Peter Osborne Peter is the father of James (Grade 12) and Michael (Grade 7). He is joining the Board and its Governance Committee. Peter is a partner with the litigation boutique Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP where he has a varied counsel practice with an emphasis on commercial litigation, cross border restructurings, class actions and securities matters. He routinely advises boards, directors and governments with respect to regulated professional responsibility and corporate governance matters, and he prosecutes and defends regulated professionals across Canada. Peter is passionate about education and about Crescent’s future for its second
century. He has taught for many years at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law and at Osgoode Hall Law School, as well as at the bar admission course in Newfoundland and Labrador and at various law societies and advocates’ societies continuing legal education programs in Canada and abroad. Peter graduated from Queen’s University with a BA in 1987 and from Osgoode Hall Law School with an LLB in 1990 before being called to the Ontario Bar in 1992. He has been recognized in various legal peer reviews. Peter and his wife Christine have a daughter, Laura, who is at Havergal College.
Tara Borg Tara Borg has been an active volunteer at Crescent School prior to fulfilling this year’s role as president of the CPA (Crescent Parent Association) and joining the Board of Governors. Tara has a BA from The University of Western Ontario with a major in English. Following this, she studied graphic communications management at Ryerson in Toronto. Her education led to a career in marketing communications where Tara spent over 15 years with multi-national advertising agencies as well as in senior
marketing management roles in financial services. After devoting several years to raising a family, Tara continues her work by providing communications expertise and project management to a select number of clients. She has been and continues to be an active committee volunteer for a number of school, community and business associations. Tara and her husband Jeff have two children. Matthew is in Grade 8 and Meredith is at Havergal College in Grade 4.
Paul Spafford Paul Spafford and his wife Jean Davidson have two sons, Alex (Grade 8) and Graham (Grade 4), both of whom started at Crescent last year, and they are delighted with their new school. Since the boys arrived at Crescent, Paul has served as a member of the Finance Committee and Jean has been a volunteer in the Coyote’s Den, so all are fully involved with their new Crescent family. Paul is a Vice Chairman and Managing Director of CIBC World Markets where he has worked for many years, focusing mainly on mergers and acquisitions. Although spending most
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of his career as an investment banker, Paul graduated from the University of Waterloo with a BASc in electrical engineering and later with an MBA from IVEY Business School. Paul is no stranger to involvement with not for profit organizations, being a past Governor of the University of Waterloo and currently a Director and past Chair of the Board of the Canadian Opera Company. Jean is an ENT surgeon at Sunnybrook Hospital, and the family has lived in the Lawrence Park area for many years. All are keen skiers and spend winter weekends at their chalet at Craigleith Ski Club.
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