RIE Toronto Board of Directors

Secretary                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                            

Gayle is a Risk Management Professional with a Master’s Certification in Business Continuity and other risk disciplines. She has operational and consulting experience in all areas of Business Continuity Management. She is a proven leader, skilled communicator, and project manager with expertise in the following risk related disciplines; Governance, Enterprise Risk, Emergency Response Planning, Crisis Management Planning/Communications, Business Continuity Planning,
IT Disaster Recovery Planning, Supply Chain Risk, and Pandemic Planning.

Gayle currently works for Sun Life Financial providing governance oversight for their global business continuity program.

Gayle has been active in a number of volunteer roles related to the Business Continuity Profession. 

Tara is the Sponsorship Director of the RIE Toronto Executive Team. She is an Emergency Planning and Exercise Officer for Emergency Management Ontario at the Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General. Previously, she worked in the Fire and Life Safety Engineering department at LRI Engineering Inc where she developed Emergency Management Plans as well as conducted building audits, audited fire drills and wrote fire drill reports and fire safety plans. She has also previously worked in the Community Safety department at York University where she led the research for the development of the University Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA). She is particularly interested in risk perception, social vulnerability to disasters, nuclear hazards, business continuity, hazard risk management, and geographic information systems (GIS). Tara holds a Specialized Honours Bachelor’s degree and a Masters degree in Disaster and Emergency Management as well as a Graduate Diploma in International & Security Studies. Tara is also a Student Subcommittee Member for the Ontario Association of Emergency Managers (OAEM), a Personal Disaster Responder with the Canadian Red Cross and an Emergency Volunteer with Global Medic.

Anton Coetzee is the Member Communications and Digest Director of the RIE Toronto Executive Team. Anton specializes in mastering and Controlling Chaos with Actions and Deeds, not just Words... A Crisis Manager and Communicator, with in-depth knowledge of "What to do... How to respond timely. When... not if... "a major event happens.  

Mark Silberg is the Digital Communications and Webmaster Director on the RIE Toronto Executive Team. Mark has extensive Disaster Recovery experience across multiple financial services institutions. He specializes in the development and governance of technology recovery frameworks and strategies that enable organizations to resiliently weather the impacts of Information Technology disruptions. Stewart is a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) with DRI Canada. He also holds a degree from Ryerson University in Business Technlogoy Management.

Seeta Mohan is the Education and Partnership Director on the RIE Toronto Executive Team. Seeta is a practicing Global Risk Management professional with extensive leadership and subject matter expertise in the provision of Business Continuity Management, Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management and Risk Assurance in the financial and insurance sectors. She holds Business Continuity Professional designations from DRI Canada and  Business Continuity certifications from BCI. Seeta has been serving on RIE Toronto Board for several years and is a philanthropist at heart.