actively involved with the McMichael Canadian Art Collection since 2018 and was appointed a Trustee in 2020.  Rand is currently the Chair of the Art Advisory Committee at McMichael.

Le is a dynamic and accomplished business professional with a diverse background in strategic planning, marketing, sales, and business management. Throughout her career, she has consistently demonstrated a track record of success, excelling in various leadership roles and earning recognition for her outstanding achievements and contributions. Le has been honored with prestigious awards such as the Mississauga Board of Trade’s Businessperson of the Year, Registered Professional Accountant Women’s Entrepreneur Award, and Innovation Guelph Pitch Competition winner. Currently serving as the CEO of Nurture Growth Biofertilizer, Le’s company has also garnered accolades, including the MBOT Environment Sustainability Award and the OSEA Green Energy Doors Open Award. Furthermore, her entrepreneurial prowess has been acknowledged by Disruption Magazine, which featured her start-up as one to watch.

With a strong emphasis on collaboration, innovation, and strategic vision, Le continues to drive growth and create a meaningful impact across various industries. Additionally, she generously lends her expertise as a member of the advisory boards for several start-up companies.

When not immersed in her professional endeavors, Le dedicates her spare time to volunteering with organizations that focus on resettling refugees, developing leadership within the Vietnamese community, and promoting Vietnamese culture. Her philanthropic efforts have garnered attention, with features in renowned publications such as Toronto Life’s 50th Anniversary Edition, the Toronto Star, and The Guardian.

Michelle Meneley is an enthusiastic and committed volunteer and fundraiser whose primary interests are human rights, mental health and visual art.  She is Co-Vice Chair of the Human Rights Watch Canada Committee and sits on the Executive, Nominating and Film Festival committees.  She is also the Chair of Corporate Fundraising for Partners in Art, an organization that champions contemporary visual art within Canada and was a founding member and Chair of Corporate Fundraising for Landmarks2017/Repères2017, a national, multidisciplinary art initiative with Parks Canada to commemorate Canada’s sesquicentennial.

Michelle was on the Board of Directors for the Child Development Institute for 6 years and the Board of Directors of Sheena’s Place, an organization offering programs and counselling for individuals with eating disorders for 5 years.  She has also co-chaired Bloor Street Entertains, the fundraising gala for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research and the Upper Canada College Believe in Blue Gala raising money for financial scholarships.  She is currently on the Board of the Lake of Bays Tennis Club and is a competitive figure skating judge with SkateCanada.  She received her BSc in Rehabilitation Medicine from Western University, her MSc in Community Health from the University of Toronto and is currently pursuing graduate studies in global health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University.  Michelle lives in Toronto with her husband Pat and 5 children.

Born, raised, and first educated in Sault Ste. Marie, Karen McCleave has lived within the uniquely beautiful scenes that inspire so much of the art of Canada. Experiences around Georgian Bay and Haliburton have further developed her appreciation of the natural brilliance of our landscape.

After receiving her law degree from the University of Windsor, she dedicated herself to public service. Joining the Crown Attorney’s Office, Karen prosecuted criminal cases on behalf of the community, primarily in York Region, Dufferin, and Simcoe Counties. She handled a varied caseload, including domestic and sexual assault, child abuse, complex fraud, and homicide. She had carriage of many high-profile and sensitive matters, such as those involving victims with intellectual and physical challenges. Karen was the Crown representative on stakeholder committees, including regional child abuse protocols and community partnering.

During her career, Karen was honoured with the Doug Lucas Award for Excellence in the Pursuit of Justice through Science and two Ontario Excelsior Awards for Outstanding Achievement.

Combining her dedication to educating others with public speaking, she taught Crown colleagues, municipal, provincial, and military police, provincial prosecutors, paralegals and community organizations throughout Ontario. She spoke at numerous conferences.

Upon departing the Crown Attorney’s Office, Karen further served in 2017-2018 as a policy advisor to a Senator in Ottawa.

Her Board involvement has included both professional and public agencies. She was, inter alia, on the Editorial Board for the Ontario Crown Attorneys Newsletter and the Board of Directors of Blue Hills (now York Hills) Child and Family Centre, a youth and family mental health agency. Through these and other experiences, Karen developed experience in governance, by-laws and policies concerning not-for-profit agencies.

Karen has fundraised to support local, Canadian, and international charities. She has also volunteered for the Salvation Army, the Courthouse Food Bank Drive, and the Simcoe County High School Mock Trial program.

