Our Team
Many skilled volunteers, including individuals who have experienced homelessness, make substantial contributions to Raising the Roof. Our Board of Directors and Youthworks Board of Advisors include homelessness experts from across the country. Our staff are a group of skilled professionals deeply committed to furthering our work on long-term solutions to homelessness.
Sean Gadon, President
Director
Affordable Housing Office
Janice Thomson, Vice President
Independent Director
James Cook, Treasurer
Executive Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Franklin Templeton Investments
Directors:
David Bradshaw
Vice President, Sales and Service
ING Direct
Ken Franczek
General Manager
Crystal Glass Canada Ltd. / Can-Am Autoglass Ltd.
Wendy Fraser
Executive Director
Supportive Housing for Young Mothers
Stephen Gaetz
Director, Canadian Homelessness Research Network
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, York University
Denis Garneau
Senior Vice President, Quebec
Intact Insurance
Wayne Helgason
Independent Director
Sheldon Pollett
Executive Director
Choices for Youth
Michael Rosset
President
HOMES Publishing Group
Leeann Signorotti
Regional Vice President
Private Banking – RBC Wealth Management, Royal Bank
Brian Stutz
Canadian Traffic Network
Carolann Barr
We believe in the power of collaboration and will continue to engage with and serve as a catalyst for community partners and other stakeholders in a nation-wide effort to bring about lasting solutions to homelessness.
Carolann Barr, Executive Director, Raising the Roof
Carolann Barr, Executive Director
Arundel Gibson, Director of National Campaigns
Maureen Gallagher, Director of Partnership Development
Jennifer Parnell, Director of Strategic and Financial Planning
Amanda Noble, Manager of Research and Community Initiatives
Paula Patryluk, Project Coordinator
Sean Gadon (Chair)
Director
Affordable Housing Office
City of Toronto
Geraldine Babcock
Supervisor, Youth Employment Programs
Social Development, Finance and Administration
City of Toronto
Shirley Chau
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
University of B.C., Okanagan
J.T. (Jerry) Fest
Youth Development Consultant
Portland, U.S.A.
Stephen Gaetz
Director, Canadian Homelessness Research Network
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education
York University, Toronto
Bill O’Grady
Associate Professor
Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Guelph
David Hulchanski
Director, Centre for Urban and Community Studies
University of Toronto
Jeff Karabanow
Professor
School of Social Work
Dalhousie University, Halifax
Lavinia Lamenza
Research Manager
EVIDENCE
Toronto
Jeremy Johnson
Youth Advisor
Burnaby
Nicole Sproule
Youth Advisor
Toronto