The filed record
Appointment of Public Members to the Waterfront Toronto Board
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The decision
2025-06-25 · Toronto City Council · adopted
As filed
City Council on June 25 and 26, 2025, adopted the following: 1. City Council appoint the following public members to the Waterfront Toronto Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending June 27, 2028, and until successors are appointed. Derek Ballantyne; Laurie Payne; and Matti Siemiatycki. 2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 to 3 to the report (June 3, 2025) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Waterfront Toronto.
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Confidential Attachments 1 to 3 to the report (June 3, 2025) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Waterfront Toronto.
On the agenda
As the city filed it
The Corporations Nominating Panel will conduct interviews and recommend three public members for appointment to the Waterfront Toronto Board.
Staff recommended
The City Clerk recommends that: 1. The Corporations Nominating Panel recommend three public members to City Council for appointment to the Waterfront Toronto Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending June 27, 2028, and until successors are appointed. 2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 to 3 remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Waterfront Toronto.
Considered
2025-06-13 · Corporations Nominating Panel · amended
Decision as filed
The Corporations Nominating Panel recommends that: 1. City Council appoint the following public members to the Waterfront Toronto Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending June 27, 2028, and until successors are appointed. Derek Ballantyne; Laurie Payne; and Matti Siemiatycki. 2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 to 3 to the report (June 3, 2025) from the City Clerk remain confidential
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in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Waterfront Toronto.
Clerk’s note
Candidate's biographies Derek Ballantyne Derek is and a Managing Partner with New Market Funds (an innovative social impact investment platform with a focus on housing affordability and community lending), and Chief Executive Officer of Boann Social Capital an impact investment fund and one of three capital wholesalers for the Federal Social Finance. He was Chair, Canada Mortgage and Housing Board from April 2018 to May 2024.
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He has focused much of his career on community and impact investment and housing affordability. Laurie Payne Laurie is a founder and partner at Osmington Gerofsky Development Corp, overseeing all aspects of operations and project execution. Laurie is responsible for development strategy, site acquisition, project approvals and delivery to the market. Building on 20 years in the industry, Laurie has secured approval for over 30 million square feet of development. Laurie was named Urban Land Institute's global "40Under40" and is a founding member of the Urban Land Institute Women's Leadership Initiative. Matti Siemiatycki Matti Siemiatycki is the Director of the Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities, University of Toronto, and Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning. His work focuses on delivering large-scale infrastructure projects, evidence based infrastructure investment decisions, and the effective integration of infrastructure into the fabric of cities. He consults widely on infrastructure policy and is a frequent media commentator on infrastructure and city planning.
2025-06-25 · Toronto City Council · adopted
Clerk’s note
Appointees' biographies: Derek Ballantyne Derek is and a Managing Partner with New Market Funds (an innovative social impact investment platform with a focus on housing affordability and community lending), and Chief Executive Officer of Boann Social Capital an impact investment fund and one of three capital wholesalers for the Federal Social Finance. He was Chair, Canada Mortgage and Housing Board from April 2018 to May 2024.
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He has focused much of his career on community and impact investment and housing affordability. Laurie Payne Laurie is a founder and partner at Osmington Gerofsky Development Corp, overseeing all aspects of operations and project execution. Laurie is responsible for development strategy, site acquisition, project approvals and delivery to the market. Building on 20 years in the industry, Laurie has secured approval for over 30 million square feet of development. Laurie was named Urban Land Institute's global "40Under40" and is a founding member of the Urban Land Institute Women's Leadership Initiative. Matti Siemiatycki Matti Siemiatycki is the Director of the Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities, University of Toronto, and Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning. His work focuses on delivering large-scale infrastructure projects, evidence based infrastructure investment decisions, and the effective integration of infrastructure into the fabric of cities. He consults widely on infrastructure policy and is a frequent media commentator on infrastructure and city planning.