Our Board

Roger Maloney is the current Chair of HSC and has served on its Board since its inception. He is the former Chief Administrative Officer of the Region of Peel. He left Peel in late 2005 after 30 years service to establish “Trysta Municipal Consulting Inc.,” which continues to be active today. Roger began his career with Peel in the late 1970s. Prior to his promotion to CAO, Roger was the Commissioner of Housing and General Manager of Peel Living and headed Peel’s long-term care facilities. Under Roger’s leadership as CAO, Peel earned the National Quality Institute’s prestigious Gold Award of Excellence in 2005 – the only government in Canada to have achieved this award of distinction. He also played a key role in facilitating closer cooperation with a variety of community groups, including the United Way of Peel Region.

Roger has been active in the housing sector for many years. He has served on the boards of the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association, including serving two years as President, and the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association. He continues his long-term commitment to volunteerism by sitting on the Board of Victoria Park Community Homes in Hamilton. Roger lives in Oakville with his partner Shirley and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and English from the University of Western Ontario.

Colin Gage is the Executive Director of Victoria Park Community Homes, one of Ontario’s largest private non-profit housing corporations with 1,984 homes in the cities of Hamilton and Brantford, and the Regional Municipalities of Waterloo and Halton, as well as additional property management responsibilities for another four non-profits totaling 297 units. Before joining Victoria Park in 1985, he worked for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. He has earned his Certified Property Manager (CPM) and Certified Reserve Planner (CRP) designations from the Institute of Real Estate Management and currently serves a Chair of the Lakeshore – Niagara Chapter. Colin is active on housing advisory groups in the service manager areas in which Victoria Park has real estate holdings; he has also served on committees and the board of the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association (ONPHA), including four years as Vice-President representing private non-profits. In 2003, Colin won ONPHA’s “Sybil Frenette Outstanding Leadership Award” for his contribution to non-profit housing. Colin also currently serves as Chair of GLOBE, a subsidiary of the Housing Services Corporation.

Diane Deans has served as City Councilor in Ottawa for the past 16 years. Her housing-related work includes serving on the board of directors of Ottawa’s City Living for seven years, helping to establish the City’s first housing cooperative for disabled people, and participating in an eight unit Habitat for Humanity Build. Diane has been a member of the Board of Directors of HSC for the past six years, and is Chairperson of the Policy and Priorities Committee and the Political Advisory Committee. Diane also serves on the Executive of HSC. In her role as City Councilor, Diane is chairperson of the City of Ottawa’s Transit Commission. In the past, Diane has been the chairperson of the Community and Protective Services committee, responsible for 47% of the City of Ottawa’s total budget, overseeing Housing and Social Services. Diane is also a member of the Finance and Economic Development Committee and Transportation Committee. Diane has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Guelph.

In 1978 after a decade in educational publishing, Michael founded Canadian Learning Company, a national instructional and training video company, spending the next 20 years travelling Canada. He has worked in the United States, Germany, and managed an Australia media company in the 90′s.

Michael was elected the 69th Mayor of the City of Woodstock in 2003, serving two terms. He was active on the Police Service Board, chaired Woodstock Hydro Holdings, the Woodstock Hospital Board of Trust and Woodstock Non-Profit Housing. He joined the Board of the Social Housing Services Corp. in 2007.

Michael and his wife Terry’s son David graduated this year from McMaster University with a business degree. Michael became a first time grandfather when his daughter Jennifer and husband Eric gave birth to Isaac. They live and work in Toronto in banking.

Paul Hastie is the Executive Director of Homestarts Incorporated. Founded in 1976, and now employing 80 staff, Homestarts provides a range of services to Ontario co-op and non-profit housing providers and sector organizations. These include: management, capital repair, energy retrofit, development, organizational consulting and training. Homestarts is an active participant in many sector organizations and proud contributor to sector charities.

Paul started his career in community-based housing in 1985, joining Homestarts in 1988 as a development and management consultant. A proponent of innovation and conservation, he coordinated development of the first Canadian housing cooperative built to the super-energy efficiency standards of the federal government’s R-2000 construction program. This project received both Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada awards. In 2008, he received Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’ Outstanding Contribution to Co-operative Housing award.

Merv has been a Manager, Social Housing for the County of Norfolk since 2001. In this role, he monitors the administration of public, non-profit and affordable housing programs, and coordinates all the financial, human and physical resources of the Social Housing Division in conjunction with the strategic plan. He also coordinates the delivery of rent subsidy programs in Haldimand and Norfolk Counties, including the units of the Haldimand-Norfolk Housing Corporation. Merv was formerly the Housing Manager for the Wellington and Guelph Housing Authority.

Trevor Lester brings experience both managing non-profit housing and overseeing social housing program administration to his position on HSC’s Board of Directors. Trevor is currently Manager of Non-Profit Properties for Bayshore Property Management Inc., which manages 14 non-profits in south-central Ontario with a total of more than 2,000 units. Previously, Trevor worked for a Service Manager, in the County of Simcoe. He was an Ontario Works Supervisor for 11 years before moving to work as Program Supervisor with the county’s social housing portfolio.

Trevor has worked closely with the Simcoe County Alliance to End Homelessness during the past 12 years and was appointed Chair of the Alliance in 2009.

