ICC Board of Directors

	Ron Graham, ICC Chair, is an award-winning journalist and author, whose numerous books and magazine articles have covered a wide array of topics, from politics to the arts, business to religion, history to gardening. He is a past president of PEN Canada.
	Francisco Alvarez is Managing Director of the ICC, having started in this position in March 2008. He headed the ROM Communications department for nine years, leading media relations campaigns for all ROM exhibitions and events, as well as the 2007 opening of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. An experienced cultural administrator, he has worked at the Ontario Ministry of Culture and several arts organizations in Canada and Europe.
	Wende Cartwright is President of Savira Productions and most recently was Director of the Cultural Olympiad for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. Prior to the Olympics, she was Executive Director at the Royal Conservatory of Music. She was also Executive Director/Producer at Roy Thomson Hall and Massey Hall, and worked at the Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres and CBC Television. She is a member of Arts Consultant Canada, Institute of Corporate Directors and Toronto Board of Trade.
	Susan Crocker is Past Chairman of the Board of the Canadian Stage Theatre Company and served two terms as a ROM Trustee. She currently serves as a Governor of St. Francis Xavier University and is also a recent Past Chair and Board member of the Board of Management of St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. Previously, she was CEO of Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan, and held senior executive positions at The Toronto Stock Exchange, Ernst and Young Management Consulting and CIBC.
	Geoffrey Dawe is a magazine publishing and marketing executive. Currently the Principal of GDC, he is Publication Director of International Architecture & Design magazine. Recently, he was President and Founding Partner of Kontent Inc. He was also SVP at the National Post and EVP, Publishing at Saturday Night and Financial Post Magazines, as well as past Director at Women's College Hospital Foundation and Magazines Canada, and Governor of Sunnybrook Hospital Foundation.
	Sarah Dinnick is a graphic designer and founding partner of the award-winning design firm Dinnick & Howells. She works with Partners in Art to raise awareness of contemporary Canadian art and develops outreach programs for the National Ballet of Canada. Committed to the cause of human rights, she was the first Co-chair of the Young Advocates Committee for Human Rights Watch, and helped the international organization establish its presence in Canada.
	Cléophée Eaton is a member of the YPC, or Young Patrons Circle, also part of the ROM. She graduated from Trinity College Dublin.
	Gina Gentili is the Director, Legal Affairs and Assistant General Counsel for Corus Entertainment’s Lifestyle, Drama and Movies Portfolio, and currently sits on the provincial Minister’s Advisory Council for Arts and Culture and the board of INTEGRA. She has served on the boards of the Reel World Film Festival, the Black Film and Video Network, the Child Development Institute, the Meta Centre for People with Special Needs and two public art gallery funding panels for the Ontario Arts Council.
	Siamak Hariri is a founding partner of Hariri Pontarini Architects. His work has received numerous awards for innovation, design excellence and improving the urban landscape, including the Cadillac Fairview Corporation's Salute to the City Award, and several City of Toronto Architecture and Urban Design Awards. He is an Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the University of Toronto and a member of the Toronto Community Foundation’s Council of 100.
	Marianne McKenna is a founding partner of KPMB Architects, an award-winning Toronto-based firm known for its consistency of architectural excellence, innovation and contribution to the cultural renaissance of Toronto. An enthusiastic supporter of the Arts and the local community, Marianne served on the board at the Ontario College of Art and the Toronto Arts Foundation.
	Shabin Mohamed is a chartered accountant by training. She sits on the board of Sheena's Place, an organization for people affected by eating disorders, the board of the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery and the advisory board for the Breakfast Clubs of Canada. Shabin organized a travelling art exhibition in Vancouver from the Pamir region of Afghanistan, and was a member for Economic Planning for the Ismaili Council of British Columbia.
	Brendan O'Brien is a freelance graphic designer and owner of Process Design, a boutique design firm. Brendan's work centers around making graceful and positive contributions to visual culture. His clients include The Canada Pavilion Venice Biennale, North by Northeast Music Festival, Ovarian Cancer Canada, and The JUNO Awards.
	Sabaa Quao is a creative director, business strategist, and career entrepreneur. Sabaa wears multiple hats as Managing Director of Cloud AdAgents; VP Strategy, Emerging Platforms at The Hive Strategic Marketing; and Co-Founder of Filminute, the international one-minute film festival. He has built a reputation for excellence in marketing communication and design across a wide range of business categories. Sabaa holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing, received his Associateship in Communication and Design from the Ontario College of Art and Design, and completed his MBA at University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.
	Alfredo Romano is a principal of the Castlepoint Group, a major stakeholder in the Eastern Toronto Waterfront and the redevelopment of Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts. He is a member of the Children's Circle of Care, and a founding director of Save Kids Now. A patron of the arts, he contributes to the Toronto International Film Festival Talent Lab, the Galleria Italia at the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
	Sarah Scott is an award-winning Toronto journalist who has contributed to most of Canada’s national magazines, including Maclean’s, Report on Business Magazine, Azure, Chatelaine and Canadian Geographic. She has worked with prominent thinkers to write two books, on the impact of digital technology and on the worldwide effort to improve global health. Sarah grew up with contemporary art at home in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, and she’s currently working on a feature story about the conceptual artist Iain Baxter for Canadian Art.
	Elena Soni, owner of her own fashion design label, has had two solo art exhibits of her collage work and received an Ontario Arts Council grant for Artist in the Classroom projects. Elena interests focus on evolutionary psychology and how it is expressed in the different art disciplines. From 1995 to 1999, Elena served as a Board Member as well as Co-chair of Research and Development for Toronto’s Children's Own Museum. She is married with two children.
	Helga Stephenson, of the Public Relations firm, Daniels/ Stephenson, is best known for her work as Executive Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, overseeing its major growth period from a local festival to a major international film festival, and as a recipient of William Kilbourn Lifetime Achievement Award. She is also known for her work in co-founding the Human Rights Watch Canada Committee and as Chairman of the annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival as well as the Reykjavik Film Festival. She has also served on numerous not-for-profit boards.
	Diane Walker, is a co-chair of the YWCA’s Capital Campaign for The Elm Centre, a member of the Board of Governors of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and the board of directors of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Foundation. She began her legal career at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt in Toronto, and joined CT Financial Services Inc. in 1994, as Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations. From 2001 to 2006, she was Vice Chair, Chief Administrative Officer, at TD Waterhouse USA in New York.