Foundation Trustees

The Jewish Foundation’s trustees are responsible for the care, custody, and distribution of the Foundation’s charitable assets and for the promotion and safekeeping of the planned giving program. We thank the trustees for their commitment to community.

Leonard Abramsky, The Dunloe Group, Immediate Past Chair
Jeff Appleby, CIBC
Diana Avigdor, Barometer Capital
Amy Baryshnik, Successor Capital
Lindsay Brand, H&R REIT
Jessica Davis, Fruitman Kates LLP
Lauren Davis Landau, Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.
Mike Diamond, Co-Chair
Richard Diamond, Canderel Management Inc.
Joel Flatt, Give and Go Prepared Foods Corp.
Jack Frieberg, WTF Investments Ltd., Co-Chair
Mark Grammer, Onex
Robert Handelman, HH Capital Partners
Sloan Levett, Fuller Landau Family Office Services Inc.
Glenys Lindenberg
Saul Plener, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chair
Jeff Rosenthal, Imperial Capital Ltd.
Ali Spinner, Crowe Soberman LLP

Leonard Abramsky, CHAIR
The Dunloe Group

Jeff Appleby,
CIBC Capital Markets

Diana Avigdor,
Barometer Capital

Amy Baryshnik,
Knixwear

Lindsay Brand

Jessica Davis,
Fruitman Kates LLP

Lauren Davis Landau,
Burgundy Asset Management LTD

Richard Diamond,
Canderel Management Inc.

Joel Flatt,
Give And Go Prepared Foods Corp.

Jack Frieberg, Vice-Chair
WTF Investments Ltd.

Daniel Goodman,
GFI Investment Counsel

Mark Grammer,
Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc.

Mark Halpern,
WEALTHinsurance.com

Robert Handelman,
Staff Relief Healthcare Services Inc.

Jay Klein,
Action Candy Co. Ltd./Pur-Gum

Sloan Levett,
Fuller Landau Family Office Services Inc.

Glenys Lindenberg

Melissa Muskat,
Minden Gross LLP

Michael Ptasznik

Keith Ray
Realvest Management

Craig Rimer,
Cidel Financial Group

Jeff Rosenthal

Anthony Sigel,
TerraNova Partners LP

Leah Silber,
Aird Berlis LLP

Ali Spinner,
Crowe Soberman LLP


Investment Advisory Committee

Reporting to the trustees, the Investment Advisory Committee oversees the management of the Foundation’s assets. We thank them for their invaluable time and commitment to the Jewish community.

Leonard Abramsky, The Dunloe Group
Diana Avigdor, Barometer Capital, Chair
Amy Baryshnik, Successor Capital
Ariel Berkal, Berkal & Company
Mark Caplan, Bank of Montreal Ireland PLC, Immediate Past Chair
Ira Gluskin, Irager + Associates Inc.
Mark Grammer, Onex
David Levenson
David Posluns, Cedarpoint Investments Inc.
Stacy Rosen, Grayhawk Investment Strategies Inc., Vice-Chair
Michael Sacke, The Northpine Foundation


Professional Advisory Committee

The Professional Advisory Committee (PAC) consists of leading lawyers, accountants, financial and insurance planners and advisors, and other professionals who are committed to supporting the Jewish Foundation’s work by promoting philanthropy through their professional practices. We are honoured to be working with the following members of PAC:

Stephen Altbaum, Lipton LLP
Eric Benchetrit, Independent Financial Concepts Group Ltd.
Larry Berdugo, Wealthmore Financial Strategies
Mark Biderman, Cidel Asset Management
Rachel Blumenfeld, Aird & Berlis LLP
Jeffrey Brown, Fuller Landau LLP
Sarah Brown, Al G. Brown & Associates
Jordan Caplan, Crowe Soberman LLP
Brian Cohen, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
Joel T. Cuperfain, RBC Dominion Securities
Jessica Feldman Chittley, Bales Beall LLP
Matthew Getzler, Torkin Manes LLP
Brian Ginsler, Ginsler Wealth
Daniel Glazerman, Evans Investment Counsel Ltd.
Michael Goldberg, Aird and Berlis LLP
Jamie Golombek, CIBC Private Wealth
Jonathan Greenwald, RBC Wealth Management
Holly Haber, Fuller Landau LLP
Mark Halpern, WEALTHinsurance.com
Robert Handelman, Staff Relief Healthcare Services Inc.
Elise Hochberg, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Eric Hoffstein, Fogler Rubinoff LLP
Jonathan Kopman, CIBC Private Wealth
Mark Levine, Integrated Financial Strategies
Norman Levine, Portfolio Management Corporation
Jonah Mayles, Sterling Park Financial Group
Israel Mida, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Jordan Novack, Airstart Inc.
Marly Peikes, O'Sullivan Estate Lawyers
Marni Pernica, Aird & Berlis LLP
Saul Plener, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chair
Gavin Reiff, Richter
Meir Rotenberg, TD Wealth
Andrew Shalit, Segal LLP
Tamar Silverbrook, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Alexandra Spinner, Crowe Soberman LLP, Immediate Past Chair
Brittany Sud, Miller Thomson LLP
Robin Turack, PearTree Financial Services Ltd.
David Weinberg, David Weinberg & Associates
Lorne Wolfson, Torkin Manes LLP

Book of Life


Judy and David Engel, Chairs


Lion of Judah Endowment


Sarah Brown, Co-Chair
Nelly Zagdanski, Co-Chair


LIFE & LEGACY®


Laurie Davis, Chair