Mario Nigro

Chair

Nigro is a partner in the Toronto office of Stikeman Elliott and a member of the firm’s M&A/Private Equity Group. His practice focuses on business law, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, dispositions, and reorganizations. He has extensive experience working with private equity and venture capital clients on numerous acquisitions and dispositions.

Dawn Lavell

Director

Dr. Dawn Lavell Harvard, Ph.D., is a proud member of the Wikwemikong First Nation, the first Aboriginal Trudeau Scholar, and since joining the Board of the Ontario Native Women’s Association as a youth director back in 1994, she has worked to advance the rights of Aboriginal women locally, nationally and internationally serving as President of the Ontario Native Women’s Association, and the Native Women’s Association of Canada. She is currently helping youth achieve their dreams in her current role as Director for First Peoples House of Learning at Trent University.

Garry Green

Director

Green is the Senior Manager of Business Development and Community Services for the Toronto District School Board, and sits on both the Roots of Empathy Finance Committee and the Roots of Empathy Canadian Board. Garry was previously the Executive Director of Madison Community Services and has worked in the charitable, health and education sectors for many years.

Marta Mussacaleca

Director

Jonathan Ross Miles

Director

Jonathan is currently the Director, Corporate Treasurer for Sentrex Health Solutions; a pharmaceutical distribution and health care support provider. He has over 15 years finance experience in various industries including; Consumer Packaged Goods (Arterra Wines); Travel (G Adventures), Banking (TD Bank Group) and Pension Plans (CPP Investments). Jonathan and his wife Meighan are the founders of the Noah John Winston Miles Foundation, which provides annual support to Roots of Empathy.