Janet Cloud has 15+ years’ experience on corporate, government, hospital and charitable boards, including board and committee chair. She brings deep senior executive experience in information technology and digital transformation; a critical skill set missing from many board rooms. This combination of Director and “hand’s on” experience enables Janet to contribute high value at the board table.

Janet has created strategy and driven rapid sustainable growth and profitability in multinationals requiring innovative management of technology and operations. She has managed the business model of a head office supporting satellite units and multiple products and services by creating and expanding operations and technology organizations to support this model. She has built and inspired diverse teams supporting more than 20 franchise/agency companies on all continents delivering digital products world-wide to the globe's largest multinational CPG companies in 19 languages. She has been a catalyst for delivery of new ideas, products, and services.

Governance over technology is an increasingly important board matter. As opportunities expand to leverage technology for increased stakeholder value, so do the technology risks: IT spend/project governance; digital strategy risk (could your company be ubered?); and cyber security. In addition to her proven ability to steward digital risk management at the board level, Janet’s wide range of competencies, experience and attributes closely match what DUCA expects from a director in order to fulfill the DUCA vision and comprehensively support their governance model.

Carlo is a corporate director and senior executive with over 30 years’ experience in large companies in regulated industries as well as entrepreneurial start-ups.  He is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and has earned the Institute of Corporate Directors designation, ICD.D, through the Rotman School of Management. 

Carlo has served on the DUCA Board of Directors since 2020 where he is currently Chair of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee and Vice-Chair of the Audit Committee. Carlo also serves on the board of the not-for-profit Columbus Centre of Toronto, the Finance Committee of Villa Charities Inc. and is an advisor to Five Points Ventures.  Carlo has previously served as the senior executive in charge of strategy, mergers and acquisitions and project development and as the Chief Risk Officer at a large Ontario-based company operating in a heavily regulated industry.  Through these experiences he brings to the DUCA Board expertise in strategy development, collaboration, financial oversight and risk management.

Carlo strongly believes in DUCA’s philosophy of putting people before profits and that providing an exceptional, personalized Member experience will help them Do more, Be more and Achieve more.

Anita Stefan is recently retired from RBC Capital Markets. Her interest in serving on the Board comes from a shared vision to support DUCA Members in achieving their financial goals and in serving the community in which we live. She has 35+ years of experience in the financial services industry as well as Board experience and is committed to building a culture of sustainability, collaboration, and accountability.

Prior to retiring from RBC, Ms. Stefan was the Managing Director and Global Head of Business services where she led a global team which included Capital Markets IT, Quantitative Services, Business Management, Client Strategy and Analytics and Trade Desk Supervision for Global Markets. Previous roles at RBC included Head of U.S. Commercial Mortgage Securitization, Head of Term Funding and Securitization, Corporate Treasury and Chief Dealer, and was responsible for the trading and execution of RBC’s hedging, discretionary trading and investment portfolios.

Anita is involved in various volunteer activities including currently serving as Board Director for Moorelands Kids, an innovative charity empowering kids from low-income neighbourhoods to transform their lives through summer camp and after school programs. She previously served as Chairman of the Board for DevXchange, a charity focused on International Development projects around the world. 

Anita has completed the ICD Rotman Corporate Directors Education Program and was granted the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Western Ontario.

Michelle Wassenaar is a founder of Method Law Professional Corporation, an intellectual property agency and litigation firm. Michelle represents and advises multinational, international, and domestic companies and their lawyers on patent, trademark, industrial design, and copyright law services as well as providing pro bono IP services to charities such as Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada and BOOST.   

She is a lawyer, patent and trademark agent with a JD, MSc, BSc from the University of Toronto, and ICD.D from the Institute of Corporate Directors.  

Michelle has appeared before the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal, and the Trademarks Opposition Board and has represented clients in domain name dispute proceedings. She is a speaker and author on intellectual property issues for various publications and organizations. 

She currently serves as a Board Director with DUCA (elected 2018)  and is a past President (2003-2006) of the non-profit Holland House Canada (formerly named CNBPA). 

