George Curtiss Randolph Jr. George Randolph has over 25 years of international dance performance and education experience in Currently, George is President of the From 1985 to 1992, George presided over the Randolph Dance Theatre, the leading professional dance studio in George produced and directed four international dance extravaganzas, The T.O. Hot Shoe Show, at As well as choreographing numerous videos, commercials, and feature films, George was the dance coach for Whoopi Goldberg and Gerard Depardieu in the film Bogus directed by Norman Jewison. His own acting credits include supporting roles in Foreign Nights, a Toronto International Film Festival selection, and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, directed by George Clooney. He also appeared as a principal actor in Deacons for Defense opposite During the summer of 1984, George represented the George first came to From 1977 to 1980, he was a principal dancer with the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble, performing at Born and raised in Red Bank, NJ, the home of Count Basie, George received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Lorne Saltzman Lorne Saltzman is a highly seasoned corporate executive with extensive business experience. For more than 20 years, he has utilized entrepreneurial talents to build shareholder value as both a principal in several companies and as an advisor to many other business concerns. In the 1980's, he established Citicapital Financial Corp, one of Canada's premium privately owned real estate and corporate finance companies. Later he founded Asset Financial Group, a financial and strategic advisory company to service mid market businesses. There he had involvement with numerous businesses as both an investor and advisor. Lorne structured and executed many merger and acquisitions including the consolidation and divestiture of a Toronto based Theatre chain. Lorne is well versed in the nuances of "going public" and has proactively advised a number of businesses on this discipline. He has sat on government panels dealing with issues relating to the protection of private investors, appeared on various radio shows dealing with finance and has written a number of financing articles that have been published and distributed through newspapers and magazines. Lorne continuously demonstrated an entrepreneurial bent anchored by a diverse set of financial skills and business expertise. Lorne has a Bachelor of Commerce and Finance degree from the University of Toronto and is CRF designation. Prior to establishing Citicapital Financial Corp., he specialized in developing innovative financing structures to fund the requirements for numerous private and public held businesses. Lauren Randolph Lauren Randolph is Chief Operations Officer for Randolph Academy for the Arts. She oversees all day to day activities and department function, including responsibility for the Randolph College, Randolph Kids and Educational Tour programs. She is also the Financial Aid Officer, responsible for administering the government student loan program. She joined the Randolph Academy in 1997 after a lengthy career in rhythmic gymnastics as an athlete and a coach for Team Canada. Elaine O'Neal Prior to joining RAPA in October 2007, Elaine O’Neal served as Communications Specialist for VLPR, a public relations agency serving the arts and entertainment and hospitality industry. Before that, she was Communications and Development Director for Soundstreams Canada, a groundbreaking new music concert and festival series. Elaine hails from New York where she held several senior communications positions, including executive speechwriter, with Viacom and NBC. Elaine developed her writing and editing skills at publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Elaine’s own background in the arts includes directing, producing, and performing in theatrical productions. Nancy Johnston joined the Randolph Academy in 2001. She came to the school with 24 years experience in the record keeping/ administrative field. She is thrilled to be working in such a high energy, exciting environment. Her duties at Randolph include payroll, accounts receivable and accounts payable. Tanya Schneider An entertainment professional of twenty years, Tee works as a liaison between students, faculty and administration to encourage open lines of communication and unbiased treatment of the student body. She also provides resources to students related to housing, health, welfare and special needs in addition to mentorship on a variety of industry related questions and concerns. Tee has a B.A. in theatre from the University of Ottawa and an M.F.A. in acting from York University. ADVISORY BOARD George Randolph Lorne Saltzman Andy Barrie Given Conscientious Objector status by his local draft board during the Vietnam War, In 1969, he received orders to be shipped to Vietnam. A conversation with his brother, a career officer who had just returned from two years there, confirmed He was introduced to CJAD Radio in Montreal, and when one of the station's long-time commentators resigned in protest during the October Crisis of 1970, Andy was named as his replacement. 