| Toronto Organizing Committee for the 2015 Pan American and Parapan Games Comité d’organisation des Jeux panaméricains et parapanaméricains de 2015 à Toronto | |
| Size: | 300px |
| Formation: | January 21, 2010 |
| Headquarters: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Leader Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
| Leader Name: | Saad Rafi |
| Language: | English, French, Spanish |
| Website: | http://www.toronto2015.org/lang/en/home.html |
The Toronto Organizing Committee for the 2015 Pan Parapan American Games (TO2015) (French: Comité d’organisation des Jeux panaméricains et parapanaméricains de 2015 à Toronto - TOR2015) was a non-profit organization responsible for producing and financing the 2015 Pan American Games and 2015 Parapan American Games. It was established on January 21, 2010, about three months after the 2015 games were awarded to Toronto, Ontario.[1]
TO2015 was led by chief executive officer Ian Troop, who has senior operating experience with multinational corporations [2] Its board of directors consisted of 12 members, with five partners the, Canadian Olympic Committee, Canadian Paralympic Committee, Canadian and Ontario provincial governments, and the City government of Toronto, Ontario.[3]
The Chair of the Games was The Honourable David Peterson, former politician and Premier of Ontario. In December 2013 Troop was fired. He was replaced in January 2014 by Saad Rafi.[4]
The following are members of the organizing committee and their title.[5]
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Chair | ||
| Senior Vice-President, Marketing & Revenue | ||
| Barbara Anderson | Chief Financial Officer | |
| Allen Vansen | Senior Vice-President, Operations | |
| Bob O'Doherty | Senior Vice-President, Sport and Venues | |
| Elaine Roper | Senior Vice-President, Human Resources | |
| Murray Noble | Senior Vice-President, Infrastructure | |
| Peter Donolo | Senior Vice-President, Public Affairs | |
| Louise Lutgens | Senior Vice-President, Community and Cultural Affairs | |
| Karen Hacker | Senior Vice-President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |
| Roger Garland | Chairman Emeritus |
The following are members of the board of directors and what they are known for. The board was selected to represent the five different partners in the games: the three governments and the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee[6]
| Name | Title/Accomplishments | |
|---|---|---|
| Chair, Former Premier of Ontario | ||
| President of the Canadian Olympic Committee | ||
| Former Olympic Diving champion and Pan American Games medalist. | ||
| Martha Billes | Controlling shareholder of the Canadian Tire Corporation | |
| Michael Chambers | Former president of the Canadian Olympic Committee | |
| Canadian businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist. | ||
| Former Olympics Rowing medalist. | ||
| Sandra Levy | Former Olympic field hockey player and Vice President of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind | |
| David Legg | President of the Canadian Paralympic Committee | |
| Walter Sieber | Former Vice President of the Canadian Olympic Committee | |
| Victoria Winter | Former Pan American Games medalist in dressage | |
| Joe Halstead | Chairman of Ontario Place Former CEO/Chair of Festival Management Committee Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Toronto (Formerly Caribana) |