Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors is a group of volunteers committed to FBC’s mission to find treatments and cures for blinding eye diseases. The Board includes representatives from the corporate and medical worlds, as well as individuals affected by vision loss.

Executive Committee & Officers

Tara James, Chair, Senior Legal Counsel, RBC, Toronto, Ontario

Jim Riley, Vice Chair, Managing Director & COO, The Catalyst Capital Group Inc., Toronto, Ontario

Geoff R. Hall, LL.B., LL.M., Secretary, Partner at McCarthy Tétrault, Toronto, Ontario

Byron Sonberg, CPA, CA, MBA, ICD.D, Executive Member, Treasurer, Retired Managing Director, Goodmans LLP, Toronto, Ontario

Marco Fillion, C.Dir, FCIA, FSA, Executive Member, Retired Partner, PwC Canada, Markham, Ontario

Mike Harwood, CHRE, Executive Member, Strategic Human Resources Executive, Michael Harwood Associates, Mississauga, Ontario

Tiffany Goodlet, Executive Member, Certified Management Consultant, August Leadership, Toronto, Ontario

George Sheen, Executive Member, Partner, PwC (retired), Toronto, Ontario

Directors

Selena Friesen, OD, Optometrist, Waverley Eye Care, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Andrew McFarlane, Senior Associate. Torys LLP. Halifax, NS

Evelyn Reynolds, President & Founding Partner, Retail Resource Partners Inc. Toronto, Ontario

Mike Seed, CIM, First Vice President & Portfolio Manager, Seed Financial Group, CIBC Wood Gundy, Edmonton, Alberta

Tahir Shafiq, Independent Management Consultant, Markham, Ontario

Tanya Lush, Director, Physician Learning, Development and Support-Medical Affairs, Nova Scotia Health Authority

Mary Ashbourne Smith, Vice President (retired), TD Finance Shared Services, Toronto, Ontario