Paul Rook, Chairperson

Paul Rook has been active in the Scarborough community for over 35 years, as an educator, a political organizer and a participant in local organizations. He taught in three high schools - Agincourt, MacDonald and Pearson - within the area covered by ACSA. For eight years he was full-time Vice-President and then President of the Scarborough district of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation. He is Chair of ACSA and served as Chair of our Policy Committee, when it did a complete review of our by-laws and policies. Paul also volunteers at CICS, coaches alternative dispute resolution and is on the Board of the LIFE Institute at Ryerson University. He brings experience and skills in policy making, organizing and chairing meetings, decision making and dispute resolution to our Board.

Celine Devlin, Vice Chairperson

Celine Devlin was born in Sri Lanka, raised in India, and became a part of the Agincourt community when she arrived in Canada 18 years ago. She attended Henry Kelsey and Agincourt Collegiate Institute. Her parents live in the Agincourt community and she works very close to this neighbourhood at Coca-Cola Ltd., working as a Category Insights Manager.

When she visited ACSA in the fall of last year as part of a United Way initiative at work, she became aware of the need in the Agincourt community and has a passion and desire to give back to a community that helped ease her transition and introduction to Canada.

Ken Chen, Treasurer

Kenneth Chen is a member of the Finance Committee on the ACSA board.
He currently works as a director of structured products administration in the financial services field. As a Chartered Accountant, Ken provides skills in areas of finance and administration. For the past three years he has assisted with the running of the Bridletowne Park Church tax clinic serving community members in the Bridletowne area and beyond. He has also been involved with the Action for Neighbourhood Change program at Glendower. Ken has always lived in Scarborough and wanted to help the community by contributing as a member of the board.

Bola Otaraki, Secretary

Bola Otaraki is a Relationship Manager with RBC Royal bank, and a Chemical Engineer. She came to Canada in 2006, one of the most accepting, accommodating and relaxing places to live in the world. She is always interested in positively touching the lives of the people around her and always takes up opportunities to give back to the community, a community that has given so much to her.

Karen Donaldson-Howden, BASc, Director at Large

Karen possesses a Bachelor of Applied Science in Public Health, major in Health Promotion and has extensive expertise in the area of Community Development and Health Promotion. She successfully initiated and led the Community Development Initiative for Toronto Community Housing Corporation's first redevelopment project, Don Mount Court.

As a committed individual and leader in the area of community development Karen volunteers her time in the Scarborough area working with female youth and communities to build their capacity to reach their full potential and be their own best advocate, for themselves and their children. Karen is currently functioning as the Sr. Specialist of Health Partnerships with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.

Karen grew up in the Scarborough area and is proud to be a member of the ACSA Board of Directors and the co-chair of the Fundraising Committee. Her goal is to contribute to building a better tomorrow for underserved communities in the Scarborough area.

Murry Fulcher, Director at Large

Murray has been an ACSA Board member since fall, 2004. Presently retired, he was working as a stellar real estate agent for over 30 years. Murray has been a resident of Scarborough for most of his life and an active volunteer for many community organizations. His list of volunteer activities
includes membership on the Unitarian Congressional and the United Nations.

Vinitha Gengatharan, Director at Large

Vinitha Gengatharan is currently the Director, International Initiatives at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Her responsibilities include managing International Agreements, delegations and coordination of International Initiatives at the University of Toronto. Previously, she served as the Assistant Director, Student Affairs at the University of Toronto Scarborough. In her role, she was responsible for providing leadership to the student affairs and student life portfolio. Vinitha has extensive experience working with community agencies for the last 15 years and has worked on projects that encourage University Students to engage with their community and community partners. She has also served as the Chair, Board of Stewards for Hart House. Having grown up in Scarborough and in Flemingdon Park, Vinitha is aware of the needs and dreams of the community and would like to be part of ACSA's community based solutions.

Anne Marie Males, Director at Large

Anne Marie Males is the Director of Public Affairs and Community Relations at The Scarborough Hospital. She has more than 20 years of corporate communications experience working in both the public and private sectors, particularly in the areas of government relations, crisis communications, and strategic marketing. Anne Marie is also an accomplished writer whose credits include The Toronto Star, Reader's Digest, and The Globe and Mail and she is currently the restaurant critic for The Toronto Sun. A long time resident of Scarborough, Anne Marie has volunteered for a local children's breakfast club and an Out of the Cold program in addition to serving on various boards and committees.

Manny Sousa, Director at Large

Manny Sousa, Manager of Community Relations at Enbridge Gas Distribution, is responsible for the Company's community investment program and oversees its Community Events program which supports and participates in more than 300 community events throughout Ontario.
Mr. Sousa has more than 10 years of experience in corporate community involvement and engagement. He is a firm believer that a company must have a social license to operate by giving back to the community.

Harpreet Wadehra, Director at Large

Harpreet Wadehra is a Manager at Soberman LLP, Chartered Accountants, on the Audit and Advisory team. In addition to being a Director at Large at ACSA, Harpreet is a member of the Finance Committee. As a CA, Harpreet is skilled in the areas of audit, tax, finance and administration.

Harpreet moved to Scarborough at a young age and since then, has exclusively lived in the Scarborough Community. She got involved with ACSA because she had a desire to contribute back to the community that has given her so much.