Karen enjoys art exhibitions and tours, standardbred and thoroughbred horse-racing, her book club, travelling, and hiking.

Stacie Stanton received a Bachelor of Commerce (BComm – Hons) degree from Queen’s University and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from Osgoode Hall Law School.

From 1993 until 2000, Stacie practised law in Toronto in the areas of commercial litigation, insurance defence, professional negligence, and class actions. She appeared as counsel before all levels of court in Ontario, as well as the Federal Court and administrative tribunals. She helped teach trial advocacy at Osgoode Hall Law School through the Moot Trial program.

Since 2010, Stacie has been the Editor of the weekly newspaper, the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, North America’s oldest continuously running newspaper.

Stacie has been actively involved in corporate governance, sitting on numerous Boards, including serving as Board Chair of The Country Day School, Governance Chair for Southlake Foundation, and the King City Cemetery Board. Most recently, Stacie has served on the Board of Southlake Regional Health Centre since 2013 and is currently the Chair of the Governance and People Committee. She has engaged in Board leadership, strategy development and volunteer fundraising for non-profit organizations for over 25 years.

In 2004, Stacie co-founded a local annual charity event raising over $600,000 for women and children in need in York Region. She also participates in the Ladies in Philanthropy for Southlake and the King Township Women of Influence supporting Seneca College, King.
Stacie lives on a farm in King Township with her husband while their three grown children work and live in Toronto.

Leslie is a Real Estate Agent with Re/Max Hallmark York Group Realty Ltd., as well as a corporate-commercial and estate planning lawyer currently practising as a sole practitioner and formerly with the law firm of Bratty and Partners. Recent community involvement includes having served as Director and Co-Chair for the Kingscross Ratepayers’ Association protecting the legacy of a unique neighbourhood, and on various parent organizations with King City Secondary School and The Country Day School.

Gillian Whitebread has over 20 years of experience in HR leadership roles. She has worked across a number of industries including Health Services, HR Professional Services, Financial Services and Retail. For the last five years, Gillian was the Chief Human Resources Officer of TELUS Health. Gillian joined TELUS Health through the LifeWorks/Morneau Shepell acquisition, where she held the position of CHRO. At TELUS Health, Gillian was accountable for developing and executing the global people strategy to enable TELUS Health’s business growth while fostering an inclusive, purpose driven culture centred around total wellbeing. As CHRO, she was also a TELUS Health client, leveraging TELUS Health’s products and services to deliver best in class employee experiences to promote team members’ wellbeing and enable them to be brand ambassadors.

For over 20 years, Gillian has enabled businesses by building diverse high performing teams; fostering inclusive workplaces; focusing on the top people priorities to enable the business strategy; and designing engaging, brand aligned employee experiences. Immediately prior to joining TELUS Health, Gillian was a member of the Human Resources Management Committee at CIBC and held the positions of Vice-President, Human Resources, Technology and Operations and Vice-President Executive Talent Management and Workforce Analytics. During this time, she was also accountable for leading the Bank’s Diversity and Inclusion Team, a period during which CIBC was named one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers and was recognized for its commitment to Gender Diversity by being included in Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index.

Gillian graduated from Queen’s University with a Bachelor of Commerce and holds an MBA with distinction from the Richard Ivey School of Business and a Certified HR Leader and Certified HR Professional designation from the Human Resources Professionals Association. She has also completed the Board Compensation Committee Programs at both Rotman and Harvard Business Schools. In addition to Gillian’s community involvement at the McMichael, Gillian chairs the People & Culture Committee and sits on the Board of Governors at her son’s school and is an Executive in Residence at the Richard Ivey School of Business.

Sabrina Zuniga is an entrepreneur and former educator with a passion for learning and community engagement. She has transformational, government relations, strategic direction, and governance expertise in SMEs and NFP sectors.

She currently sits on the Advisory Board for a Toronto start-up and runs an academic thinktank where she specializes in political and social issues.

After a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree, Sabrina earned her PhD in Higher Education from the University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, where she studied post-secondary student learning as students engage in the innovative and creative process of research.

Dr. Zuniga is active in the community volunteering at CAMH, and for various charities and organizations, and mentoring young women scholars. She has been on the Board of non-profit foundations, including as Vice Chair of the Board for the Breast Cancer Society of Canada.

Sabrina has a love of the arts and is eager to continue the great programming and work of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.

Sabrina and her husband, Juan Carlos Zuniga-Pflucker, a scientist and professor, have two children, Nicolas, a civil engineer, and Riley, a university student.