BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Peter Levesque is the President and Chair of CSC, and the CEO and founder of Knowledge Mobilization Works, an Ottawa-based consulting and training company. He has over fifteen years of experience working with governments, research institutes, and professional associations on issues of research utilization and knowledge mobilization. His career has included serving as Deputy-Director of Knowledge Products and Mobilization at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, as Knowledge Exchange Specialist at the Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health, and as Chair of Knowledge Mobilization at the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation. His early career included success as an entrepreneur and community developer.
He holds a diploma in Pure and Applied Sciences from Heritage College, an Honours BSocSc in Sociology with studies in Biochemistry and a MA in Sociology from the University of Ottawa. He has also studied at the Centre for Evidence-based Medicine at the University of Oxford; the University of Seville; the Canada School of the Public Service; and other colleges and institutes in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Peter is a Fellow at the British Columbia Law Institute. He is an Associate Practitioner of Social Innovation at the University of Waterloo. He is a scholar at the Monieson Centre at the Business School at Queen's University in Kingston. Peter lectures at the Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Ottawa.

Carol has been a trustee with the York Catholic DSB since January 1993 (serving as Vice Chair several times and as Chair of multiple standing committees). She has represented the City of Markham, Thornhill, and Unionville ridings in York region and has served as a trustee representative on the Elementary Religious Education Advisory and the Catholic Parent Involvement Committees since they were created. Carol graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1980, and worked for the YMCA of Greater Metropolitan Toronto. Her career also included a role as Director on the OCSTA Board for two terms. She is married to her husband Lawrence, and has two children--Charles, 25, graduate of York University, in Education and Claire, 23, graduate of International Studies at University of Guelph.

Peter Creer has been an educator for over 25 years. He is currently beginning his tenure as the Principal at Vimy Ridge Public School in the Durham District School Board. The school has over 600 students in a diverse community in Ajax. Peter is also an member of  the Ontario Principals' Council, the professional association representing 5,000 principals and vice-principals in Ontario's public schools. With a keen interest in curriculum, social justice and the engagement and empowerment of students Peter has taken on a leadership role in curriculum initiatives at both the school and system levels.

Lincoln Simmons is the Vice President Commercial Financial Services, Huron – Perth – Oxford – Grey Bruce at RBC. In previous roles he was the Financing Specialist in the Commercial Banking platform and managed a team of Small Business account managers in Southwestern Ontario and has been directly involved in the management of mid market commercial client relationships in Owen Sound and Stratford Ontario. He is a former member of the Board of Directors for the Stratford and Area Chamber of Commerce and holds a Masters of Science from the University of Guelph and a Masters of Business Administration from Dalhousie University.

Sophia Maloney is a member of the Catholic Principals' Council of Ontario (CPCO) that represents Principals and Vice-Principals in Ontario's publicly funded Catholic school system.
She has been an educator for 16 years and is currently Vice-Principal at Ascension of Our Lord Secondary School in Mississauga. This is located in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board; one of the most diverse and fastest growing school boards in Ontario.
Sophia has served on several committees at the school-level, system-level, and provincial-level.
She is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto.

Peter Sovran is the Associate Director, Learning Services at Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB). His other roles at HWDSB have included Executive Superintendent and Superintendent of Student Achievement. Before joining HWDSB in 2013, Peter served as the Senior Manager responsible for Ontario’s e-Learning strategy. Peter’s leadership experiences include being an elementary school Principal and Vice-Principal with the York Region and Toronto District school boards, a member of Curriculum Services Canada’s executive team and a Senior Policy Advisor and Education Officer with the Ministry of Education. Peter’s leadership experience includes supporting school improvement efforts with a First Nation’ school in Northwestern Ontario.

Sue Britton is the CEO & Founder of FinTech Growth Syndicate (FGS), a company that brings deep expertise and differentiated capability to the rapidly growing FinTech marketplace globally. FGS is a business and innovation accelerator for banks, start-ups and everything in between. Prior to FGS, Sue spent 25 years growing a career in product, sales and marketing innovation for some of the largest technology companies in the world.

In her last corporate role, Sue was Vice President & Head of Global Innovation for D+H (now Finastra), and prior to that held a variety of senior roles in innovation, sales & marketing and market development for Broadridge Financial, Pareto, Symcor, Xerox and Four Seasons. An avid community builder and volunteer, she holds many advisory roles that help to drive awareness and collaboration in Canada around innovation. Sue has a Bachelor of Commerce from Ryerson University, has 3 children, and lives in Toronto with her husband and youngest son.

Sangeetha Chandru is the Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development at Sobeys Inc. In her role, Ms. Chandru is responsible for managing the corporate planning cycle including strategic and business planning, as well as developing a pipeline of growth opportunities for the organization.

Ms. Chandru joined Sobeys in 2011 as Vice President, Sobeys Development Office focusing on business transformation, program management and change management. Before moving to Sobeys, she was part of the Strategy and Transformation practice at IBM supporting the Retail and CPG sectors. Prior to IBM, Ms. Chandru also worked in progressively senior positions in various retail formats and began her career in the technology sector.

Active in the community, Ms. Chandru is a volunteer and former board member with two not-for-profit organizations prior to her joining the Board at Learnography. Ms. Chandru holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Industrial Psychology from the University of Madras with a Post Graduate Specialization in Industrial Relations. She also attained a Masters of Science in Human Resources Design and Management from Claremont Graduate University. She resides in Toronto with her family.