1977, In 1995, he was invited to join the CBC and since then has been the host of Metro Morning, the top-rated radio show in Andy Barrie has been married since 1970 to Dr. Mary Cone Barrie, recently retired as the Director of the Sharon Craig Sharon graduated from the York University Business program (now the Schulich School of Business) in 1985 and completed her MBA part-time from Schulich in 1992. She has worked in the financial services industry for 20 years. During her 19 years with HSBC, Tracey Flye Stephanie Gorin Mr. McKellar was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1959 and appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1973. Since his call, he has practiced law with the firm now known as WeirFoulds LLP and for many years was its Chairman. He has been a member of numerous charitable and not for profit board of directors including The Canada Council for the Arts, (member of the Executive Committee), The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto (Past President), and Toronto Arts Productions (Past President). He is now a member of the Board of the Ontario Arts Council Foundation, The Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund (Secretary), Tarragon Theatre (Treasurer), Off-Centre Music Salon (Past President), and The St Lawrence Centre For The Arts. He is also Chairman of GBSP Centre Corporation, a joint venture of George Brown College and Soul pepper Theatre to build a Performing Arts Centre at the Distillery district in Toronto. Mr McKellar was appointed a member of the Order Of Canada in 1995 being described as a "lawyer, volunteer and impresario". David Mirvish is a Toronto-based theatrical producer who has produced shows in Toronto, across Canada, in London, England and on Broadway. He began his career as an art dealer. The 'David Mirvish Gallery' held regular exhibitions in Toronto between 1963 and 1978 of new works by artists from Canada, the United States and England. The Gallery was and still is a frequent lender to international exhibitions at museums and galleries throughout the world. As an art dealer, David Mirvish served as Secretary to the Art Dealer's Association of Canada and as a member of the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board (1983-1986). In 1994, he was the recipient of the Toronto Arts Award for the Visual Arts, and has recently completed a term as a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Gallery of Canada. David Mirvish owns and operates two theatres; THE PRINCESS OF WALES THEATRE is believed to be the first privately-owned, free standing legitimate theatre to be built anywhere in North America in over 30 years. Mirvish Productions, a company formed by Mr. Mirvish in 1986, produces live theatre for these and other venues throughout Canada, the U.S.A. and England. In 1982, David and Ed Mirvish purchased and refurbished the venerable THE OLD VIC THEATRE in London, England. It was sold to THE OLD VIC THEATRE Trust in 1998. Mr. Mirvish has produced and presented many plays and musicals, including the following: Boards/Committees Awards/Honourary Degrees Lori Guthrie Phair Lance H. Robbins Lance H. Robbins has been an entertainment dynamo since graduating law school and joining a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. While remaining a licensed attorney, in 1983 he began his first entertainment company, Barnett-Robbins Enterprises, which became a leader in nationally syndicated radio programs. After four years, Barnett-Robbins was acquired by MCA Music Inc. For the next three years Robbins was vice-president of Premiere Entertainment Group, where he oversaw the development, acquisition, and production of feature films and low-to-medium budget, and highly profitable, direct-to-video titles. In 1990 he joined Saban Entertainment as President. Over the next eight years he was the driving force behind Saban's building a motion picture and television library of more than three hundred and fifty titles, which included the most successful kids franchise in television and marketing, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, as well as Ninja Turtles, and The Addams Family. The Saban International and Saban Entertainment assets and libraries were later sold to ABC/Disney for over five billion dollars. In 1998 he became President of Fox Family Entertainment and Fox Family Studios Worldwide. During his tenure there, his numerous credits included the critically acclaimed Les Miserables, Casper Meets Wendy, Earthquake in New York, The Spiral Staircase, Au Pair, Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders, The Michael Jordan Story and the award-winning Elian Gonzalez Story. In 2002, Robbins left Fox Family Television Studios and formed Robbins Entertainment Group. For the past two years, Robbins has continued to develop projects with almost all the network and cable companies, including CBS, Pax, TNT, Lifetime, Hallmark, and Showtime, providing family entertainment. Lance is also the President of Rave Entertainment, a New York based movie and music production company. Carrie Sager Carrie Sager, Founding President and Director of Publicity FLIP Publicity & Promotions Inc. Carrie Sager graduated from McMaster University in 1986 with an honours degree in English and Drama. Before founding FLIP in 1991 she worked in publicity at Theatre Collingwood, the Royal Ontario Museum, Equity Showcase Theatre and Aids Committee of Toronto. As Director of Publicity at FLIP Carrie has worked with virtually every theatre company in Toronto. She has sat on the board of directors for the Toronto Theatre Alliance and Mammalian Diving Reflex; the advisory committee for the 12 Alexander Street Project, the Dora Mavor Moore Awards Large Theatre Division Jury, the Performing Arts selection committee for the Toronto Arts Awards; and in 2002 she won a Harold Award for her contribution to the Toronto Theatre Community. Currently, FLIP is working with the Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts, Smart Talk Women's Lecture Series, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Company, Cirque du Soleil, Nightwood Theatre, and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de MontrÈal. Ron Singer trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama(London,England), Neighborhood Playhouse and HB Studios (NY) and at the Michael Shurtleff Studios (Los Angeles). As a professional actor, Singer has performed in feature films, TV series and commercials. Singer has directed more than thirty professional theatre productions, serving as Director of Actors