Leadership

Jim Gilligan

EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
Jim Gilligan is the Executive Director of the Catholic Children’s Aid Foundation and has been in this role since May 2022. Prior to joining the Foundation, Jim was President and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross Life Insurance Company of Canada from 2000-2016. In this role, he also served on the Board of Directors and was responsible for all executive and operational activities of the company. He was its primary contact for key stakeholders, including shareholders, distributors, clients, regulators and rating agencies. Jim also served on the Life Insurance Industry Advisory Committee for Assuris, the not-for-profit compensation organization which protects Canadian policyholders in the event that their life insurance company should fail. Jim was born and raised in Philadelphia and began his career in the U.S. at the Du Pont Company and, over the years, served in many marketing roles, including as the first marketing leader for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Canada. He also served in the U.S. Navy as a Supply Corps Officer. Jim holds a B.S. in Economics from Villanova University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alexa Guerrier

Executive
Assistant
Description coming soon.

Board Members

Phil Gillin, 1st Vice President

Phil Gillin

CHAIR
Phil Gillin retired in November 2019 and at that time was Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager at BentallGreenOak..
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Tony Cocuzzo, Board Member

Tony Cocuzzo

VICE-CHAIR
Tony Cocuzzo is a senior partner with Deloitte LLP in Toronto and has been with the Firm almost 30 years. He serves some of the Firm’s largest clients..
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Susanne DesRochers, Board Member

Susanne DesRochers

SECRETARY
Susanne DesRochers is a business executive with over 20 years of experience leading strategic marketing..
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Peter Brennan

TREASURER
Peter Brennan was recruited to join the Catholic Children’s Aid Foundation Board of Directors in December 2021 with the plan to assume the Treasurer position and be the Lead Director ...
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Tara Tinmouth, Secretary

Tara Tinmouth

BOARD MEMBER
Tara Tinmouth is a CPA, CA and the Director Portfolio Management and Delivery In Risk Management at the Royal Bank of Canada. In this role, Tara brings..
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Geoffrey Greyhurst, Board Member

Geoff Grayhurst

BOARD MEMBER
Geoff Grayhurst is CEO of Dorsay with over 25 years of real estate experience in the GTA. Dorsay is a GTA real estate development and investment company active...
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John Voutsinos, Board Member

John Voutsinos

BOARD MEMBER
John Voutsinos has 20 years of experience working with children professionally and through community involvement. Since 2006, he has worked at De La Salle College in various...
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Teresa Palandra

BOARD MEMBER
Teresa Palandra is a Senior Partner and the leader of Mercer Canada’s Wealth Business. She’s responsible for Mercer’s delivery of investment consulting, open architecture manager...
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Cameron Murphy

BOARD MEMBER
Cam Murphy is a Management Consultant with over 10 years of experience in strategy development and implementation. He is currently an Associate Partner at Bain & Company
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