Our Board

Join Our Board of Directors!

We are seeking non-profit and industry leaders with strong community connections and networks in Scarborough and the GTA with experience in the following areas: Finance, Accounting, Governance, Marketing and Communications, Human Resources, Law, Gallery Programming and Exhibitions, Volunteer Management, and - as always - Artists and Collectives! Please submit expressions of interest along with resumes / CVs to: Suman Roy, Chair, Board of Directors at board@scarborougharts.com

Suman Roy, CEC | Chair

Suman Roy has an extensive career in Private and Public sector business operations around the City of Toronto, Nationally and Internationally. His contributions have led to the development and support of numerous social planning programmes, business ventures and successful community initiatives.

Suman has been a corporate and executive chef in various organizations like Campbell Soup, University of Toronto, Sodexo Canada, Marriott International to name a few. In his role in these organizations, Suman proved to be a very successful business leader, prioritizing accountability while focusing on building a strong community.

Suman was a member of the Toronto Board of Health, Toronto Food Policy Council, during which he supported the launch of Toronto Youth Food Policy Council, giving the voice of our future generations. Suman was also one of the key consultants who helped write the first Food Strategy for the City of Toronto. He initiated Scarborough Food Security Initiative, to spread awareness and combat food insecurities in Scarborough.

Mr Roy is also the author of an International award winning best-selling book “From Pemmican To Poutine – A Journey Through Canada’s Culinary History”

Currently, Suman is the Chair for the Board of Directors at Food Share Toronto, Canada’s largest food security organization. He is also a member of Coalition for Healthy School Food, where he advocates and lobbies the Federal government and the Senate on various food issues including Bill S228 (Child Health Protection Act), Bill C291 (GMO Labelling legislation) etc.

Ashish Shah | Treasurer

Currently a Senior Manager of Internal Consulting – Advisory at KPMG after gaining 6 years of financial audit experience, Ashish served private audit clients up to $700M in revenues across industries ranging from law and construction to non-profits and start-ups. 

Ashish is also a longtime Strategy Consultant (volunteer) for Ascend Canada, a non-profit promoting ethnic diversity in corporate Canada. In his role, Ashish contributed to digital strategies, diversity research, and geographic expansion planning. 

Finally, Ashish is a professional mentor with CICS, WoodGreen & TRIEC. Through this, he provided  one-on-one career mentorship to professionals from Syria, Moldova, Turkey, Ukraine, China & India.

Mathura Karunanithy | Director

Mathura has a background in project management and public policy. She has worked in policy and programming in education, non-profits, and government. Mathura has an interest in gender-based issues and feminism. Her career goal is to increase the effectiveness of programming and policies for women’s empowerment.