ABOUT US
Toronto Climate Week (TOCW) was born from a bold vision: to create a Canadian platform that unites climate action with culture, innovation, and community. Its mission is to position Toronto and Canada as a globally recognized climate hub.
core team
Toronto Climate Week is powered by a team of volunteers, creatives, and builders — spanning programming, partnerships, operations, design, content, data, and more. The TOCW team is committed to sparking action, building networks, and turning Toronto into a global stage for climate leadership. Community built. Community owned.
Programming, Partnerships & Sponsorships
becky park-romanovsky
Founder & Executive Director | LinkedIn
IRENA STANKOVIC
Head of Partnerships & Sponsorships | LinkedIn
sandra odendahl
Partnerships Lead | LinkedIn
john hansen
Programming & Partnerships Lead | LinkedIn
sebastian davila
Partnerships Lead (Global) | LinkedIn
tarika vijayaraghavan
Programming Coordinator (Food Track) | LinkedIn
kimia karbasy
Programming Coordinator | LinkedIn
oksana nikitenko
Programming Coordinator | LinkedIn
fabiola trujano
Programming Coordinator | LinkedIn
taiana vanzellotti
Programming Coordinator | LinkedIn
cynthia roberts
Programming Coordinator | LinkedIn
WENDY WANG
Sponsor Coordinator | LinkedIn
AMARA GURM
Programming Coordinator | LinkedIn
PARUL ALAGH
Programming Coordinator | LinkedIn
ALanna Man
Programming Coordinator | LinkedIn
Laura Keyworth
Programming Coordinator | LinkedIn
Operations
athul kumar
Operations Lead | LinkedIn
eviatar tron
Business Processes & Automations Lead | LinkedIn
Christina Tymczyna
Operations Coordinator | LinkedIn
sophie wolkoff
Operations Coordinator | LinkedIn
Laj Kaur
Operations Coordinator | LinkedIn
Daniela Nogueira
Operations Coordinator | LinkedIn
Hena Guha
Legal Coordinator | LinkedIn
Anuja Jumani
Accountant / Bookkeeper | LinkedIn
Ilini i
Community Engagement Coordinator | LinkedIn
Brand & Comms
chloe d'agostini
Head of Brand & Comms | LinkedIn
Jennifer Myers Chua
Creative Director | LinkedIn
Content
kaitlyn osborne
Head of Content | LinkedIn
elizabeth cockle
Newsletter Lead | LinkedIn
tina krizman
Social Media Coordinator | LinkedIn
dan bargo
Social Media Coordinator | LinkedIn
nile choi
Social Media & Newsletter Coordinator | LinkedIn
Simone Hamilton
Social Media Coordinator | LinkedIn
Rebecca Paduchowski
Social Media Coordinator | LinkedIn
Andra Tarta
Newsletter Coordinator | LinkedIn
Design
ella sabourin
Designer & Art Director | LinkedIn
Adélie Touraille
Design Coordinator | LinkedIn
Web Development
kunaal arora
Web Developer & Website Lead | LinkedIn
isabelle beaudry hajji
Web Developer | LinkedIn
Data
patrick mcadams
Data Analyst | LinkedIn
david grant
CRM Implementation | LinkedIn
Praise Mafusire
Data Analyst | LinkedIn
Rita Riedstra
Data Analyst | LinkedIn
Murtaza Shambhoora
Data Analyst | LinkedIn
Marketing
kristy sadler
Marketing Lead | LinkedIn
alexandra kolar
Marketing Coordinator | LinkedIn
People & Culture
melina damián
People & Culture Lead | LinkedIn
Kathryn Weber
People & Culture Coordinator | LinkedIn
Videography
oren falkovitz
Videographer & Storyteller | LinkedIn
Victor Boyle-komolafe
Accountant / Bookkeeper | LinkedIn
melina corvaglia
Partnerships Lead | LinkedIn
advisory board
The Advisory Board brings together passionate leaders who provide ongoing strategic guidance and deep engagement. Their expertise helps steer TOCW's long-term direction — ensuring its relevance, impact, and ability to connect across sectors and communities.
