The Board of Directors of The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto Foundation are a dedicated group of volunteers working in the service of developing the arts and letters in Canada.
Judith Davidson-Palmer, M.A. – Director
Judith is a former management consultant, executive and social and educational policy researcher who throughout her business career also maintained a practice as a photographer and painter. For the past fifteen years she has been solely focused on her artistic practice. Her work is found in business and private collections. She has been a member of the Boards of both the Women’s Art Association of Canada and The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto and has in the past served on the Boards of the YWCA of Toronto, Humber Memorial Hospital, and the Special Services Support Committee of the United Way of Toronto. She is a graduate of Mount Allison University and Queens University.
Kimberly de Witte, M.Ed., MBA – Secretary
Kimberly is a graduate of The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at University of Toronto and the Roy E. Crummer School of Business at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Kimberly is a writer, volunteer, and advocate for connecting kids with books. She has volunteered with the Ontario Library Association’s Forest of Reading for the past seven years. Whether running book clubs for kids, reviewing books on her website or penning her own novels, the written word surrounds her world. Kimberly is looking forward to furthering the love of literature with her new role with the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto Foundation.
Marianne Fedunkiw, Ph.D. – President
Marianne has served as a Foundation director since 2017 and is a past president of The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto. A writer, playwright, former journalist and university instructor, she is the author of three books including a study of large-scale funding of medical education in Canada. She has also designed logos and helped in re-branding various Canadian science and research organizations.
Mark Osbaldeston, M.A., Ll.B. — Director
A lawyer by profession, Mark Osbaldeston was called to the bar in 1996. He is the author of three books on architectural and planning history: Unbuilt Toronto, Unbuilt Toronto 2, and Unbuilt Hamilton. He has curated exhibitions based on his books for the Royal Ontario Museum, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, and the Toronto Archives. He is an active member of the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, where he serves as co-chair of the club’s Architecture Committee.
Wendy Rowney, MMSt
Wendy has worked in the culture sector for over 25 years, sharing history through museum programs and exhibits. She currently manages a living history museum in the Toronto region. An avid appreciator of the arts, Wendy frequents the theatre, concerts, and galleries. She has sat on several boards serving the adoption community including the Adoption Council of Canada, American Adoption Congress, Adoption Council of Ontario, and the Coalition for Open Adoption Records. She holds degrees from Western University and the University of Toronto.
Mark Herron – Treasurer
Mark Herron is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) who also holds the Institute of Corporate Directors Designation (ICD.D). He has served on a number of non-profit and registered charity Boards including Sunnybrook Hospital University of Toronto Clinic, Destination Toronto, Solar Stage Children’s Theatre, Food for the Poor Canada, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada. Mark graduated from the University of Toronto (University College) and has held positions at Grant Thornton, Bank of Montreal, and Ernst &Young.