Len’s appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Toronto Community Housing Corporation took effect on April 4, 2011. Len joined Toronto Community Housing in September 2010 as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and continues to perform these duties. Prior to joining Toronto Community Housing, Len was with a major health care services corporation operating in Canada and the United States for 22 years where he held senior management positions of Vice-President, Taxation, Treasurer, and Business Development. Len garnered extensive experience in taxation, accounting, auditing, and finance while working at KPMG, an international accounting firm from 1977 to 1985. Len holds an honours BBA degree from the Schulich School of Business, obtained his Chartered Accountant designation in 1979 and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario

Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti is the city Councillor for Ward 7 – York West and is currently the Chair of the Community Development & Recreation committee and a member of the Mayor’s Executive Committee.

With a political career spanning over 20 years, Councillor Mammoliti has represented Ward 7 – York West for the past 16, in which he has served as Chair of the Affordable Housing Committee, Chair of the Toronto Zoo Board, Co-Chair of Canada Municipalities Housing Action Network – Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), and Chair of the City’s International Committee. Prior to his election as Ward 7 Councillor, Giorgio represented York West as MPP from 1990 to 1995. During his term as MPP, he served as Parliamentary Assistant to the Solicitor General and Minister of Correctional Services, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Correctional Services and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health.

As Chair of the Affordable Housing Committee, his commitment to safe and affordable housing was illustrated by his work on the Housing Opportunities Toronto (HOT) Action Plan 2010-2020, which was authored by Giorgio and adopted by council on August 5, 2009.

Larry was two term Mayor for the Township of Brock, Ontario. He is also past-President of both the Brock Non-Profit Housing and Durham Non-Profit Housing Corporations, and served as Secretary/Treasurer for nine years on both corporations board prior. A Durham Regional Councillor since 1997, Larry served as Chair of the region’s Health and Social Services Committee. He also served as President of the Association of Public Health Agencies (alPHa) for two terms. Larry was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995, serving as MPP for the riding of Durham York.

Larry is an active advocate for social housing and participated on the Mayors Panel discussing Affordable Housing at the Quebec City Canadian Housing Renewal Congress.

Amanda has worked in the co-op housing sector since 1982 in several different capacities including co-op developer, resource group manager, trainer, and consultant. For the last 12 years she has been the manager of Coop Voisins, a 76 unit SHRA co-op in Ottawa.

A CHF Canada certified instructor, Amanda has delivered a wide range of workshops for both CHF Canada and CHASEO (Co-operative Housing Association of Eastern Ontario). Amanda is President of the Ottawa co-op staff association (ACHEEO) and past President of Rooftops Canada. She has a strong interest in the development of social enterprises and was a member of the Ottawa Community Economic Development (CED) Network Steering Committee for many years. Amanda recently became CHASEO’s appointee to the Ottawa Social Housing Network Steering Committee.

Joyce Timpson grew up in Toronto and studied sciences before switching to Social Work. After a two-year backpacking world tour, she went in 1976 to work with the Kenora District Children’s Aid Society in Sioux Lookout. A one-year adventure became a career working with First Nations organizations in developing self-governing mental health services. She returned to Southern Ontario to earn a Masters of Public Administration and a PhD in Social Work. Her interest lay in analyzing the relationships between the workings of government, history and outcomes in services to First Nations persons. She was a researcher/writer for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, taught at Cambrian College in Sudbury, and served as Adjunct Professor of Social Work with Lakehead University until assuming a consulting practice in Sioux Lookout. Joyce has written eleven academic articles and spent six years on the Ontario Ministry of Health’s Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council, chairing the committee on the regulation of Naturopathy and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Joyce was elected to the council of the Municipality of Sioux Lookout in 2006 and is active with the Kenora District Services Board and the Environment Committee. She enjoys cooking, entertaining, swimming and cross-country skiing.

Mike Trojan is the Chief Administrative Officer for the Regional Municipality of Niagara. Prior to assuming this role, he was the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer and the Region’s Treasurer and Director of Corporate Services. Before joining Niagara in 1986, Mike was Treasurer at the City of Stoney Creek and the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Mike was raised and educated in the Niagara Region. Prior to commencing his municipal career, he held positions with a public accounting firm, a real estate developer, and a major Canadian financial institution. He holds a professional accounting designation (CMA) from the Society of Management Accountants.

Mike currently serves as Past President of the Ontario Municipal Administrators Association, sits on the Steering Committee of the Ontario Municipal Benchmarking Initiative, is Chair of the Regional and Single Tier CAOs group, sits on the Board of Directors of the local United Way, as well as serving on the Social Housing Services Corporation Board.

Mike and his wife Jane enjoy travel, golf, tennis, skiing, boating and cottaging with their three children and five grandchildren.

As Commissioner of Community and Health Services for The Regional Municipality of York, Adelina manages a budget of $363 million and a staff of 1,500 employees. In addition to her responsibilities as Commissioner, Adelina is also General Manager for York Region’s Housing corporation, Housing York Inc. Prior to joining York Region, Adelina worked many years at Halton Region where among other things she directed the first corporate housing strategy and negotiated the commitment of an accompanying financial plan to set a long term direction and goal for Halton. Adelina has a Chartered Director Designation from the Director’s College (a partnership from the DeGroote School of Business and the Conference Board of Canada).

Dick retired from the position of Commissioner of Social Services for the County of Bruce in 2008. He held this position since 1990. In this role, he oversaw the overall management of Social Services including Social Housing, Ontario Works, Child Care, Resource Centres and Long-Term Care. Dick was key in implementing an efficient and amalgamated social housing service. He has worked for the County of Bruce for over 30 years and provides strategic advice on matters of social policy and the well being of Bruce County residents. He is still currently on contract with the County of Bruce. Dick is also Chair of the Home and Community Support Services for Grey Bruce.