TWIG Board of Directors

The TWIG Board of Directors is made up of representatives from seven labour market partner groups; business, organized labour, education and training, persons with disabilities, racial/visible minorities, women and youth. The Board is co-chaired by business and labour.

Co-chair, Labour

Shane McCarthy (Labour) Training Director, Joint Training and Apprenticeship Committee for the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada (JTAC/U.A.) Local 787

Co-chair, Business

Kristyn Wong-Tam (Business) Principal Co-owner, XEXE Gallery, Toronto

Secretary

Becky McFarlane (Business) Hotel Workers Training Centre, Social Enterprise Consultant  

Treasurer

Behzad Roustaeian (Education) Principal, Next Page

Directors

Patricia Belgrave (Youth) Program Coordinator, Opportunities Unlimited,Youth in Motion

Shalini Bhardwaj (Immigrants) Manager, Recruitment Network, Toronto Regional Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC)

Darlene Holowachuk (Youth) Vice President Operations - Employment and Community, YMCA of Greater Toronto

Carmen Jaques (Business) Business Development Manager, Certified General Accountants of Ontario 

Manzur Malik (Labour) Research Officer, Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)

Allison Pond, (Immigrants) Executive Director, ACCES

Rolf Priesnitz (Education) Director of Apprenticeship, George Brown College

Sarah Rousseau (Labour) Hospitality Workers Training Centre, UNITE HERE Local 75 

Kristyn Wong-Tam (Business) Principal Co-owner, XEXE Gallery, Toronto

Government Representatives (non-voting)

Liz Robinson Provincial Government (Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities)

Carol Ringwood Municipal Government (City of Toronto)