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Provincial Advisory Council

The Tourism SkillsNet Ontario (TSNO) Advisory Council brings industry leaders together to provide strategic direction to OTEC and our project partners with the objective of determining how the network can best address labour and skills shortages through inter-provincial collaboration within the Tourism SkillsNet Ontario (TSNO) framework.

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

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

Erin Clarke, Ontario Tourism Education Corporation (OTEC), Industry and Community Liaison.

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

Heather White, City of Toronto,  Manager, Tourism Services

TBD, 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

Kelly Harris, Ontario Tourism Education Corporation, Industry and Community Liaisons.

Kevin Eshkawkogan, Indigenous Tourism Ontario, President & CEO

Kim Marshall, Ontario Tourism Education Corporation (OTEC), Vice President, Workforce Solutions

Kieran Wells, Ontario Tourism Education Corporation (OTEC), Industry and Community Liaison

Laurelle Avery, Employment and Education Centre (EEC), Employment Consultant

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

Nikolas Prsa, Workforce Windsor Essex, Project Coordinator and Research Analyst

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

Verity Dimock, Ontario Tourism Education Corporation (OTEC), Vice President,  Business Development & Learning Services