Banting Research Foundation Board of Trustees
Honourary Patron
Mrs. Nona MacDonald Heaslip
Retired Public Relations Executive
The Board of Trustees
Dr. Catharine Whiteside
Chair of the Board
Ms. Molly Verrier
Vice-Chair
Associate Professor Emeritus
Former Chair of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto
Mr. Donald Guloien
Chair, Governance Committee
Founder, Guloien Capital, Past President and Chief Executive Officer of Manulife
Mr.Gerald Lokash
Treasurer
Chair, Audit, Finance & Investment Committee
Retired C.A./Chartered Professional Accountant and Business Advisor
Ms. Shanon Grauer
Secretary
Counsel, INQ Law
Retired senior partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Dr. Alain Beaudet
Trustee
Former President, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Former President & CEO, Fonds de la recherche en santé du du Québec (FRSQ)
Mr. André Morriseau
Trustee
Chair, Anishnawbe Health Foundation (AHF)
Communication Manager, Native Women’s Association (ONWA)
Ms. Andrea Donlan
Trustee
VP, MacMillan Vantage Policy Group
Chair of the Board, Goodwill-Amity Group (Hamilton)
Former President & CEO, Manifest
Mr. Richard Nunn
Chair, Audit, Finance & Investment Committee
Senior Partner, Deloitte
Chair of the Board, University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation
Former Governor, Governing Council, University of Toronto
Ms. Sheelagh Whittaker
Chair, Partnership & Business Development Committee
Former CEO, Canadian Satellite Communications Inc.
Mr. Jesse Vincent-Herscovici
Trustee
CEO, Axelys
Former VP, Mitacs Business Development
Dr. Marc-Antonie Pouliot
Trustee
Professor, Department of Microbiology-Infectious Diseases and Immunology, of the Laval University School of Medicine
Director, CHUL Infectious and Immune Diseases Axis
Board Director Emeritius
Dr. Frederick H. Lowy, OC
Former Board of Trustee Member
Former Dean of Medicine, University of Toronto
Former President and Vice-Chancellor, Concordia University
Honourary Directors
John S. Floras
Trustee Emeritus
Deputy Physician in Chief, Research, Mount Sinai Hospital
Director of Research, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital Division of Cardiology
Reinhart Reithmeier
Chair, Grant Review Panel 2012-19
Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto
Former Chair, Royal Canadian Institute of Science
Former Special Advisor to the Dean of Medicine, Healthy Labs Initiative, University of Toronto
Executive Director
Maurine Kwok
Executive Director
Maurine is a highly respected value creator within the business community and her wealth of project management and regulatory experience spans the globe.
Prior to joining the Banting Research Foundation she was director of a global integrative health company. In this leadership role she partnered with CEOs, senior executives, entrepreneurs and local communities to transform and bring the vision to life. In addition, she created business development and platform strategies for global expansion.
Her ability to adeptly navigate the public (university and government), private (banking and commerce), and CPG (pharma and cosmetics), industries enables her to nurture and grow high-value client relationships from multiple business sectors.
Working with the Board, she is addressing the urgent need to invest in emerging Canadian research talent, catalyze biomedical discovery, and to future-proof the Foundation’s mission.
Volunteers
Bill Hewitt
Volunteer
Denise McEachern
Volunteer