Members of the Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is responsible for the administration of the Plan. The Trustees appoint a Chair and Vice-Chair to preside over the Board meetings for a period of 18 months. One of these positions is filled by an Employee Trustee and the other by an Employer Trustee.

The Finance and Administration and Investment Committees are each composed of six Trustees, split equally between Employer and Employee representatives. The Audit Committee is composed of four Trustees, also split equally between Employer and Employee representatives.

Members of the Board of Trustees

		Darryl Bedford, Chair Darryl Bedford has served as an Employee Trustee since 2010. He became Chair of the Board in April 2013 and also sits on the Investment Committee. A professor in the School of Information Technology at Fanshawe College for over 10 years, he is Local President for OPSEU Local 110. Mr. Bedford is a Life Member of the Association for Computing Machinery and has in the past worked as a computer programmer analyst for Canada Trust.
		Donald Walcot, Vice Chair Donald Walcot has served as an Employer Trustee since 2006. He became Vice Chair of the Board in April 2013 and also sits on the Investment Committee. Advisor to a number of Canadian pension investment committees, he has in the past been Chief Investment Officer of Bimcor (the Bell Canada pension fund), President of Sun Life Investment Management, and Chief Investment Officer of the Ontario Hydro Pension Fund.  Mr. Walcot, a Chartered Financial Analyst, is a past Chair of the Pension Investment Association of Canada.
		Stephen Campbell Mr. Campbell was a founding member of the Sponsors’ Committee, appointed by OCASA, when he was Director of Finance at Algonquin College. When he left the college in 1998 to become Director of Finance and Investments at the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA), he resigned as the OCASA representative and was appointed by Colleges Ontario to remain on the Committee as an employer representative. After retiring from his role as Chief Financial Officer at the CMPA and completing 18 years on the Sponsors’ Committee, he was appointed as an Employer Trustee in January 2013. He sits on the Finance and Administration Committee.
		Harry Gibbs Harry Gibbs has served as an Employer Trustee since 2003, and is Co-Chair of the Investment Committee. An advisor to a number of Canadian pension investment committees, he has in the past been Vice President, Investments of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario, Senior Consultant in the Asset Consulting Group of Towers Perrin, and President of the Pension Investment Division of Air Canada. Mr. Gibbs has also been a Vice President and Director of the Pension Investment Association of Canada.
		Alec Ip Alec Ip has served as an Employee Trustee since 2004. He is Co-Chair of the Finance and Administration Committee. Currently Technical Co-ordinator for the Technology Department at Lambton College, he has worked as Mechanical Technologist for Lambton for over 30 years. Mr. Ip is Vice President for OPSEU Local 124.
		Lynda Rattenbury Ms. Rattenbury was appointed as an Employee Trustee in 2013. She holds the Rotating Trustee position and sits on the Finance and Administration Committee. Ms. Rattenbury was Senior Facilitator at Humber College’s Career Exploration Centre and has many years’ experience as a senior human resources practitioner and administrator of benefit plans. She holds a B.A from York University, a Human Resources diploma from the University of Toronto, a Certificate of Proficiency in Employee Benefits (CEB) from Humber College, and the CHRP designation.
		John Rigsby John Rigsby has served as an Employer Trustee since 2010. He is Co-Chair of the Audit Committee and sits on the Finance and Administration Committee. He retired in 2007 after 25 years of experience in the Ontario college system, most recently as Vice President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer at Loyalist College, and Treasurer of the Loyalist College Foundation. Mr. Rigsby is a Certified General Accountant.
		Alnasir Samji Alnasir Samji has served as an Employer Trustee since 2010, and sits on the Investment Committee and the Audit Committee. Managing Principal at Alderidge Consulting Inc., he has in the past been a Principal at Towers Perrin (now Towers Watson), specializing in pension and actuarial consulting. He is Chair of the Pension Committee on the Torstar Board of Directors, and has previously chaired the Pension Committee of the United Way of Greater Toronto. Mr. Samji is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.
		Michael Seeger Michael Seeger joined the Board of Trustees as an Employee Trustee in 2011 and sits on the Investment Committee. A Chartered Accountant, he has been the Director of Financial Services for Loyalist College since 2007 and is the former Vice President of Finance and Operations for the Campbellford Memorial Hospital. Mr. Seeger has extensive volunteer experience and is currently the Treasurer of the Bridge Street Church Foundation.
		Don Smith Mr. Smith was appointed as an Employee Trustee in 2013 and sits on the Finance and Administration Committee and the Audit Committee. He is a faculty member in the School of Business at Georgian College, where he has served for 20 years. As a Chartered Accountant, he has been a member of CICA and OICA committees concerned with member education and accounting standards development. Mr. Smith has an MBA from York University and a Diploma in Education from the University of Western Ontario.
		Beverley Townsend Beverley Townsend has served as an Employer Trustee since 2008, and is Co Chair of the Finance and Administration Committee. A health care consultant, she is a past Chair of ACAATO (precursor to Colleges Ontario), past Chair of the Loyalist College Board of Governors, and current Chair of the Loyalist College Foundation. Ms. Townsend has 30 years of management and administration experience in the public health care sector.
		Donald Wright Donald Wright has served as an Employee Trustee since 2000. He is Co-Chair of the Audit Committee and Co-Chair of the Investment Committee. A General Accountant at George Brown College, he is Treasurer for OPSEU Local 557, and has been a member of the OPSEU Resolutions Committee for 4 years, and an instructor in George Brown’s Continuing Education program for 14 years. Mr. Wright is also Treasurer of St. Hugh and St. Edmund Anglican Church and the Cornwall College Old Boys Association.

Some photos by Julie Riemersma and Katrina Schmidt, students in the Creative Photography program at Humber College