Michelle lives and works in Toronto. She enjoys watching her three sons (ranging from 6’7” to 6’10”) play professional, varsity and beach volleyball. 

David is a multi-disciplined executive transformation leader with 30 years combined experience in fintech and financial services. He has 10 years experience with the largest credit unions in Canada of which 6 were spent as part of the Executive Leadership Team. He is a growth oriented, innovative, and passionate individual whose strongest assets are in strategy development, execution, governance, finance, marketing, digital, analytics, and technology

David has leveraged technology to scale a business, build brand, improve operational efficiencies and build amazing member experiences. During his tenure as Chief Digital Officer, Meridian won best fintech and Artificial Intelligence Credit Union in Canada and also won a product innovation award. David is a continuous learner and has successfully completed the following degrees and certifications:

• Bachelor of Mathematics (Major in Actuarial Science and Minor in Statistics)
• Certificate in Financial Planning
• MBA (Rotman)
• CPA, CMA
• Completed Director’s Education Program at Rotman (ICD.D designation in March 2023)

David has served on Boards for the past 12 years. He currently serves on 3 not-for-profit boards and 1 for-profit board.  He does committee work and currently serves as Treasurer of Flamborough Connects.

David is purpose driven and is passionate about the sustainability and growth of the credit union system in Canada.  His values are congruent to credit union values and is excited and motivated to add value and make a strong impact as a DUCA Board member.

Bruce is an experienced business leader with 30 years of experience in financial services. He has an ICD.D designation from the Rotman School of Management and a deep understanding of best practices in lending and credit risk, liquidity risk, enterprise risk management, compliance and regulatory risk, and strategic planning.

Bruce’s experience includes having headed the Enterprise Risk Management function at one of Canada’s leading banks as well as leading a supervisory team at Canada’s banking supervisory, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions. Most recently, he was employed at one of Canada’s largest credit unions based in British Columbia where he served as Chief Risk Officer, Interim Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Enterprise Solutions Officer responsible for Operations, Marketing, and Product Management.

Having spent the last 5 years of his career within the Credit Union system, Bruce has a strong understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing both DUCA and the Credit Union system as a whole and looks forward to utilizing this experience to contribute to the continued success of DUCA.

Bruce believes in DUCA’s vision and values, and the importance of its Purpose. He recognizes the key role that the Board plays in ensuring that DUCA’s strategy and culture work together to improve the financial well-being of its Members and to make DUCA a great place to work for its employees. 

Steve Dobronyi is an independent Corporate Director and business leader with 40 years of experience in insurance and financial services. He is a retired Chief Executive Officer and finance professional with expertise in governance, strategy, people and finance.

Steve has served on the Board of Directors of DUCA since 2019 and is currently the Chair of the Governance Committee.  Outside of DUCA, he is the Chair of Accerta Health, a Board member of Securian Canada and the Chair of Endeavour Consulting.

Steve has an ICD.D designation from the Rotman School of Management. He’s an Associate of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and a graduate of Western University.

Lee Bennett is a member of DUCA and a senior financial executive with twelve years of board leadership, served on a number of corporate boards and has an extensive background in banking, capital markets and asset management. Throughout her thirty-five-year career, she has been recognized as a strategic and innovative leader focused on delivering exceptional client experiences. She has led two large brokerage firms, a financial planning business and an investment fintech business through double-digit growth and large technology and digital transformations. Lee is a collaborative executive, who considers multiple points of views and balances priorities of stakeholders before executing. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Western University, the Institute of Corporate Directors from Rotman Business School and the ESG designation from Competent Board. She believes strongly in giving back to the community and presently serves on the board of March of Dimes Canada as Vice Chair, an organization focused on empowering people with disabilities.

As a board director, she would bring in-depth experience and knowledge in strategy, board and financial industry acumen, business to consumer expertise and strong governance and risk management. Her dedication to transparency, accountability and ethical decision-making aligns with DUCA’s principles and will be an asset in guiding DUCA towards continued growth and excellence.