MORE ABOUT ELAINE TODRES

Elaine Todres has held leadership positions in both the public and private sectors. As a Deputy Minister, she held key portfolios in the Ontario public service for three different administrations (1987-1997), managing thousands of employees and budgets in excess of a billion dollars.

As Deputy Solicitor General and Deputy Minister of Corrections, she was responsible for the Ontario Provincial Police, the Coroner’s Office, the provincial jail system, emergency preparedness, and municipal regulation of police. She provided advice to the Premier and Cabinet on a range of criminal justice issues and provided leadership in modernizing and integrating the justice system.

In other roles as a Deputy Minister, Elaine provided leadership in telecommunications, cultural industries and tourism policies in Ontario. She led a transformation of human resource policies in the public service, including pay and employment equity and succession planning for senior management.

Before forming her consulting company, Elaine was President of the Baycrest Centre Foundation (1997 to 2000), where she was responsible for a multi-million-dollar fund-raising campaign, as well as leading, planning and managing the Foundation. She was a member of the senior management team of the Baycrest Centre, a world-renowned geriatric care and research institution in Toronto.