Workshops (Stratford), Artistic Director of Young Companies (National Arts Centre, Ottawa), the first Artistic Director of Young People's Theatre (Toronto), and Associate Director (Toronto Arts Productions, St. Lawrence Centre). In television, Singer assisted the director of the award- winning ABC series, Barney Miller, and was the director of a documentary special for Group W Cable TV (Los Angeles).At Expo '67 in Montreal, Singer was Assistant Head of Theatre. He has also served as Assistant Head of Productions (National Arts Centre), Executive Director of Group W Cable TV (Channel 10, Los Angeles), Producer of Citypulse News (CITY-TV, Toronto), producer for TV production development (Solnicki Productions, Toronto), Production Co-ordinator on Double Your Money quiz show (Rediffusion TV, London, England) and Vice-President of the Entertainment Division (Seabaco Group, Toronto and Moscow). For Seabaco/SAV Entertainment, Singer recently completed a thirty month consultancy in Canada, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe where he was engaged in the development of major entertainment projects. Five of Singer's plays for young people have been produced across the country. He has also worked as entertainment critic (CFRB Radio and Standard Broadcast News), arts and entertainment reporter (CBC Variety Tonight). Director of Research for the Sadat mini-series (Columbia Pictures Television, Los Angeles) and Casting Director for Funny Farm (CTV). Ron Singer is now Professor Emeritus in the Department of Theatre at York University and over his 32 year tenure at the University, he held positions as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Director of the Graduate Program in Theatre (two terms) and Chair of the Department of Theatre (two terms). Presently, Singer is one of the Executive Producers of the critically acclaimed series Life's Little Miracles. He was one of the Executive Producers and co-creators of the series Class Act, which showcased the trials and tribulations of those trying to break into the world of show business and the rigors of their training at the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts. Singer is also the Artistic Director at the Academy. Additionally, Singer is Exec Producer and Producer on Med Students plus 2 new Series presently in production, "Heartbeats" and "Trauma Team". Ron has been the Artistic Director of The Randolph Academy of the Performing Arts since 1992. Gary Slaight Gary Slaight was born in B.A. in English from the the next two years, he held the position of Promotion Manager at both Quality Records and at WEA Records. From 1977 to 1982, he held several positions at a and Vice-President and General Manager/Program Director. Following this,
In 2000, Corporation Limited which includes, besides broadcasting, a retail marketing services company. He continues to hold his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of Standard Radio Inc. which now has 51 radio stations and 2 television stations across the country. It has equity interest in Milestone Radio Inc. (30%), Haliburton Broadcasting Group Inc. (30%),and Martz Communications Group (25%); and owns a minority equity interest in Maplecore and Puretracks, Inc. In addition, it has a 25% equity interest in Sirius Canada, Inc. which has launched its service in December 2005. music talent. Not only did he create the National Songwriting Contest as well as the Homegrown Contest, which is still running on stations across also created the Canadian Radio Music Awards. Executive of the Year in 1992, 1993, 1996 and 1998. In 2004, he received the Outstanding Community Service by an Individual Broadcaster award at the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. Music Industry Hall of Fame in March 2005. He is currently on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Music Council, Sick Children's Hospital Foundation, Gilda's Club, and Maplemusic. He is also on the United Way Leadership Giving Committee. Gary and his wife, Donna, have two daughters, Alison and Christina, and two dogs, Elvis and Tizzie. His hobbies include skiing, golf, squash, travelling and hanging with his family. Andrew Tanenbaum has held numerous management positions in the financial services business over the past ten years and is currently the Vice President of Regional Sales at AIMTrimark Investments. Andrew is also active in sourcing, researching and investing in venture capital investments for personal and family related businesses. In addition to Andrew's vast network of contacts in the financial sector, Andrew is also active in many charitable pursuits including Houselink Community Homes and the Young Leadership program for the UJA. Andrew also sits on the board of the Howard and Carole Tanenbaum Family Foundation which focuses on charities relating to health, education and the arts. Tara Young Tara Young, originally from Lorie has spent approximately twenty four years as a respected leader within the general insurance industry. She has been both a speaker at a number of industry forums and lead many industry projects and task forces. She was most recently CEO of a large commercial brokerage and now consults within and outside the insurance industry helping other business leaders. She has a BA from Ryerson and many insurance designations. As one committed to life-long learning she stays current on business trends through regularly attending seminars and forums and through her affiliation with TEC (The Executive Committee) With a belief in giving back to her industry, Lorie has served on many projects and boards including the Academic Council of the Insurance Institute of Canada and the Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario, the regulatory body of insurance brokers, where she was President. She has also served on the board of Toronto Crime Stoppers for seven years and chaired |
