This multi-stakeholder group consists of core corporate partners, regional tourism organizations, provincial and national associations, employment and training providers, and community service coordination and communications partners tasked with providing strategic guidance and governance to regional working groups.
Adam Morrison (Chair), Ontario Tourism Education Corporation (OTEC), President & CEO
Akosua Alagaratnam, First Work, Executive Director
Barb Miller, Career Edge, Employment Services Coordinator, PEC
Bonnie Ruddock, Regional Tourism Organization 9 (RTO9), Executive Director
Carla Benedetti, YMCA-YWCA of the National Capital Region, Director of Y Employment Access Centre
Carol Greenwood, Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO), Vice President, Membership & Business Development
Carrie Grant, City of Toronto, ‘Economic Development and Culture – Tourism Services’, Supervisor
Cecilia Ortega, Hospitality Workers Training Centre, Project Manager
Chris Duff, Canadian Council for Youth Prosperity, Executive Lead
David Peacock, RTO4, CEO
Deanna Villella, Job Gym, Manager of Employment Services
Doona Digpaul, YMCA-YWCA of the National Capital Region, Program Supervisor, Destination Employment
Elayne Furoy, Ontario Tourism Education Corporation (OTEC), Director, Employment Solutions
Fatima Finnegan, Ontario Restaurant Hotel & Motel Association (ORHMA), Director of Corporate Marketing & Business Development
Gillian Watters, KEYS Job Centre, Program Director
Heather McMillan, Durham Workforce Authority, Executive Director
Isabelle De Bruyn, Société économique de l’Ontario, Project Manager, Tourism
Jane Rowan, Ph.D. Ontario Tourism Education Corporation (OTEC), Senior Program Manager, Design and Evaluation
Janette Thor, Conestoga College, Manager, Workforce Development & Corporate Training
Judy Doige, Social Capital Partners, Director, Partnerships
June Muir, Unemployed Help Centre of Windsor Inc., CEO
Karen Peacock, Destination Northern Ontario, Senior Coordinator, Workforce Development and Industry Training
Keshia Watson, Silver Hotel Group, Regional Manager, Human Resources
Kelly Cameron, YMCA-YWCA of the National Capital, Director, Hospitality Career Catalyst & Power Trades
Kevin Eshkawkogan, Indigenous Tourism Ontario, President & CEO
Kim Marshall, Ontario Tourism Education Corporation (OTEC), Vice President, Workforce Solutions
Kelly Brintnell, Ontario Tourism Education Corporation (OTEC), Industry and Community Liaison
Kieran Wells, Ontario Tourism Education Corporation (OTEC), Industry and Community Liaison
Laurelle Avery, Employment and Education Centre (EEC), Employment Consultant
Luciana Longo, Ontario Tourism Education Corporation (OTEC), Sr. Project Manager
Mandie Abrams, Hospitality Workers Training Centre, Executive Director
Mark Patterson, Magnet, Executive Director
Maxine Deleersnyder, Unemployed Help Centre of Windsor Inc., Assistant CEO
Melissa French, Silver Hotel Group, Vice President, Operations
Sarah Callan, Marriott International, Director of Human Resources
Sean Billing, Brace Hospitality and Frontenac Club, Executive Director
Shalini Sharma, Canadian Council for Youth Prosperity, Director of Research and Policy
Sue Sadler, ACCES Employment, SVP, Services & Program Innovation
Susan Watts, Employment and Education Centre (EEC), Executive Director
Tashlyn Teskey, Workforce Windsor Essex, Manager of Research and Projects
Verity Dimock, Ontario Tourism Education Corporation (OTEC), Vice President, Business Development & Learning Services
