Senior Leadership Team

Katharine Bambrick was appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Trillium Foundation in 2017. In her role as CEO her mandate is to drive the strategic direction of the Foundation and lead a talented team across the province in their work to build healthy and vibrant communities.

Before joining OTF, Katharine was the Executive Director of Food Banks Canada which supports a network of 10 provincial associations and over 500 local food bank organizations. During her ten years at the helm of Food Banks Canada, she supported the organization through transformational change and significant growth enabling the organization to better achieve its mandate of relieving hunger in Canada every day.

10/09/2024

In her role as Vice President, Granting Beth Puddicombe oversees granting processes and design, policies and program risk, as well as customer support for applicants and grantees for our Seed, Capital, Grow Streams and the Youth Opportunities Fund. Beth also leads the Partnership Investment program that supports partnerships focused on building the capacity of the non-profit sector. Beth is a 2017-2018 member of the GEO Change Leaders in Philanthropy Fellowship.

Prior to joining the Ontario Trillium Foundation in 2002, Beth spent almost six years with the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation working in community development.

10/09/2024

As Vice-President, Talent and Corporate Services, Ina is responsible for enhancing the corporate organizational processes and infrastructure that will allow OTF to continue to grow and fulfill its mission. Her role encompasses human resources & organizational development, finance, information technology, and measurement, evaluation and business intelligence, while overseeing the Foundation’s budget allocation.

Prior to her joining in 2016, Ina was at the Unison Health and Community Services where she was the Director of Human Resources and Organizational Development.

10/09/2024

As Vice-President, Corporate Affairs and Communications, Marzena’s focus is to ensure effective implementation of OTF’s communications strategy across all OTF audiences, support effective stakeholder relationships and deliver key corporate initiatives. Here role includes overseeing implementation of communications plans across all digital and social media channels, media management, issues management and government relations.

Prior to joining OTF in 2018, Marzena worked in a variety of roles in the non-profit and private sector with her most recent being at a national charity where she was the Director of Communications and National Programs.

10/09/2024