Board of Directors

Bill Harlow, Board Chair

Bill Harlow was raised in Toronto and attended George S. Henry Secondary School, then the University of Toronto. He began his career in the family childcare business when they operated three locations in Don Mills. Upper Canada Child Care now operates almost 50 centres in the GTA as well as Kettleby Valley Camp, a summer camp for children.

The family business took another direction and became the Canadian distributors of a popular plush gift toy. Ty Canada was a very successful venture, with sales growth of almost 30 times in 8 years.

Bill has always believed in being involved in the community. In the late nineties he worked very closely with Sports Celebrates Festivals, a non-profit charitable organization that raises money for Special Olympics. He also sits on the board of the family business. He feels very privileged to serve on the Board at TWS and feels a very strong commitment to be a part of its continued growth.

David West, Vice Chair

For 25 years David has owned and operated West Photo, a portrait and wedding studio in Richmond Hill. David holds a Craftsman and Masters of Photographic Art designation from the Professional Photographers of Canada, and has twice won the prestigious Photographer of the Year award from the Professional Photographers of Ontario. He attended University of Toronto where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, then a Bachelor of Education. He was an elementary school teacher in Toronto for 5 years before leaving teaching to pursue his childhood passion for photography. David has been actively involved with a number of service organizations. For many years he was a member of the Board of Directors, and eventually the President, of Professional Photographers of Ontario. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce, and is the Chair of the Advocacy Committee at the Chamber. David feels that as an active citizen of the community he can, in a small way, make it a better place in which to live and work. In David's spare time he enjoys spending time at the cottage with his family and friends. At the cottage he enjoys canoeing, hiking, sailing, and of course, photography.

Mohamed Dostmohamed, CA, Treasurer

Mohamed graduated from York University in 1991 and articled with one of the "Big 5" accounting firms. He received his designation in the fall of 93 and for the next 13 years, covered the gamut in the finance and insurance industries. He has also been an active member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Presently, Mohamed is an independent management consultant with a software consulting firm. Mohamed and his wife, Shenny, joined the Toronto Waldorf School community in 2006. They have a son now in Grade 3, and a daughter in Parent & Tot.

Steve Hall, CAIB, Secretary

Steve has been involved in the insurance industry most of his adult life. He started work in an insurance company in underwriting and claims. He moved first to a surety company, and then to a brokerage company where he managed the surety department. Since 1998 he has worked in sales and built up a substantial client base in the construction industry, specializing in surety. He was made a partner in 2005 at Jones DesLauriers Insurance Management Inc., Canada's second largest privately held brokerage. Steve has experience on the Boards of the Surety Association of Canada and the Ontario Sewer and Watermain Construction Association. Steve joined the TWS Board in 2004.

Jacques Gaboury, LLB., Board Member

Jacques is currently the Executive Director - Legal, Business Rights and Content Management, Associate General Counsel, Law Department at the CBC in Toronto. Jacques obtained his law degree from the University of Victoria in 1990. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1992 and worked as a litigation lawyer in a mid-sized Ottawa law firm until he and his wife decided to explore the world and headed off to Asia. Jacques worked for a number of years in Asia (Korea, Vietnam and Singapore) where he advised clients on the legal, regulatory and business issues faced investing and doing business in Asia. In 2001, Jacques moved physically and professionally, by joining Sony's legal department in Munich, Germany, just prior to the formation of Sony's mobile phone joint venture with Ericsson. Whilst in Germany, Jacques was responsible for providing legal support to Sony Ericsson's global sales and marketing organization.

After 3 years in Germany, the family decided a return to Canada was in order, so Jacques requested a transfer to Sony Ericsson's offices in Mississauga, where he provided support to management on legal and regulatory issues, including mergers and acquisitions, telecoms regulation, intellectual property and information technology.

Kevin Moynagh, Board Member

Kevin Moynagh was born in Gary, Indiana and graduated from Indiana University with a B.S. in Finance and an MBA in Operations Management. Since then he has worked with major consulting companies in Chicago, Frankfurt and Toronto. Kevin is the owner of RKic Consulting Inc., an information technology company specializing in SAP software implementations. In this capacity, Kevin has executed and managed system implementation projects. Kevin's involvement in TWS goes back a way when his wife attended the teacher training program at the Rudolf Steiner Centre in 1993. She taught at TWS until their first child was born in 1999. Since then, Kevin has taken an increasing interest in the philosophy of Waldorf education. He also serves on the Board at Hesperus Fellowship Community. Their two children both enjoy TWS.

Debora Coles, Parent Circle Co-Chair

Debora Coles owns DLB Interiors, a general contracting firm which specializes in commercial and industrial construction. With over 20 years in the industry, she’s built up a solid client base and a diverse portfolio of completed projects. Deb grew up in Toronto and attended the Ontario College of Art and Design, specializing in interior design. Deb spent many years volunteering with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario starting out as a grassroots volunteer organizing community events before moving to regional leadership positions and the provincial board of directors. She is interested in healthy lifestyle issues and endeavors to make healthy eating and physical activity part of daily life. She enjoys mountain biking and family time at their Haliburton cottage. Deb had been a parent at TWS since 2003 with a daughter now in Grade 3.  

Michèle Andrews, Administrative Director

Michèle has a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen's University and a Master of Education from Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at University of Toronto. Her work experience includes 10 years in leadership roles in the private sector, and 8 years as an independent consultant working in strategic planning, organizational change and leadership development. She and her family joined the TWS community in 1996. She became the Administrative Director in Spring, 2005 after serving on the Board of Directors for three years, most recently as Chair. She is an active participant in the work of AWSNA (Association of Waldorf Schools of North America) and has completed the Waldorf Collaborative Leadership Program at the Rudolf Steiner Centre in conjunction with Antioch University in Spring, 2006 with a number of TWS colleagues. In her role as Administrative Director she is a member of the TWS leadership team (Circle of Chairs), Finance Committee and Board of Directors. She also enjoys teaching Career Studies in our High School.

Robert Hayashi, Board Member

Robert is currently the Managing Partner at privately held SagePoint Partners Ltd., a management consulting firm specializing in business and organizational transformation through understanding, achievement and gratitude. Previous to this Robert held the position of Publisher and Vice President at Indigo Books & Music where he ran the proprietary publishing business along with the several other business units.  He has held senior leadership positions in the technology and retail industries where he ran complex businesses with sales in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Robert’s diverse career path spans several different industries from a Director of Product Management and a Consultant in the software industry to a fashion buyer and a police officer.  His passion is in transforming people and helping them find their destiny’s path.

Robert graduated from Crescent School, an all-boys independent school in Toronto. Later he served on their Board of Governors and as the President of the Crescent School Old Boys Association. He actively serves on several boards and finance committees and as an elder at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Aurora.  

Robert and his wife Susan joined the Toronto Waldorf School as parents in 2004 and have two sons in the Lower School.  

Leed Jackson, Board Member

Leed has taught in the TWS High School since 1992. He holds a B.Sc. from McMaster University and a sculpture diploma from Emerson College, England; He has apprenticed with Alfred Kolber, a master goldsmith and has also attended Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, California for continued teaching development. Leed enjoys camping, kayaking, basketball, and sculpting in his spare time.