Cindy is a Board Member of the Dartmouth Climate Alliance and partner at InsightAI Capital, where she supports new ventures at the intersection of technology, sustainability and social impact. Previously, she served as a strategy director at RBC and as a consultant at Oliver Wyman. She actively collaborates with universities, nonprofits, and international organizations to support research into climate solutions, sustainable materials and the clean economy.
As co-founder and president of her family foundation, Joannah partners with universities, not for profits, think tanks, and other foundations for maximum impact. The foundation’s mandate is the widespread adoption of sustainable practices to promote human health and to protect the natural world. A key pillar of the foundation’s work is enabling nutrient rich food systems that are produced sustainably to help mitigate climate change.
Michelle is a global climate champion who built her career in Silicon Valley leading tech companies. She founded clever carbon, a carbon literacy project; Women and Climate, a community that creates a joyful and safe space for women to learn and talk climate; and at New York Climate Week ‘23, she launched the Carbon Newbie Summit, to make climate literacy and action accessible to all.
Murray is the Founder and Managing Partner of ArcTern Ventures. Established in 2012, ArcTern invests globally in breakthrough technology companies tackling climate change and sustainability. The firm is currently deploying its $350 million Fund III into early growth climatetech companies across energy, mobility, food systems, and industrial decarbonization. He is also a former Olympian, having represented Canada in the 1992 Games.
Nelson Switzer is co-founder and managing partner of Climate Innovation Capital, a Toronto-based climate venture fund. A pioneer in corporate sustainability and sustainable finance, he brings 20+ years of experience, including leadership roles in sustainability at Nestlé, PwC, and RBC. He’s advised Fortune 500 companies, investors, and governments, and taught at Northwestern University and The University of Waterloo. Nelson’s insights have been featured by CBC, CNN, Forbes, and more.
For over three decades, Nick has been creating ventures and platforms for positive, exponential impact. Today, as Chairman of Parker Impact, Nick makes principal investments - presently in solar, carbon-to-value, fintech, energy storage and artificial intelligence, while advancing his latest initiative -CleanAI. Founded in 2022, the Initiative’s mission is to accelerate decarbonization and sustainability through smart digital technology. Nick is currently a Board Member of GRE&T Centre, SNOLAB and the Centre for Social Innovation.
Oksana is a Partner in EY Canada’s Sustainability Advisory Practice, based in Toronto. With over 20 years of global experience, Oksana specializes in designing, implementing, and measuring the impact of large-scale transformation initiatives rooted in behavior change. Over the past six years at EY, Oksana has guided private and public sector clients in embedding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles into business strategies, risk frameworks, and operations.
Randy is an entrepreneur, event producer, marketer, and speaker with over 30 years of experience. He co-hosts Green Drinks Toronto, a monthly environmental networking event, and founded Toronto Greenhouse, which produced green business events and the Green Business Strategy Summit. He’s consulted for the Green Living Show and Green Jobs Forum, drawing 30,000+ attendees. Randy has built a LinkedIn network of 27,000+ contacts, bringing deep expertise in marketing, business development, and leadership.
Sandra’s career in sustainable finance and corporate sustainability spans more than 25 years, largely in the financial sector. She has led sustainability, social impact, environmental and social risk management, and social finance programs at RBC, Scotiabank and most recently the BDC. Sandra is presently Strategic Advisor to Catalyst Climate Capital, a Canadian clean economy investment fund preparing to launch later in 2026. She is a board director at the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB), the Canadian Climate Institute, the Transition Accelerator and Stllr Gold, a TSX-listed junior mining company.
Shatha is a strategic leader who brings over a decade of experience working on climate issues, sustainability, clean technology, and innovation. Through her leadership, Climate Positive Energy has mobilized over $40M in government and industry partnerships to address the climate issues related to technology, policy and community. Shatha has been nominated for Clean50 Award and represented the University of Toronto at COP28 and IEA Energy Innovation Forum. She is an active panelist and speaker at climate and industry events.
Tonya Surman is a pioneering Canadian social entrepreneur and founding CEO of the Centre for Social Innovation (CSI). She’s behind tools like the Community Bond and Constellation Model, which have supported 6,000+ initiatives and raised $10M+ for impact real estate. Tonya also co-founded Social Innovation Canada to strengthen the national ecosystem.