Liisa Woolley, Chair  – SVP Member Experience, Northern Credit Union

Liisa has a Bachelor of Arts & Science from the University of Windsor, with a specialization in Communications & Marketing. Liisa has worked in the credit union system for over 20 years, holding a variety of roles including Business Services, Sales, Marketing and Operations. Liisa provides overall organization management to assist in improving the lives of our members by developing and implementing tools and resources focused on using innovative strategies to help members succeed financially. She is actively involved in the credit union system, serving on several System Committees and Boards of Directors.

Liisa is an advocate for giving back to the community, and believes that credit unions have a responsibility to positively impact the communities they serve.

Frugina Ball, Vice Chair – Region Head, Member Experience, Greater Toronto Area, Alterna Financial Group

Frugina has over 25 years of Financial Services industry experience with the majority spent in senior leadership roles at both Alterna and a national Canadian Bank. These included the areas of Commercial Banking, Corporate Office, Wealth Private Client Services and Retail Distribution.

Specifically at Alterna, as part of her mandate, Frugina leads the growth and profitably of the branch portfolio; provides guidance and coaching to deliver superior member and customer experience in all channels; contributes to business development activities; overall leadership to the Retail branch teams in GTA, Wealth Management, Contact Centre and Affinity team oversight.

In her spare time, Frugina is a passionate champion of the benefits of a post secondary education. She has been an active volunteer in her high school, Toronto French School, as well as with Enactus Canada and her Church youth program. Frugina has an Honours Bachelor of Science from University of Toronto and obtained an MBA from Queen’s University, in Kingston, Ontario. She lives in Toronto with her husband and their daughter.

Archie Bonifacio, Director – Chief Community Officer, YNCU

Archie Bonifacio, Chief Community Officer of YNCU. Archie started his financial services career 20 years ago in a leadership role with a full-service brokerage firm where he was responsible for marketing in Canada and led marketing initiatives in the UK and US. He joined the credit union system in 2013 and served as head of wealth for two large Ontario credit union before joining YNCU.

Archie is a huge advocate for education and believes the CU Succeed Youth Bursary is an incredible initiative. He is a sessional lecturer at the University of Guelph and co-author for McGraw-Hill’s Education “Marketing: The Core.” He obtained his BSc in Psychology from McMaster University and MBA from Wilfrid Laurier. His designations include Certified Financial Planner, Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute and Responsible Investment Specialist.

Adam Kirilo, Secretary-Treasurer – Vice President of Operations & Finance, Luminus Financial

Adam started in the Credit Union industry in 2006, joining the Audit Committee for Food Family Credit Union. Adam became Chair of the Board and an instrumental voice to lead merger discussions as his vision and determination proved influential amongst the other Directors. Adam continued his leadership on the Board as FFCU joined Luminus Financial in 2011. As Luminus Financial grew, its development fostered interest from Adam to join the Senior Management Team; to which he stepped down from the Board in early 2014 to live the dream of working for his Credit Union on a daily basis.

Adam is a Chartered Professional Accountant with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McMaster University. He led the integration of an enterprise content management system, Laserfiche, and helped earn Luminus Financial a Run Smarter Award for Best Human Resources Initiative at the 2017 Laserfiche Empower Conference. He has governed a handful of minor sports organizations but currently enjoys watching his son play high level baseball and his daughter skate across the ice.

Chris Inniss, Director – CEO Mainstreet Credit Union

Chris Inniss, CEO & President of Mainstreet Credit Union, brings a strong and diversified background in financial services. A charismatic culture builder and big-picture thinker, Chris leads by example, fostering open communication and mentorship to empower his team to achieve the vision. Chris looks forward to transforming Mainstreet into a more digital organization while maintaining what differentiates us: caring for our members’ financial well-bring and our commitment to communities and local businesses.

In his down time, Chris enjoys spending time at home with his wife, daughter, and their three rescue dogs. He also enjoys making fun cocktails, competing in triathlons, travelling, and making connections.

Jason Moran, Director – Chief Executive Officer, HEMCU

Jason Moran has been part of the Credit Union system for over nineteen years, with the majority of his experience taking place within Manitoba and Ontario. Throughout his career, Jason has held virtually every retail branch position. “Leaders instill in their people a hope for success and a belief in themselves” As a lifelong learner, he earned his MBA in 2017 and has completed education in areas such as Business Administration, Human Resources, Leadership and Innovation. He values the importance of community involvement and currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Ontario National Young Leaders Committee and helped establish the Growing Minds Childcare Centre in Manitoba. Jason enjoys Tillsonburg and time with his daughters and wife and is looking for opportunities to contribute to the community.

