UTS Board of Directors
Robert E. Lord '58
Chair
Sujit Choudhry '88
Chair, Parents’ Liaison Committee
Chair, Students’ Liaison Committee
Andrew Dalglish
Parent
Treasurer
Cathy Mallove
Parent
Chair, Alumni Liaison Committee
Bernie McGarva '72
Nasir Noormohamed
Parent
Chair, Advancement Committee
Susan Opler '79
Parent
Chair, Staff Liaison Committee
F. David Rounthwaite '65
Secretary
Chair, Building Committee
Donald Schmitt '71
Members of the UTS Board can be reached at UTSBoard@utschools.ca
Sujit Choudhry
Sujit Choudhry is a UTS Alumnus (Class of 1988) and was originally recommended for nomination to the Board by the UTS Alumni Association. He holds the Scholl Chair and is Associate Dean (First Year Program) at the the University of Toronto, where is he is cross-appointed to the Department of Political Science, the School of Public Policy and Governance, and the Department of Health Management, Policy and Evaluation. He is also a Senior Fellow of Massey College, and a Member of the University of Toronto Centre for Ethics and Joint Centre for Bioethics. Professor Choudhry holds law degrees from the University of Oxford, the University of Toronto, and the Harvard Law School. Professor Choudhry was a Rhodes Scholar. He served as law clerk to Chief Justice Antonio Lamer of the Supreme Court of Canada. Professor Choudhry's principal research and teaching interests are Constitutional Law and Theory, and Health Law and Policy. He has also been actively involved in public policy development, serving as a consultant to the Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (the Romanow Commission), the National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health (the Naylor Committee), the World Bank Institute at the World Bank, as a member of the Academic Advisory Committee to the Province of Ontario's Democratic Renewal Secretariat, and a member of the Governing Toronto Advisory Panel.
Andrew Dalglish
Andrew Dalglish is a respected member of Toronto's financial community and a parent of a UTS student. After graduating in 1983 with a B.Comm, Honours from Queen’s University, he joined the public accounting firm Touche Ross & Co. (now Deloitte & Touche LLP), where he achieved his Chartered Accountant designation and spent 9 years serving clients. In 1993, he joined Mackenzie Financial Corporation, one of Canada's largest independent mutual fund companies, where he has held numerous roles including Chief Operation Officer. Currently he is an Executive Vice President with responsibilities for Mackenzie’s operating subsidiaries, particularly MRS Inc.
A practical career path hasn't meant a life free of unexpected turns. A teenage sufferer of Crohn’s disease Mr. Dalglish joined the Board of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada in 1996 where he served for seven years culminating in a two-year term as National President. He also joined the Board of FundSERV Inc. in 1997 and served as Chair in 1998-9, remaining on the Board thereafter. In 1999 he was a recipient of Canada’s "Top 40 under 40" award. In addition to those roles mentioned above, Mr. Dalglish is a director or former director of four private corporations and one public agency.
Robert Lord
Mr. Lord, the current Chair of the UTS Board of Directors, is a UTS alumnus (Class of 1958) and was recommended for nomination by the UTS Alumni Association. In addition to his role with the UTS Board, Mr. Lord is also the Vice-Chair of the UTS Building Opportunities Campaign. Mr. Lord is a Chartered Accountant who has previously served as the Vice-Chair of Ernst & Young, Chair of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Royal Life Saving Society of Canada, and as a Director of the YMCA of Greater Toronto. Mr. Lord is a director or former director of four public corporations and three private corporations.
Cathy Mallove
Cathy Mallove is the parent of a UTS student. She holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Georgetown University. Cathy is a Communications Consultant specializing in public consultation and facilitation, strategic planning and organizational development. Among her accomplishments, Cathy was the Director of Marketing for Steelcase Canada Ltd, helped a large public school board to develop a strategic and financial direction, was a senior member of the team working with a leading Canadian bank as it transformed to meet international competitive challenges and a changing regulatory environment, and continues to provide advice to senior executives in the public and private sectors. Cathy has served on a number of advisory committees at the Toronto District School Board as well as on the boards and executive committees of a number of non-profit and community organizations.
