The Environmental Nominating Panel recommends that:

1. City Council appoint the following candidates to the Toronto Atmospheric Fund Board of Directors, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on December 31, 2016, and until successors are appointed:

- Jacoline Loewen

- Susan McLean

- Ravi Seethapathy

2. City Council appoint the following candidates to the Toronto Atmospheric Fund Board of Directors, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on November 30, 2018, and until successors are appointed:

- Sandra Odendahl – Chair

- Corey Diamond

- Jason S.T. Kotler

- Rob Roberti

3. City Council direct that the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachments 1, 2 and 3 remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Atmospheric Fund Board of Directors.

Candidates' biographies:

Corey Diamond

Corey Diamond is a partner at Realized Worth, a global company focused on engaging employees to get more involved in community activities. He spent more than 10 years helping to build Summerhill, a leading energy efficiency company. Corey helped to initiate and manage some of the largest climate change/behaviour change campaigns in North America. Corey has been a featured speaker, motivator and environmental enthusiast on several continents and is an avid sports fan, music collector, reader and traveler.

Jason Kotler

Jason Kotler is a CleanTech Entrepreneur, Management Consultant and Corporate Lawyer. He sits on the Board of the Toronto Atmospheric Fund where he effects impact investments from its $23M fund. Jason previously led NIMTech, a CleanTech start-up that developed process optimization solutions for the Renewable Energy and Oil & Gas industries. Jason was a Senior Strategy Consultant with CapGemini and practiced corporate commercial law with McMillan LLP, both with an emphasis on M&A, IP and technology.

Jacoline Loewen

Jacoline Loewen works with mid-sized enterprises and entrepreneurs. She specializes in investments, financing, private equity and governance. She brings knowledge of venture capital, strategy and investments in the private market. She is the author of hundreds of articles and three books; the most recent - Money Magnet: Attract investors to your business - is used by Ivey and Ryerson as a text. Jacoline is a director of the Private Capital Market Association.

Susan McLean

Susan McLean is a member of the Senior Management Group for the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation. She manages a team of senior policy professionals who deliver the commercialization and innovation programming and policy for Ontario's innovation ecosystem investments. Susan brings more than 15 years of experience working in capital markets and public/private sector roles, and draws upon broad and well-developed connections in the innovation, social finance and green economy sectors.

Sandra Odendahl

As the Director of Corporate Sustainability and Social Finance at RBC, Sandra Odendahl leads a team responsible for global strategy and leadership in the areas of environmental and social credit risk management, environmental products and services, bank-wide environmental programs, and external relations related to corporate sustainability issues.  She also oversees the RBC Social Finance Initiative, a $20 million program to catalyse the use of private money and financial markets for social good.

Rob Roberti

Rob Roberti oversees Capstone's cogeneration, wind, hydro, biomass and solar power business.  From 2007 to 2011, Rob served as a SVP of Macquarie Infrastructure Canada.  Rob's responsibilities also include identifying and assessing new investment opportunities in power.  Rob was previously the CFO of the Clean Power Income Fund.  Rob holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto.  He is a member of CPA Canada and the CFA Institute.

Ravi Seethapathy

Ravi Seethapathy, is a Corporate Director for Smart Grid Canada; an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto; and a utility/industry Adviser. He was formerly a R&D Manager at Hydro One. His current participation in international committees includes IEA PVPS Taskforce 14 (large Solar PV integration), Convenor Cigre C6.28 (Islanded/Remote Grids), and IEC TC120 Expert Committee (Energy Storage). He is recognized internationally, and is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.

The Environmental Nominating Panel will conduct interviews and recommend seven candidates, including one as Chair, to City Council for appointment to the Toronto Atmospheric Fund Board of Directors.