Our Team

Anne has a depth of knowledge and breadth of experience across all of WoodGreen’s program areas: seniors services, housing and community supports, family and neighbourhood services, employment and immigrant services. Anne has helped build WoodGreen from a single location with 40 staff members to a $47 million organization with 34 locations, 650 staff and 1,000 volunteers serving 37,000 people each year.

Her involvement in the development of innovative, client-centric programs such as Homeward Bound, First Step to Home, Rites of Passage and the Bruce/WoodGreen Early Learning Centre has been instrumental in successfully positioning WoodGreen as a leader in social innovation.

Anne has developed strong relationships with many community service partners and stakeholders through her significant work on several far-reaching initiatives. She led WoodGreen’s role in the Don Valley/Greenwood Health Link, the replication of Homeward Bound in other communities across Ontario, WoodGreen’s successful integration with Community Care East York and worked closely with the City of Toronto to lead the re-housing process for those who were evicted from Tent City in 2002.

She also serves as a volunteer board member with Toronto Neighbourhood Centres, International Federation of Settlement and Neighbourhood Services and previously with Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association and Riverdale Community Development Corporation and Access Loan Fund. Anne was also the long-time Chair of United Way of Greater Toronto’s Citizens Review Panel for Children and Youth.

Teresa is a long-time east Toronto resident and has spent the last 25 years of experience as a senior executive in the not for profit sector. Always looking to bring focus and attention to stellar organizations, Teresa has focused her leadership roles in philanthropy on connecting the right people with the right cause at the right time.

Teresa comes to WoodGreen with an impressive track record in the planning and execution of several multi-million dollar campaigns for organizations like WE (formerly Free The Children) and the Michael Garron Hospital (formerly Toronto East General Hospital). Teresa is credited with facilitating of one of the largest private donor gifts ever donated to a hospital in Canada. Her work at WE allowed her to gain an international perspective and where she helped develop and lead the organization’s first major gift campaign in celebration of the organization’s 20th Anniversary.

Teresa is a respected and trusted leader, a consensus builder, an authentic and motivational communicator with a strength in building profile, forging enduring donor relationships and exceeding ambitious revenue targets. As Executive Director of The WoodGreen Foundation, Teresa will be responsible for the strategic direction of the Foundation as it embarks on its exciting next stage of development.

Mehran joined WoodGreen in 2001 in the role of chief information officer. He is responsible for the IT strategy, operations, processes and IT infrastructure at WoodGreen.

He oversees all aspects of information technology, information security, data processing, application development, analytics, network, computing, servers, storage, collaboration and infrastructure across the entire agency and its business units. Under Mehran’s leadership, WoodGreen’s IT has developed and grown to a complex group that supports WoodGreen and number of other agencies, with over 50 sites.

Mehran led WoodGreen’s private-public sector partnership role in developing, implementing and operating the Housing Opportunities and Marketplace Exchange (H.O.M.E.) portal. The H.O.M.E. portal won the prestigious 2016 ISM’s “Application of New Technologies” Award. The ISM Awards recognize innovation in service delivery, application of new technologies, and collaboration across traditional boundaries and excellence in individual leadership in the application of information technology.

Prior to WoodGreen, Mehran spent 10 years in the private sector, including eight years as a managing director of a private company providing a full IT services to universities, government agencies, and large companies. His professional accomplishments include enterprise architect, MRP and ERP implementations, IT infrastructure, Portals, and VoIP.

Mehran holds an MBA from the University of Liverpool, UK and an honours BA in Computer Engineering. He also holds an honours Master Certificate in Public Management from York University, Schulich School of Business, and is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario. Mehran serves as a volunteer member with the Ontario Ministry of Health HRIS advisory committee and served as volunteer member with the Finance and Audit committee at Mackenzie Health.

Randall joined WoodGreen as VP Human Resource in August 2016. Randall and his team are responsible for human resources at WoodGreen, including recruitment, compensation and benefits, talent management and labour relations.

Randall has more than 25 years of experience in human resources management and strategy in the professional services, media, consulting and high-tech sectors. He has been a member of several global executive teams where he was responsible for delivering result oriented and proactive HR programs and services. He has worked extensively in Asia, North America and Europe.

Randall has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Concordia University in Montreal and a Laboratory Sciences Diploma from Fanshawe College. He is bilingual in French and English.

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Elaine Levy became the Director of Child Care Services in August 1982 when WoodGreen operated two child care sites. Under Elaine’s leadership, in response to community needs and through successful partnerships with key stakeholders, the unit has expanded and currently operates seven licensed child care sites. The other family services provided by the unit include Special Needs Resourcing, summer camps, and an After-School program.

Elaine led WoodGreen’s role in developing and operating the Bruce/WoodGreen Early Learning Centre, a Toronto First Duty site, that integrates kindergarten, child care and parenting support into one comprehensive program. The program contributed significantly to Dr. Charles Pascal’s (Special Advisor on Education) 2009 report to the Premier, by providing the model for early years learning and full-day kindergarten.

Elaine is an active leader in the field of child care. Some of her current and past community involvements include:

• Toronto Child and Family Network
• The City of Toronto Child Care Advisory Committee (Past Chair)
• George Brown College ECE Advisory Committee
• Toronto District School Board Early Years Advisory Committee
• Toronto Coalition for Better Child Care (Past Chair)
• Quality Early Learning Network

Elaine holds a PhD. from OISE/University of Toronto in Early Learning, an M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education from McGill University and a B.Ed., and Early Childhood Services certification at the University of Alberta. She is a Registered Early Childhood Educator (RECE) and a member of Ontario’s College of Early Childhood Educators. Elaine also holds an Honours Certificate in Voluntary Sector Management from York University.

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Michelle German is the Vice President of Policy and Strategy at WoodGreen Community Services where she leads the organizational public affairs work and is working closely with colleagues to add an additional 2,000 new units of affordable housing to city of Toronto over the next ten years. Michelle has a history of working with broad coalitions to advance systems change both inside of government and outside on issues such as housing affordability, food security, regional transportation. She is dedicated to building a more equitable city and building the evidence and partnerships to make that happen.

Tishanth joined WoodGreen as its Chief Financial Officer in May 2021. Tishanth has the primary responsibility for the strategic planning, implementation, managing and execution of all financial activities of the organization, including financial services, financial planning & analysis, auditing, tax filings and regulatory compliance.

Tishanth has 10 years of experience in financial transformation in the public sector and not-for-profit industry. He brings proven leadership through prior experiences with multiple professional services firms and a large community hospital in the GTA. He has a passion for transforming finance functions from a people, process and technology lens to enable data-driven decision making at the program level. Tishanth will be responsible for the strategic direction of the Finance Department as it continues on its transformational journey.

Tishanth has a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from the University of Toronto, along with his CPA, CA designation.

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