Plan Sponsors and Sponsors' Committee

The CAAT Pension Plan has three Sponsors, comprising both Employer and Employee organizations. These groups launched the Plan as a separate entity in 1995. Through the Sponsors' Committee, they ensure that appropriate benefits and funding are in place.

The Sponsors' Committee is made up of four Employer and four Employee members who belong to the three groups that established the Plan. Two Co-Chairs are appointed to preside over the Committee meetings. One Co-Chair represents the Employee members and the other represents the Employer members. Each presides over the Committee meetings on a rotating basis until the end of their one-year terms.

Plan Sponsors

Colleges Ontario, acting on behalf of the Boards of Governors of the Colleges
OCASA - Ontario College Administrative Staff Association
OPSEU - Ontario Public Service Employees Union

Members of the Sponsors' Committee

		Marilou Martin (Co-chair) Marilou Martin has served as an Employee representative since 2010, and previously from 1996 to 2000, and is Co Chair of the Committee. She has 23 years’ experience at George Brown College, and is currently a Cooperative Education Officer with business students. Local President for OPSEU Local 557, Ms. Martin is on the Board of Governors for the college.
		Jeff Zabudsky (Co-chair) Jeff Zabudsky was appointed as the Employer representative in 2012. He is President and CEO Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, a position he assumed in 2010. Dr. Zabudsky has worked at post-secondary institutions in Nova Scotia, Ontario and Alberta, including six years as President and CEO of Red River College in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
		Barbara Cameron Barbara Cameron has served as an Employer representative since 1999. She has been Vice President, Finance and Administration, at Fleming College since 1991. Ms. Cameron is a Certified Management Accountant.
		Stephen Campbell Stephen Campbell has served as an Employer representative since 1995. He is the CFO of the Canadian Medical Protective Association. A Chartered Financial Analyst, he also oversees the Association’s $2.8 billion investment portfolio and its actuarial function. Mr. Campbell was the Director of Finance at Algonquin College from 1986 to 1998.
		Rick Helman Rick Helman has served as an Employee representative since 2007. Director, Financial Planning, at Loyalist College, he has 24 years of experience at the college, and is the President and a founding member of OCASA. Mr. Helman is a Certified General Accountant.
		Peggy McCallum Peggy McCallum has served as an Employer representative since 2005. She is Partner and head of the pension and benefits practice group at the law firm of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin. She has been practicing pension and employee benefits law for 26 years.
		Kim Macpherson Kim Macpherson was appointed as an Employee representative in 2012. Ms. Macpherson is a Benefits Counsellor at OPSEU.
		Damian Wiechula Damien Wiechula has served as an Employee representative since 2008. He has been teaching mathematics, science and business in the Technology and Business divisions at George Brown College for almost 30 years. As well as First Vice President and Chief Steward of Local 556, he has also been Union Co Chair of the College Workload Monitoring Group.

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