Team & Leadership
Our Professional Team
Those of us who work here are passionate and enthusiastic about our cause. Under the guidance of our President & CEO, Bram Freedman, our dedicated team of professionals work to provide the hospital with the funds needed to provide exceptional care—without exception.
Bram Freedman
President and Chief Executive Officer
514-340-8222, x 28668
Betty Elkaim
Vice President and Chief Development Officer
514-340-8222, x 24055
Moshe Ben-Shach
Vice-President, Operations and Finance
514-340-8222, x 24051
Rhonda O'Gallagher
Vice-President, Strategic Marketing and Communications
514-340-8222, x 26752
Céline Bastien
Manager, Executive Office and Operations
514-340-8222, x 24305
Stephanie Benabou
Executive Assistant, Development
514-340-8222, x 24306
Ali-Reza Chattoo
Senior Officer, Prospect Research and Pipeline Administration
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Samantha Ciaravino
Executive Assistant to the Vice-President
514-340-8222, x 24689
Nicole Deboisselle-Oyarzun
Data Entry and Office Associate
Tiffany England
Executive Assistant to the Executive Vice-President
514-340-8222, x 25467
Marie-Ève Jalbert (On maternity leave)
Development Officer, Annual Giving Programs
514-340-8222, x 22027
Veronica Klein
Director, Donor Relations and Gift Management
514-340-8222, x 22028
Claude Krynski
Principal Director, Philanthropic Development
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Valerie Manouk (on maternity leave)
Director, Annual Programs
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Melissa Margles
Principal Director, Major Gifts and Planned Giving
514-340-8222, x 24057
Solène Oustry
Executive Assistant, Development and Planned Giving
514-340-8222, x 22267
Amanda Starnino
Director, Marketing and Communications
514-340-8222, x 23540
Andrea Szlamkowicz
Director, Community Engagement
514-340-8222, x 23069
Iris Thibeault
Senior Digital Marketing Specialist
514-340-8222, x 26753
Volunteer Leadership
Our Board of Directors and community leaders are dedicated to making a difference in healthcare. Their commitment and expertise have been the cornerstone of our Foundation since its inception over 50 years ago.
Immediate Past Chair
Edward Wiltzer
Chair
Harvey Levenson
Vice-Chair
Gerald Issenman
Secretary
Pierre Brosseau
Treasurer
Ronny Steinberg
President & CEO
Bram Freedman
CIUSSS-CO President & CEO
Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg
Ad-Hoc (ex-officio)
Edward Wiltzer
Chair
Harvey Levenson
Vice-Chair
Gerald Issenman
Secretary
Pierre Brosseau
Treasurer
Ronny Steinberg
President & CEO
Bram Freedman
CIUSSS-CO President & CEO
Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg
Ad-Hoc (ex-officio)
- David Amiel*
- Howard Dermer
- Mitchell Kendall
- Irwin Kramer, CPA, CA
- Brenda Rosenberg
- Mark Sherman
Director Emeritus
Morton Brownstein, C.M. (deceased)
Sheila Kussner, O.C., O.Q., C.O.M.
Honourary Chairs
Richard Dubrovsky
Bernard Stotland, FCPA, FCA
Directors
Morton Brownstein, C.M. (deceased)
Sheila Kussner, O.C., O.Q., C.O.M.
Honourary Chairs
Richard Dubrovsky
Bernard Stotland, FCPA, FCA
Directors
- Jordan Aberman
- Heather Adelson
- David Amiel*
- Anne-Marie Bélanger
- Linny Blauer (Representing the Auxiliary)
- Sandrine Bohbot*
- Pierre Brosseau
- Bita Cattelan
- André B. Charron
- Clare A Chiu
- Rona Davis
- Sylvie Demers*
- Aaron Fima, CPA, CA
- Bram Freedman
- Kenneth Harris*
- Gerald Issenman
- George Itzkovitz
- Mitchell Kendall
- Irwin Kramer, CPA, CA
- Albert Labelle
- Claude Lachance
- Paul Lavallée
- Nan Lassner
- Miles Leutner
- Harvey Levenson
- Elliot Lifson
- Grace Lutfy*
- Christine Marchildon
- Suzanne O’Brien (Representing Hope & Cope)
- Jean-François Prince*
- Gabi Rosberger (Representing the Auxiliary)
- Brenda Rosenberg
- Alan Rossy
- Mark Sherman
- Ronny Steinberg
- Edward Wiltzer
- Heleena Wiltzer
- Jodie Zimmerman-Frenkiel
2016-2019
Edward Wiltzer
2013-2016
Howard Dermer
2011-2013
Allen Rubin
2009-2011
Gary Wechsler, FCA
2007-2009
Richard Dubrovsky
2005-2007
Bernard Stotland, FCA
2003-2005
Samuel Minzberg
1999-2003
James Alexander
1996-1999
Brahm Gelfand
1993-1996
Stephen Vineberg (deceased)
1990-1993
Steven Cummings
1988-1990
Leo Goldfarb (deceased)
1986-1988
Morton Brownstein (deceased)
1982-1986
Leonard Ellen (deceased)
1979-1982
Bernard J. Lande (deceased)
1969-1979
George H. Scott (deceased)
Edward Wiltzer
2013-2016
Howard Dermer
2011-2013
Allen Rubin
2009-2011
Gary Wechsler, FCA
2007-2009
Richard Dubrovsky
2005-2007
Bernard Stotland, FCA
2003-2005
Samuel Minzberg
1999-2003
James Alexander
1996-1999
Brahm Gelfand
1993-1996
Stephen Vineberg (deceased)
1990-1993
Steven Cummings
1988-1990
Leo Goldfarb (deceased)
1986-1988
Morton Brownstein (deceased)
1982-1986
Leonard Ellen (deceased)
1979-1982
Bernard J. Lande (deceased)
1969-1979
George H. Scott (deceased)
Howard Dermer (Co-Chair)
Sylvie Grégoire (Co-Chair)
Ted Matthews*
Joan Prévost
Alice Raby
Sarah Rubin
Peter Triassi
Joel Segal
Sylvie Grégoire (Co-Chair)
Ted Matthews*
Joan Prévost
Alice Raby
Sarah Rubin
Peter Triassi
Joel Segal
Immediate Past Chair
Edward Wiltzer
Chair
Harvey Levenson
President
Bram Freedman
Vice-Chair
Gerald Issenman
Secretary
Pierre Brosseau
Treasurer
Ronny Steinberg
Ad-Hoc
David Amiel*
Howard Dermer
Mitchell Kendall
Irwin Kramer, CPA, CA
Brenda Rosenberg
Mark Sherman
Edward Wiltzer
Chair
Harvey Levenson
President
Bram Freedman
Vice-Chair
Gerald Issenman
Secretary
Pierre Brosseau
Treasurer
Ronny Steinberg
Ad-Hoc
David Amiel*
Howard Dermer
Mitchell Kendall
Irwin Kramer, CPA, CA
Brenda Rosenberg
Mark Sherman
Jordan Aberman
Armand Afilalo
James Alexander
Joseph Basmaji
Anne-Marie Bélanger, CPA, CA
William Bell
Lison Benarroch
David Bensadoun
Danielle Bitton
Gabriel Bitton
Ronald Black
Evelyn Bloomfield-Schachter
L. Michael Blumenstein
Garner Bornstein
Perry Britton
Anna Brojde
Claudine Bronfman
Stephen R. Bronfman
Bernice Brownstein
Janis Brownstein
Michael Brownstein
Bobby Ciricillo
Stanley Cons
Steven Cummings, C.M.
Murray Dalfen
Robert Davis
François de Gaspé Beaubien
Howard Dermer
Lewis Dobrin
Elaine Dubrovsky
Gordon Echenberg
Bina Ellen
Dr. Sheldon Elman
Sam Eltes
Aaron Fish
Michael Flinker
Mortimer Fruchter
James Garfinkle
Brahm Gelfand
Samuel Gewurz
Gail Goldfarb Karp
Beryl Goldman
David Goodman
Morris Goodman
Harold Sonny Gordon
David Granofsky
Sylvie Grégoire
Saryl Gross
Stephen Gross
Diane Proulx Guerrera
Salvatore Guerrera
Pascale Hasen*
Thomas O. Hecht
Helaine Herman
Norman Issley
Lynne Kassie
Bruce Kent
Andy Kirstein
Perry Kliot
Max Konigsberg
Avi Krispine
Jean-Alexandre Lambert
Marc Larente
William Lassner
Howard Levine
Ben Levitt
Irwin Litvack
Gerald Litwin
Judy Marmerstein Litwin
Paul Lowenstein
Irving Ludmer
Ted Matthews*
Leonard J. Mendel
Gary Mintz
Jodi Mintz
Samuel Minzberg
Terry Minzberg
Claude Morency
Clifford Noonoo
Rory Olson
Paul Ostrov
D. James Papadimitriou
Ross Paperman
Selena Paperman
Barry Pascal
Edward Pascal
Joe Paventi
William Pencer
Maurice Peress
Stanley K. Plotnick
Sol Polachek
Hyman Polansky
Joan Prévost
Alice Raby
Joel Raby
Stephen Rapps
Susan Raymer
Dorothy Reitman, C.M.
Nadine Renaud-Tinker*
Howard Richman
Giuseppe Rizzolo
Nancy Rosenfeld
Larry Rossy
Sarah Rubin
Lyon Sachs
George Sakkas
Giancarlo Salvo
Seymour Samberg
Allan Schouela
Edouard Schouela
Martin Schwartz
Emmelle Segal
E. Stephen Segal
Joel Segal
Jeff Segel
Gilles Sénécal
Barry Shapiro
Bernard J. Shapiro, O.C.
Jeff Solomon
Albert Soussan
Manya Stendel
Richard Stern
Howard Stotland
John Swidler
Danny Taran
Irving Teitelbaum
Martin Thibodeau
Peter Triassi
Steven Victor, CPA, CA
Justin Vineberg
Lillian Vineberg
Robert Vineberg
Gary Wechsler*
Neil Weinman
Cindy Weinstein
Edward Glen Weinstein
Jonathan Wener, C.M.
Susan Wener
Peter Yanofsky
Steven Yaphe
Stanley E. Zack
Armand Afilalo
James Alexander
Joseph Basmaji
Anne-Marie Bélanger, CPA, CA
William Bell
Lison Benarroch
David Bensadoun
Danielle Bitton
Gabriel Bitton
Ronald Black
Evelyn Bloomfield-Schachter
L. Michael Blumenstein
Garner Bornstein
Perry Britton
Anna Brojde
Claudine Bronfman
Stephen R. Bronfman
Bernice Brownstein
Janis Brownstein
Michael Brownstein
Bobby Ciricillo
Stanley Cons
Steven Cummings, C.M.
Murray Dalfen
Robert Davis
François de Gaspé Beaubien
Howard Dermer
Lewis Dobrin
Elaine Dubrovsky
Gordon Echenberg
Bina Ellen
Dr. Sheldon Elman
Sam Eltes
Aaron Fish
Michael Flinker
Mortimer Fruchter
James Garfinkle
Brahm Gelfand
Samuel Gewurz
Gail Goldfarb Karp
Beryl Goldman
David Goodman
Morris Goodman
Harold Sonny Gordon
David Granofsky
Sylvie Grégoire
Saryl Gross
Stephen Gross
Diane Proulx Guerrera
Salvatore Guerrera
Pascale Hasen*
Thomas O. Hecht
Helaine Herman
Norman Issley
Lynne Kassie
Bruce Kent
Andy Kirstein
Perry Kliot
Max Konigsberg
Avi Krispine
Jean-Alexandre Lambert
Marc Larente
William Lassner
Howard Levine
Ben Levitt
Irwin Litvack
Gerald Litwin
Judy Marmerstein Litwin
Paul Lowenstein
Irving Ludmer
Ted Matthews*
Leonard J. Mendel
Gary Mintz
Jodi Mintz
Samuel Minzberg
Terry Minzberg
Claude Morency
Clifford Noonoo
Rory Olson
Paul Ostrov
D. James Papadimitriou
Ross Paperman
Selena Paperman
Barry Pascal
Edward Pascal
Joe Paventi
William Pencer
Maurice Peress
Stanley K. Plotnick
Sol Polachek
Hyman Polansky
Joan Prévost
Alice Raby
Joel Raby
Stephen Rapps
Susan Raymer
Dorothy Reitman, C.M.
Nadine Renaud-Tinker*
Howard Richman
Giuseppe Rizzolo
Nancy Rosenfeld
Larry Rossy
Sarah Rubin
Lyon Sachs
George Sakkas
Giancarlo Salvo
Seymour Samberg
Allan Schouela
Edouard Schouela
Martin Schwartz
Emmelle Segal
E. Stephen Segal
Joel Segal
Jeff Segel
Gilles Sénécal
Barry Shapiro
Bernard J. Shapiro, O.C.
Jeff Solomon
Albert Soussan
Manya Stendel
Richard Stern
Howard Stotland
John Swidler
Danny Taran
Irving Teitelbaum
Martin Thibodeau
Peter Triassi
Steven Victor, CPA, CA
Justin Vineberg
Lillian Vineberg
Robert Vineberg
Gary Wechsler*
Neil Weinman
Cindy Weinstein
Edward Glen Weinstein
Jonathan Wener, C.M.
Susan Wener
Peter Yanofsky
Steven Yaphe
Stanley E. Zack
Sydney Aptacker
Joe Battat
Aldo D. Bensadoun, O.C., C.Q.
Harry J.F. Bloomfield, Q.C.
Michel Boucher
Douglas Cohen
Joanne Cohen
Nancy Cummings Gold
Senator Marc Gold
Lenore Goldfarb, Ph.D.
Robert Goldfarb
Shirley Goldfarb
Sam Hornstein
The Hon. Pierre Marc Johnson
Alvin Cramer Segal, O.C., O.Q.
Vanda Treiser
Sheila Zittrer
Joe Battat
Aldo D. Bensadoun, O.C., C.Q.
Harry J.F. Bloomfield, Q.C.
Michel Boucher
Douglas Cohen
Joanne Cohen
Nancy Cummings Gold
Senator Marc Gold
Lenore Goldfarb, Ph.D.
Robert Goldfarb
Shirley Goldfarb
Sam Hornstein
The Hon. Pierre Marc Johnson
Alvin Cramer Segal, O.C., O.Q.
Vanda Treiser
Sheila Zittrer
Investment and Finance Committee
- Joel Segal – Chair
- Bram Freedman (ex-officio)
- Marc Gauthier
- Harvey Levenson (ex-officio)
- Fréderic Martel
- Allan Schouela
- Ronny Steinberg
- Aaron Fima, CPA, CA – Chair
- Bram Freedman (ex-officio)
- Irwin Kramer, CPA, CA
- Jonathan Kuczer
- Miles Leutner
- Harvey Levenson (ex-officio)
- Philip Levi, FCPA, FCA
- Grace Lutfy*
- Karen McLarnon
- Ronny Steinberg
- Lawrence Yelin
- Irwin Zelniker
- Ronny Steinberg – Chair
- Claire Chiu
- Aaron Fima (ex-officio)
- Bram Freedman (ex-officio)
- Mitch Kendall
- Harvey Levenson (ex-officio)
- Karen McLarnon
- Jean-François Prince*
- Mark Sherman
- Irwin Zelniker
- Howard Levine – Chair
- Anne-Marie Bélanger, CPA, CA
- Howard Dermer
- Sharon Druker
- Bram Freedman (ex-officio)
- Sylvie Grégoire
- Perry Kliot
- Harvey Levenson (ex-officio)
- Justin Vineberg
- Gerald Issenman – Co-Chair
- Ronny Steinberg – Co-Chair
- Heather Adelson
- David Amiel*
- Bita Cattelan
- Clare A. Chiu
- Bram Freedman (ex-officio)
- Sylvie Grégoire
- Harvey Levenson (ex-officio)
- Elliot Lifson
- Alan Rossy
- Mark Sherman
- Eddy Wiltzer
- Jodie Zimmerman-Frenkiel – Chair
- Julie Bourbonnais
- Howard Dermer
- Bram Freedman (ex-officio)
- Gerald Issenman
- Irwin Kramer, CPA, CA
- Harvey Levenson (ex-officio)
- Elise Schroeter
- Edward Wiltzer – Chair
- Pierre Brosseau
- Bita Cattelan
- Howard Dermer
- Bram Freedman (ex-officio)
- Gerald Issenman
- Harvey Levenson (ex-officio)
- Brenda Rosenberg
- Irwin Kramer, CPA, CA – Chair
- David Amiel*
- Pierre Brosseau
- Rona Davis
- Bram Freedman (ex-officio)
- Gerald Issenman
- Mitchell Kendall
- Paul Lavallée
- Harvey Levenson
- Leonard Mendel
- Mark Sherman
- Ronny Steinberg
- Edward Wiltzer (ex-officio)
*New appointment