Bernie McGarva
Mr. McGarva is a UTS alumnus (Class of 1972) and was recommended for nomination by the UTS Alumni Association. He is Past President of the UTS Alumni Association (UTSAA) 1982, 2002 and 2003, and currently serves as director on the UTSAA Board. Mr. McGarva holds an A.B. mcl (Phi Beta Kappa) from Harvard University where he also received a fellowship from the John Fitzgerald Kennedy School of Government. He holds an LL.B. (Hons.) from University of Toronto. Mr. McGarva is a partner at the law firm of Aird & Berlis where he heads the firm's Infrastructure Group as well as the ADR Group. He has taught Civil Procedure at the Bar Admission Course and has authored a number of articles on risk management.
Nasir Noormohamed
Nasir Noormohamed is the parent of two UTS students, and is currently the chair of the UTS Advancement Committee. Nasir is the Co-Founder of Drug Intelligence Inc., which provides consulting services to some of the larger, research-based pharmaceutical companies in Canada in the areas of specialty and emerging therapies. Previously, Nasir provided management consulting services to numerous hospitals and health services organizations. He holds a Master of Health Science in Health Administration from the University of Toronto, a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Ontario, and the Certified Management Accountant designation. Nasir has served on the boards and executive committees of numerous national, provincial and local organizations.
Susan Opler
Susan Opler is the parent of a student in the UTS class of 2014, and is currently the chair of the Staff Liaison Committee. She is herself an UTS alumna (class of '79) and a former member of the UTS Alumni Board of Directors and as one of the first girls to attend UTS, was Co-Chair of the Celebration of 25 Years of Co-Education at the school in 1998. Ms Opler earned her B.A at McGill (1982) and her LL.B. from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law (1985). A member of the Ontario Bar since 1987, she practiced litigation for ten years as an associate and then as a partner at McCarthy Tetrault, before taking a leave from her professional practice to be at home with her two young children. In 2001, she was appointed a part-time lawyer member of the Consent and Capacity Board of Ontario (the "CCB"). In 2005, she was named Vice Chair. In her work for the CCB, Ms Opler conducts quasi-judicial hearings dealing with issues of mental health, capacity and substitute decision-making. She is also actively involved in administration of the CCB, training of members and outreach to the community. In addition to her work for the CCB, Ms Opler is a recognized expert in teaching adjudication skills to adjudicators in a wide variety of settings, both locally and internationally.
F. David Rounthwaite
Mr. Rounthwaite is a UTS alumnus (Class of 1965) and was recommended for nomination by the UTS Alumni Association. Mr. Rounthwaite currently serves as secretary of the UTS Board of Directors. During his tenure on the UTS Interim Board from 2002 to 2004, he was instrumental in the negotiation and drafting of UTS' constating documents as a corporation and an interim affiliation, services and premises agreement with the University of Toronto. After incorporation of the School, he was directly involved in the negotiation of the 2006 Affiliation Agreement with the University. Mr. Rounthwaite holds a B.A. (Hons.) from the University of Toronto, an M.Sc. (econ.) from the London School of Economics and Political Science and an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University. He is a partner in the Business Law Group of Miller Thomson LLP in Toronto and has served as a director of both public and private companies.
Donald Schmitt
Donald Schmitt is a UTS alumnus (Class of 1971) and a partner with Diamond+Schmitt Architects, an internationally recognized architectural firm renowned for its innovative design excellence in a broad range of building types. Mr. Schmitt is a graduate of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Architecture where he was awarded the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Medal in the thesis year. He has been Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Toronto, and Adjunct Professor and External Examiner, the School of Architecture, Dalhousie University.
Mr. Schmitt was the founding chair of the Public Art Commission for the City of Toronto, for which he was awarded the Civic Medal. He is currently a member of the Advisory Committee on Planning Design and Real Estate for the Canadian National Capital Commission and was a member of the Waterfront Toronto Design Review Panel. He is a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, a Member of the Architects’ Association of Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Nova Scotia, and a member of the American Institute of Architects and an Advisory board member of the Canadian Art Foundation.
