Item - 2021.CA19.1

Appointees' biographies:

Leslie Lewis

Leslie Lewis is the Vice President of Corporate Finance at PowerSchool. Leslie joined PowerSchool from Onex where she was a Principal, responsible for executing private equity investments. Preceding Onex, Leslie was the Tax, Trade, and International Finance Policy Advisor to the Canadian Minister of Finance in addition to prior experience at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and CIBC. Leslie's Board appointments include the Workplace Safety Insurance Board, Ontario Capital Growth Corporation, and the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. Leslie is a former national team athlete in kayaking and a graduate of Acadia University.

Brenda Patterson

Brenda Patterson joined the former Regional Municipality of Metro Toronto in 1986. Prior to joining the Metro government, she worked in a series of progressive positions with Family Day Care Services. In 2004, Brenda was appointed General Manager, Children's Services at the City of Toronto and in 2008 became the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation. In 2011, she was appointed as Deputy City Manager, Citizen Centred Services. Since her retirement in 2014, she has volunteered her time with the Toronto Lands Corporation, Birch Housing, the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre and the United Way of Greater Toronto. Brenda has a passion for equity and making life better for those in need, service excellence and fiscal prudence.

The Civic Appointments Committee recommends that:

1. City Council appoint the following candidates to the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on June 9, 2023 and until successors are appointed:

Leslie Lewis

Brenda Patterson

2. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 30, 2021) from the City Clerk remain confidential as it relates to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre Board.

Candidates' biographies:

Leslie Lewis

Leslie Lewis is the Vice President of Corporate Finance at PowerSchool. Leslie joined PowerSchool from Onex where she was a Principal, responsible for executing private equity investments. Preceding Onex, Leslie was the Tax, Trade, and International Finance Policy Advisor to the Canadian Minister of Finance in addition to prior experience at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and CIBC. Leslie's Board appointments include the Workplace Safety Insurance Board, Ontario Capital Growth Corporation, and the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. Leslie is a former national team athlete in kayaking and a graduate of Acadia University.

Brenda Patterson

Brenda Patterson joined the former Regional Municipality of Metro Toronto in 1986. Prior to joining the Metro government, she worked in a series of progressive positions with Family Day Care Services. In 2004, Brenda was appointed General Manager, Children's Services at the City of Toronto and in 2008 became the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation. In 2011, she was appointed as Deputy City Manager, Citizen Centred Services. Since her retirement in 2014, she has volunteered her time with the Toronto Lands Corporation, Birch Housing, the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre and the United Way of Greater Toronto. Brenda has a passion for equity and making life better for those in need, service excellence and fiscal prudence.

This report recommends the appointment of two public members to the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre Board.