Item - 2019.NC2.1

Tracking Status

This item was considered by Nominating Panel - Corporations on May 7, 2019 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on May 14 and 15, 2019.

NC2.1 - Appointment of Public Members to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation

Decision Type:: ACTION

Status:: Amended

Wards:: All

Confidential Attachment - Personal matters about identifiable individuals who are being considered for appointment to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors

Panel Recommendations

The Corporations Nominating Panel recommends that:

1. City Council appoint that following candidates to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors, at pleasure of Council:

a. Tim Murphy who will serve as Chair for a term of office ending May 15, 2021, and until a successor is appointed; and

b. Adele Imrie and John F. Campbell who will serve as public members for a term of office ending May 25, 2020 and until successors are appointed.

2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 to 5 to the report (April 29, 2019) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors.

Decision Advice and Other Information

Candidates' biographies:

Tim Murphy

As an Executive Partner at a major law firm, a former elected official and a former Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Canada, Tim Murphy brings a broad range of experience to the TCHC. He is a director of a publicly-traded residential real estate company and is an expert in bringing the public and private sector together to deliver public assets and services. He is the author/editor of Construction Law in Canada and will publish his text on Public-Private Partnerships in May of 2019.

Adele Imrie

Adele Imrie is a CPA CA who served as a Senior financial executive with extensive experience in mixed use commercial real estate and P3 infrastructure project financing, development and long term asset life cycle management including two major social assisted housing projects in Toronto and Vancouver. Adele also possesses significant Board experience having served as Chair and Audit Committee Chair for several large Not For Profit organizations in the education and health care sectors.

John F Campbell

John Campbell served as Toronto City Councillor (2014-18), (Budget Committee Vice-Chair, Planning & Growth, the TTC). Previously, he was elected as TDSB Trustee (2003) and Chair (2008-09), during two terms. As Chair, he led 22 trustees in setting priorities and policy, and managing a $2.3B budget. For thirty years, John worked in the consumer packaged goods industry, most recently as managing director of his own sales agency. John has a MBA from the Schulich School of Business (1999), Hon BA from U of T.

Origin

(April 29, 2019) Report from the City Clerk

Summary

The Corporations Nominating Panel will conduct interviews and recommend three candidates to City Council for appointment to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors.

Background Information

(April 29, 2019) Report from the City Clerk on Appointment of Public Members to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/nc/bgrd/backgroundfile-132505.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1 - List of Candidates, Qualifications, Confidential Diversity Information Summary, and Applications for Appointment to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors (previously distributed with Item NC1.2)
Confidential Attachment 2 - Interest in Chair Appointment from Current Members of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors (previously distributed with Item NC1.2)
Confidential Attachment 3 - Diversity Information Summary of Current Public Members of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors (previously distributed with Item NC1.2)
Confidential Attachment 4 - Interview questions for May 7, 2019 (to be circulated under separate cover)
Confidential Attachment 5 - Interview schedule for May 7, 2019 (to be circulated under separate cover)

Motions

1 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Mark Grimes (Carried)

That the Corporations Nominating Panel recommend that:

1. City Council appoint the following candidate as Chair of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending May 15, 2021, and until a successor is appointed: