Stephen Scott, MBA

Director, Investments at Canada Infrastructure Bank.

Chair

As Director, Investments at the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB), Stephen leads financing deals within Indigenous infrastructure.  Since joining the CIB in 2021, he has been proud and honoured to have closed a number of financings for meaningful Indigenous community infrastructure projects that benefit a number First Nations and Métis communities across Canada.  Prior to joining the CIB, Stephen came from a background in commercial mid-market lending, wherein he was recognized with national performance awards at RBC and TD.

As a proud member of the Métis Nation of Ontario, Stephen’s lineage traces back to Duck Lake, Saskatchewan and beyond to the Red River Settlement.

Stephen lives in Toronto.  He also serves on the Board of Directors of Métis Voyaguer Development Fund.  He holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business.

Elisa Levi, MD RD MPH

Resident Physician

Vice Chair

Dr. Elisa Levi recently graduated from the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine (class of 2021) and is currently doing her residency in family medicine at Grey Bruce Health Services – Owen Sound Hospital. As a consultant she has advised several non profit organizations on food & health strategies working with Indigenous peoples. She is a member of the board for Edkaagmik Nbiizh Neyaashiinigamiingninwag Edbendaagzijig Trust in her community, and sits on the boards of the Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund and the Anishnawbe Health Foundation. She has a Master of Public Health from Lakehead University and Bachelor of Science with a focus on Nutrition from Ryerson University. She is a proud Anishinaabe, mother of two and member of the Chippewas of Nawash in Ontario.

Lyndsay G. Brisard, MREI, BCom, CPM®

Analyst, Investments, Canada Infrastructure Bank

Treasurer/Secretary 

Lyndsay is Anishinaabe from the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory and has spent his career working in the First Nation and social housing industry as well as First Nation community economic development. A graduate of the Master of Real Estate and Infrastructure program at the Schulich School of Business along with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from York University, he hopes to ultimately build a long-term career in social impact investing for First Nations, Inuit, and Metis communities.

Lyndsay has strong governance experience through serving on the Board of the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto with prior experience serving on the Boards of the Waubetek Business Development Commission and Wikwemikong Development Commission.

Diane Gray

President, Ozhige Insulpanel Limited

Director

Diane is an established professional with over 25 years of experience in the not-for-profit and various business sectors, ranging from real estate sales, property management, landscape and ground maintenance, clothing design, including a school of martial arts. To advance Indigenous socioeconomic reconciliation, Ozhige Insulpanel provides efficient and environmental solutions by converting agricultural waste into a green, high-quality, sustainable building material. Previous to Ozhige, Diane co-founded a virtual reality marketing company, worked at the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business leveraging her diverse set of skills and talent for building strong client-focused relations, and also at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in the Indigenous Leadership and Management program area.

Diane is a Mohawk/Anishnawbe kwe from the Mississauga territory. She holds a B.A. Honours from Trent University majoring in Indigenous Studies including a diploma in Indigenous Management and Economic Development. She currently serves on various boards and advisory committees and is dedicated to driving social innovation and transformation in various fields including adult professional development, health and enterprise development.

Marian Jacko

Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Indigenous Justice Division

Director

Marian identifies as Anishinaabe and her home First Nation is Wiikwemkoong located on Manitoulin Island, Ontario. She raised her eldest child as a single parent while earning three university degrees, including a Masters degree in social work and a law degree from the University of Toronto. After being called to the Ontario Bar in 1998, she worked with the Office of the Children’s Lawyer as counsel in the Property Rights department until 2015. While working full-time as a lawyer and raising three children, she obtained her Master of Laws degree in 2005 from York University.

Marian’s entire legal career has been devoted to working on behalf of children and Indigenous peoples. After working over 17 years as counsel at the Office of the Children’s Lawyer, she was appointed by Order-in-council as The Children’s Lawyer for Ontario in 2016. She is the first Indigenous female lawyer to serve in this capacity. As the Children’s Lawyer for Ontario, Marian was responsible for delivery of legal and clinical services in the administration of justice on behalf of children. In 2021, Marian was asked to take on the role of Assistant Deputy Attorney General for the Indigenous Justice Division which is now her permanent assignment.

Marian has earned numerous accolades for her leadership and contributions, including the National Indspire Award in Law and Justice (2020), the Lieutenant Governor’s Medal of Distinction in Public Administration (2021), the Law Society of Ontario’s Laura Legge Award (2022), and the Vera Styres Community Service Award from the Dreamcatcher Charitable Foundation (2023).

Marian also serves as Board President for Anishnawbe Health of Toronto and is currently serving in her seventh year which is also her third and final term in this capacity.

Judith Moses

President & CEO OF Judith Moses Consulting

Director

Judith has served in numerous federal and provincial government departments  including Foreign Affairs, Privy Council Office, Public Service Commission, Employment and Immigration, Indian and Northern Affairs, and, lastly, as Senior Assistant Deputy Minister Policy, Programs and Rural Development, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada. She led a central agency review in the Ontario Cabinet office that led to the creation of the Ministry of Government Services.

Judith was a partner in McLaughlin-Moses Strategic Advisory Services, a government relations firm. She was a vice president at the Institute on Governance. She ran as a federal candidate in the 2008 election and for the provincial candidacy St. Paul’s in ’09.

Judith serves as Chair of the Board of Governors of St. Stephen’s University and is a board member of Historica Canada and of the National Ballet School. She is a former Deputy Prolocutor of the Anglican Church of Canada and chair of its Jubilee Commission. Judith is also a recipient of Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.

She holds a BA from the University of Guelph and studied at the Oxford Centre for Management Development, Oxford University. Judith is a member of the Delaware First Nation of the Six Nations of the Grand River.

Chief Taynar Simpson

Chief of Alderville First Nation and Founder of Wampum Records 

Director

Chief Taynar Simpson has dedicated his life and career to the advancement of Indigenous causes in Canada. For the past 28 years, Chief Simpson has been leading national reconciliation projects.

At National Defence Headquarters in the mid-1990’s, Taynar was part of the team that brought Employment Equity and gender integration to the Canadian Forces. In the late 1990’s, he started working on the Indian Residential School (IRS) litigation, IRS Alternative Dispute Resolution and eventually the IRS Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) process that started in 2006. Other positions include Communications Analyst at both INAC and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), Policy Analyst at INAC and field reporter for Windspeaker news magazine.

In 2000, Taynar consolidated his experience by founding his company, Wampum Records. Since then, the company has become Canada’s premier research and consulting company on Indigenous issues. Wampum Records conducted the research on Indian residential schools resolution, Day Schools resolution, and Sixties Scoop resolution national initiatives. Recently, Taynar was the project lead for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) Missing Children Phase 2 (MCP2) project that identified the thousands of children who perished at Canada’s residential schools.

Taynar has sat on several Boards and Trusts. Some of these Board positions include Chairman of the Board of Alderville Solar Inc. which is Canada’s largest wholly Indigenous-owned energy project. He is currently the vice-Chair of the Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child and Family Services (DBCFS) Board of Directors. Chief Simpson is also the vice-Chair of the Ogemawahj Tribal Council (OTC). Taynar has been a Trustee on both the Alderville Williams Treaty Settlement Agreement Trust (AWTSAT) and the Alderville Community Trust (ACT). Taynar currently serves as the Chief of Alderville First Nation where he previously held the role of Councillor. Chief Simpson is looking forward to bringing his experience and knowledge to this role to help guide First Nations through the new era of reconciliation in Canada.