Randy Murray, Director – Vice President Retail Branches, FirstOntario

Randy Murray is a financial industry executive with over 30 years of strategic leadership experience. Throughout his career Randy has always pursued his passions of developing people-focused work cultures and leading and motivating teams in surpassing organizational goals and expectations. A seasoned sales and operations professional, Randy contributed to the success of a number of financial institutions and service providers prior to joining FirstOntario Credit Union in 2009. Randy’s demonstrated track record of leading FirstOntario’s retail branch networks to deliver exceptional member experience and achieve sustained performance and growth resulted in his rapid progression through increasingly senior roles from Regional Director, Member Experience to Associate Vice President, Member Experience, and being elevated to his current position as Vice President, Retail Branches in 2019. Randy lives in Ancaster and loves spending time with his family, and he plays hockey and golf in his spare time.

Mimi Regimbal, Director – CEO, Sudbury Credit Union

Mimi Regimbal has worked with Sudbury Credit Union for more than 25 years.  She began her career with the Credit Union as a part time teller, moving from there into the marketing area, and then to finance once she received her professional designation as a Certified Management Accountant.  Prior to becoming CEO in 2009, she held the position of CFO.   Mimi also holds a designation of Associate of the Credit Union Institute of Canada. In the credit union system, she is a member of the Central 1 Payments Advisory Committee and the CUSA Board (Credit Union Services Association). In her community she is a board member with the Sudbury McCulloch Hospice Foundation Board; the treasurer for a local Community Action Network and she also serves on parent council of her son’s high school. Mimi is a life-long resident of Copper Cliff, and very proud mom of her daughter and son.

Ron Smith, Director – CEO Talka Credit Union

Ron Smith, who has held the role of CEO of Talka Credit Union since 2017. Prior to that he held senior management positions with two Ontario credit unions. Ron was the Controller at Credit Union Central of Ontario for 20 years, overseeing the account of OCUF. Ron has a life-long career with Ontario credit unions. How long you might ask. Ron tells us his connection to the Foundation started with one of his first audits at Ward Mallette was with Ontario Central’s Corporate Secretary, Kevin Fleming who looked after the ledger book of the Foundation at the time. Ron is a Certified Public Accountant and is excited to share his knowledge and experience supporting the good work done by OCUF.

Director Emeritus

Guido Chezzi, Retired Executive

Guido Chezzi has been involved with the Credit Union for 50 years. He was Vice Chair of the Ontario Credit Union Foundation and has received an achievement award from this organization. He has facilitated with young co-op leaders and has received a “Youth Mentorship Award” from the ON co-op. He was an avid member of Northern Credit Union. In June he received “Safety Recognition” for presenting to co-op students in various high schools about job safety in the workplace. His presentations covered the “Industrial Accident Prevention Association” in Toronto. Guido has managed the Credit Union for 15 years as a founder of the Coniston community. He was the chapter president in Sudbury for 33 different Credit Unions throughout the city. He also sat on the Cumis Board for 10 years on the International Program Committee and spent another10 years being a part of the Canadian Cooperative Association. Guido also dedicated his time in Africa working with various Credit Unions. He was a volunteer fireman for 35 years as well as being a community Lions Club member. He worked at INCO for 38 years. He has been married for 48 years and enjoys spending time with his wife Carol, their 2 daughters and their 5 grandchildren.

Director Emeritus

Tony Niessen, Executive

Tony Niessen has been involved in the credit union system since 1967 and was CEO of Family Savings & Credit Union until 1999 when he became CEO of FirstOntario. During Tony’s tenure with Family Savings, his credit union was honored at that time, to be the only credit union in Canada to receive the National Economic Community Development Award twice, as well as the St. Catharines Corporate Achievement Award in company with General Motors, TRW and Dana Corporation. Tony initiated the Ontario Group of 12, is Past Chair of the Credit Union Executive Society Ontario Council, and was a director of CUMIS Insurance. Tony’s involvement with the Charitable Foundation began in 1987 as a Director until the board hired him into the position of the Foundation’s first permanent Executive Director in 2005. From its very beginning, Tony has been a strong proponent of the Foundation leveraging its funding through partnerships with Ontario’s credit unions.

Clayton Shold, Executive Director

Clayton brings more than three decades of proven leadership and business development experience to OCUF, having held a series of increasingly senior positions with several of Canada’s largest and most prominent financial institutions. As VP Marketing Services with Foresters, a member based insurance organization, he lead the successful pilot for a major change initiative across Canada, the U.S. and U.K. In 2009, he decided to bring those leadership skills to the not-for-profit sector, where he fulfilled a successful mandate as the Executive Director of a children’s charity in Toronto. A lifelong volunteer, Clayton is the Board Chair of the Oakville Milton Humane Society, President of the Canadian Club of Halton, and sits on the executive of his golf association. Clayton and his wife are avid golfers and share their home with their ten year old boxer.