Janice Barnett is a strong believer in volunteerism and community service. A graduate of Trinity College, UofT in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, she has spent many years in the broadcast advertising industry with the CBC as an advertising sales professional. Janice is the proud parent of two sons: her eldest attends Northern and her youngest is at Bessborough P.S. As Past Co-Chair of the Bedford Park Parent Council, Janice co-ordinated the annual fundraising Community Night. She currently serves as Co-treasurer of the Northern School Council and was elected Ward 11 PIAC rep. She organizes the Bedford/Wanless Ratepayers’ Spring Fair. In her spare time, she enjoys learning new languages, landscape design and staying active.
Nadine Clarke
Treasurer
Nadine currently works as an Eligibility Official with a Provincial Regulatory Agency. She holds accreditation in Instructing Adults from George Brown College and in Marketing from York University. Nadine is also the founder of a training company, which specializes in delivering practice-driven, experiential skills coaching that is tailored to meet the specific professional development needs of administrative professionals.
Dave Davenport
Director
Dave attended Northern in the early 1990s and was quarterback of the football team. He was also athlete of the year in 1993 and went on to attend the University of Pennsylvania where he continued playing football and competing in track and field.
Today, Dave is Senior Director of Product Development at Manulife Financial. He also has a deep Marketing background and is eager to assist the Foundation with his skill set.
Matt Kassirer
Director
Matt attended Northern in the 1990s, loved his Northern experience, and was Students Council President his final year. Art director, writer and brand thinker at Komposit Creative, Matt is always in pursuit of design excellence and great storytelling. His clients range across sectors: theatre and television, travel and lifestyle, medical tech, law and education. He is energized by people who are doing important work – from environmental advocates, to tech entrepreneurs, to educators. Matt is excited to bring his creative skill set to the Foundation. Exciting things are afoot!
Elisa Prashad
Director
Elisa Prashad is a marketing professional with 20+ years experience in real estate, healthcare and the financial industry. She is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art & Design University. She has held senior marketing roles as Vice-President of Amica Senior Lifestyles as well as Vice-President at Origin Active Lifestyles – both national senior housing companies. Elisa now owns her own marketing consulting firm – Boomer Branding, working with clients to reach the 55+ demographic. She is a graduate of Northern Secondary School where her eldest son currently attends. Her younger son attends the Toronto French School. She has lived in Mid-Town Toronto her entire life and when not working enjoys ballet, kayaking and painting.
Gail Robertson-Whitworth
Vice President
Gail is a proud graduate of Northern. Both of her parents also attended Northern, shortly after it opened in the early ’30s, and both her daughter and son graduated from Northern. Gail taught Home Economics, Family Studies, Social Science, and Humanities for 36 years in the TDSB. Her final 16 years teaching were at Northern as the department head. For over 36 years, Gail has served on many school, board, ministry and professional provincial organizations with experience as member, convenor and administrator.
Jackalyn Scroggie
President
Jackie Scroggie is a former Principal of Northern Secondary School and proud mother of John Scroggie, a graduate of Northern. With over 40 years of service in public education, Jackie has recently worked as a Principal Coach for the Ontario Principals’ Council and as a Field Researcher for Curriculum Services Canada. A former President of the Toronto Eglinton Rotary Club and a member of the Canadian Federation of University Women, Jackie has served on the board of Delisle Youth Services and several other community organizations.
Holli Verkade
Secretary
Holli Verkade is a retired TDSB teacher who has spent most of her career teaching Mathematics to Northern Students. She also served as secretary for NSSF for three years. She is pleased to rejoin the Foundation and looks forward to working with the Board.
Gail Robertson-Whitworth – 2018 – present
Cynthia Chaplin 2015 - 2017
Gail Jacobs 2010 - 2013 Jim Best 2009 - 2010 David Jones 2007 - 2009 Jim Hutton 2006 Jean Probyn 1999-2006
Treasurer:
Nadine Clark 2019 – present
Liane deGooyer-Gariepy 2017 - 2019 Dickin Lam 2015 - 2016 Mark Kohler 2012 - 2014 Mike Chesher 2010 - 2012 Wen Liu 2008 - 2010 Marcus Christensen 2007
Kent Moore 2006 - 2007 David Moore 2005 Mary Louise Jones 2003 - 2005
Nancy Wang 2002 Joe Luszczek 1999 - 2002
Secretary:
Holli Verkade 2019 – present
Colleen Reed 2015 - 2018
Jonathan Isaac 2012 - 2015
Becky Organ 2011 - 2012
Ronni Brott 2008 - 2011 David Elliott 2006 - 2008 John Lombardi 2006 Holli Verkade 2002 - 2005
Bruce Robb 1999 - 2002
Directors and Ex-officio
(EXO – non voting)
Debbie Barton Moore Gary Chen Mary Laszlo Ron Dimock Stephanie Lauber Wendy Dines David Lockwood Jackalyn Scroggie (EXO) Sharon Grossman Andrew Tsang Jean Hammond Dan Dominic Alex Gladwell Margaret Bennett
Marie Scarland James
Kim Taylor
Zoltan Koritar Bob Milne (EXO) Catherine Schuler Susan Lancaster Donna Walsh Sudhi Menon Varla Abrams (EXO) Leanne Lewis Derek Tsang Bryon Whit Oliver Hibbs Daniel Rodic
Jane Steele Moore
Charles Wyatt Liane Soles Andrea Petroff Suri Weinberg Linsky Dan Burns Gail Jacobs (EXO) Eva Pathak (EXO) Anne Marie Paraghamian
Magdalena Bracer Daniel Hutton Robert Beute Cindy English Ashlyn O’Mara
Amy Gowans Alex Stephen Beverly Manchee Sara (Opoku) Bond Julian Markowitz Yeugenia Kazantseva (EXO) Stephanie Holbik (EXO) Linda Johnson Jennifer Wittig Dean Rogers Holly Henderson (EXO) Josie Gillespie (EXO) Cherie Daniel Nicole Bucher
Student Council Senator Representative
(NON VOTING RIGHTS)
Minisa Kane 2019 - 2020 Miles Moser 2018 - 2019 Laura Williams 2017 - 2018 Julia Thomas 2016 - 2017
Frank Li 2015 - 2016 Jayun Bae 2014 - 2015 Braun Scott 2013 - 2014 Joseph Chusid 2012 - 2013
Claire Chen 2011 - 2012 Max Berger 2010 - 2011 Daniel Sorek 2009 - 2010
Rejuana Alam 2008 - 2009
Arielle Kaplan 2007 - 2008
Matt Kaplan 2006 - 2007