About

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of The Country Day School is a group of volunteers with diverse interests and fields of expertise who serve the School through participation on the Board and the Standing Committees of the Board. As an independent, not-for-profit organization, this volunteer Board is tasked with overseeing the governance of the School including the oversight of strategy, policy and management.

Members include business and community leaders who are drawn from the larger CDS community including CDS alumni, current or past parents and independent representatives. Each spring the Governance Committee ensures that the Board is appropriately populated to meet the objectives of the coming year and calls for nominations of interested candidates. Directors are selected based on an assessment of the technical skills, experiences and governance capabilities required to advance the interests of the School. New members are elected at the Annual General Meeting in the fall and serve set terms.

Should this opportunity be of interest to you, please send the Nomination Form to the attention of the Chair of the Governance Committee, David Myers, in the Senior School Office.

Board of Directors 2022-2023

List of 13 news stories.

  • Mrs. Karen Adams

    Board Service since 2016
    Chair, Board of Directors
    Member of all Board Standing Committees

    Mrs. Karen Adams and her husband, Mr. Weston Adams, have been CDS parents since 2011. Both of their children attended CDS; their daughter graduated in 2020 and their son graduated in 2018.
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  • Mr. Luis Chacin

    Board Service since 2019
    Secretary, Board of Directors
    Finance & Risk Committee, Member
    Governance Committee, Member
    Investment Committee, Member

    Mr. Luis Chacin and his wife, Dr. Mercedes Rodriguez, have been CDS parents since 2015. Their son graduated in 2022.
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  • Mr. David Creglia

    Board Service since 2020
    Long Range Planning Committee, Chair
    Advancement Committee, Member
    Investment Committee, Member

    Mr. Creglia and his wife, Mrs. Deana Creglia, have been CDS parents since 2019. They have two sons in the Senior School.
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  • Mr. Jim Emanoilidis

    Board Service since 2022
    Advancement Committee, Chair
    Building Committee, Member
     
    Mr. Emanoilidis is a new member of the Board having joined on September 27, 2022. Mr. Jim Emanoilids and his wife, Mrs. Maricke Emanoilidis, have been CDS parents since 2015. They have four children, two sets of twins; two daughters are in the Junior School and a son in the Senior School. 
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  • Dr. Varun Kapila

    Board Service since 2022
    Building Committee, Member
    Long Range Planning Committee, Member
     
    Dr. Kapila is a new member of the Board having joined on September 27, 2022. He and his wife, Dr. Natasha Sukhai, are new parents to The Country Day School. They have three children, two daughters are enrolled in the Junior School and the youngest daughter will be joining CDS in September 2023.
     
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  • Mr. Basheer Khan

    Board Service since 2019
    Building Committee, Chair
    Finance & Risk Committee, Member
    Long Range Planning Committee, Member
    CDS Foundation Trustees, Member

    Mr. Basheer Khan and his wife, Mrs. Reem Khan, have been CDS parents since 2011. Their son is in the Senior School and their daughter is in the Middle School.
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  • Mr. Spencer Lavis

    Board Service since 2018
    Building Committee, Member

    Mr. Spencer Lavis and his wife, Mrs. Kelly Lavis, were CDS parents for 20 years. Mrs. Lavis has served as a volunteer coordinator for many years and was the Parent Association President from 2008-2009. Their three children attended CDS from Kindergarten to Grade 12 (making them all CDS Lifers) and graduated in 2013, 2017 and 2018. 
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  • Mrs. Tina Mithra

    Board Service since 2019
    Vice Chair, Board of Directors
    Finance & Risk Committee, Member
    Governance Committee, Member
    Human Resources Committee, Member

    Mrs. Tina Mithra and her husband, Mr. Manpreet Mithra, have been CDS parents since 2017. Their two sons are in the Middle and Senior Schools.
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  • Mr. Ben Scholten

    Board Services since 2016
    Human Resources Committee, Chair

    Mr. Ben Scholten and his wife, Mrs. Leesa Scholten, have been CDS parents since 2016. They have three children in the Middle and Senior Schools.
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  • Ms. Katie Shotbolt

    Board Service since 2018
    Finance & Risk Committee, Chair
    Investment Committee, Member
    Long Range Planning Committee, Member

    Ms. Katie Shotbolt is a graduate of Queen's University's Smith School of Business, and holds her CPA, CA designation. She is also a 2007 graduate of The Country Day School.
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  • Dr. Priya Suppal

    Board Service since 2020
    Advancement Committee, Member
    Long Range Planning Committee, Member

    Dr. Suppal and her husband, Mr. Rick Walia, have been CDS parents since 2015. Their oldest son graduated in 2019 and youngest son graduated in 2022.
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  • Mr. Jamie Wakeam

    Board Member since 2021
    Finance & Risk Committee, Member
    Human Resources Committee, Member
    Long Range Planning Committee, Member
     
    Mr. Jamie Wakeam and his wife, Mrs. Cheryl Wakeam, have been CDS parents since 2021. They have two children enrolled in the Middle and Senior Schools.
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  • Mr. Glen Way

    Board Service since 2022
    Investment Committee, Chair
    Finance & Risk Committee, Member
     
    Mr. Way is a new member of the Board having joined on September 27, 2022. Mr. Glen and Mrs. Katherine Way have been CDS parents since 2021. They have two boys enrolled in the Junior and Senior Schools.
     
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  • Mr. John Liggett, Head of School

    Ex-officio Member
    Member of all Board Committees

    John was appointed Head of The Country Day School in 2011, and is the proud CDS parent of Joshua who graduated in 2015, and Aiden who graduated in 2021.
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2020-2023  Karen Adams
2017-2020 David Myers
2014-2017  Paul Jewer
2011-2014  Dimitris Polygenis
2008-2011 Stacie A. Stanton
2005-2008 James H. Nelles
2002-2005 John Timothy Stanley
1999-2002 Kenneth E. Little
1997-1999 Carol Y. Proudlock
1995-1997 H. Glenn Fagan
1993-1995 Diana M. Dunlap
1990-1993 William W. Moriarty
1988-1990 John T. Mollard
1986-1988 Peter E. Peachey
1984-1986 Susan N. M. Plamondon-Wilson
1981-1984 Donald M. Rogers
1978-1981 Janet R. van Nostrand
1977-1978 H. Michael Burns
1977 Margaret H. Bindhardt
1975-1977 Jane H. Hayes
1972-1975 Edmond G. Eberts

Land Acknowledgment

CDS wishes to recognize and acknowledge the land on which the school operates. For thousands of years, these have been the traditional lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We also recognize the traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabe and the Haudenosaunee peoples who also shared this land.  CDS respects the relationship with these lands and recognizes that our connection can be strengthened by our continued relationship with all First Nations, by acknowledging our shared responsibility to respect and care for these lands and waters for future generations.

School Information

13415 Dufferin Street King, Ontario L7B 1K5 
(905) 833-1220 

communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca

Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.

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