Justice Karen Lische is the Regional Senior Justice for the Northeast Region of the Ontario Court of Justice. As the Regional Senior Justice, Justice Lische exercises the powers of the Chief Justice. This includes scheduling court hearings and assigning cases to individual judges. Justice Lische is the French language education lead for the bilingual judges of the Ontario Court of Justice. Justice Lische has experience as the Local Administrative Judge in Sudbury and has served on the executive of the Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges. Prior to her appointment to the bench in 2014, she had extensive criminal law experience as an Assistant Crown Attorney and significant family law experience as a family lawyer, including child protection, while in private practice in Sudbury. In addition, she worked as a panel lawyer for the Family Responsibility Office, for the Office of the Children’s Lawyer, and for the Consent and Capacity Board. She is a former President of the Sudbury and District Law Association. Justice Lische is a graduate of the University of Ottawa Law School and was called to the Bar in 1996. She is fluently bilingual. Justice Lische is appointed to the Committee by the Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice.

Justice Marlyse Dumel was appointed to the bench in February 2017. Prior to her appointment, she practiced law with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, where her work included drug prosecutions and providing training and support to police officers. She also served as the secretary of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada’s National Prosecution Policy Committee and as a member of its National Employment Equity Committee. In addition to her legal practice, Justice Dumel acted as mentor to the immigrant, refugee, and international students enrolled in the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. She also contributed for many years to the Faculty as an Adjunct Professor for the Crown Internship Program. She speaks as a guest lecturer at the Faculty and continuing education programs. Justice Dumel is appointed to the Committee by the Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice.

Justice Riun Shandler was appointed a Judge of the Ontario Court of Justice in 2014.  He currently serves as the Local Administrative Judge for the Metro North Courthouse in Toronto and as the Education Co-Chair (Criminal) for the Court’s Education Secretariat and Association of Ontario Judges.  Prior to his appointment, he worked at the Ministry of the Attorney General for Ontario, Crown Law Office – Criminal where his practice focussed on large and complex trials and appeals.  Justice Shandler is an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School teaching mental health and criminal justice to upper year and LLM students.  He is an active participant in continuing legal education and is the co-author of Mental Disorder in Canadian Criminal Law (Carswell) with Joan Barrett.  He graduated from the University of British Columbia Law School in 1995 and was called to the Ontario bar in 1997.  Justice Shandler is appointed to the Committee by the Ontario Judicial Council.

Kavita has practiced law for over 20 years.  In February 2015, she was designated as a Certified Specialist in Family Law by the Law Society of Ontario (LSO).  Kavita is an accredited Family Mediator, Arbitrator, Parenting Coordinator and a former Panel Lawyer for the Office of the Children's Lawyer.  She offers evaluative Voice of the Child Reports.  She is also trained to provide Collaborative Family Law services.  Kavita is a regular presenter for the Ontario Justice Education Network and various continuing professional development programs through the Ontario Bar Association, LSO, Peel Law Association, etc.  She is also an Alternate Dispute Resolution instructor at York University.  As a first-generation immigrant, giving back to the community and the profession is important to her.  Kavita is a former board member of the Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario and past-President of the Peel Chapter of the Ontario Association of Family Mediators.  She currently serves as the treasurer for Peel Mediation Arbitration.  She is a former board member of the Caledon Parent and Child Centre, Ontario Early Years.  Kavita currently serves as the fund development coordinator and board member of Volunteer MBC, a not-for-profit that oversees 220 plus not-for-profits in the Region of Peel.  Kavita is appointed to the Committee as the Ontario Bar Association representative.

Cheryl graduated from the University of Manitoba with her Bachelor of Laws in 2005 and was called to the Ontario Bar in 2006. She has been in private practice in Kenora, Ontario, since that time and is currently the managing partner at the firm of Hook, Seller and Lundin LLP. Cheryl’s practice is split between transactional work and construction, estate and general litigation. Cheryl has been actively volunteering in the provincial legal community throughout her career despite the challenges of doing so from a rural/remote location in the province. Cheryl is currently a Bencher with the Law Society of Ontario, as of June 28, 2022. She is also a current Board member of the Ontario Deputy Judges Association and in her community, a Board Member with the Pellatt United Firefighters Board (PUFF). Her prior volunteer work includes being Past Chair of the Federation of Ontario Law Associations (FOLA), formerly the County and District Law Presidents’ Association (CDLPA) from 2011 to 2018, a volunteer on the provincial Board for LibraryCo from November 2015 to December 2019, as well as serving as Secretary-Treasurer, Vice-President and two terms as the President of the Kenora District Law Association. Cheryl is appointed to the Committee as the Federation of Ontario Law Associations representative.

Holly Haire obtained her diploma in business from Georgian College in 2004.  Following her graduation, she worked as the Special Events Coordinator for the Town of Wasaga Beach.  After six years in this position, she moved on to become the Executive Assistant to the Member of Parliament for Simcoe Grey.  Holly opened her own business in 2016, an indoor playground facility in Collingwood, Ontario.  She sold that business in 2020 and is now the owner and operator of an event company that serves Simcoe County.  Volunteering and giving back to her community are priorities for Holly.  She has served as President for the Rotary Club of Wasaga Beach, is a previous board member for Big Brothers Big Sisters of The Georgian Triangle, and actively participates in many community-based fundraisers and initiatives.  Holly was recognized as “Wasaga’s Finest Citizen” for making a difference in her community and is a Paul Harris Fellow through Rotary International for her dedication to volunteering.

Scott Munnoch joined the government and public relations firm of Temple Scott Associates in 2010 and is now one of three partners.  After beginning his career in corporate public affairs, Scott transitioned into government, working closely with many Canadian leaders, both federally and provincially.  Starting as an event coordinator, he served as Executive Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tour Director for the Prime Minister of Canada and a Senior Advisor to the Premier of Ontario.  Scott has been active in government and public relations for over 25 years and has represented both the governments of Ontario and Canada on the international stage.  He has played senior roles in the coordination of international summits and tours, including the G-7 Summits, the Commonwealth Summits, Royal Tours and state visits.  In 1997, Scott was named as a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for his work on the Royal Tours to Canada.  Scott is a graduate of both Queen’s University and the University of Windsor, where he also played varsity football.  He served as President of the Albany Club of Toronto from 2014-2016.

Karen Restoule is Vice President with Crestview Strategy and offers expertise in community, stakeholder, and Indigenous engagement, transformative leadership, change management, and policy development. Karen previously led Ontario’s administrative justice system at Tribunals Ontario, where she led key modernization initiatives across the organization with noted transformations at the Licence Appeal Tribunal, Ontario Parole Board, Human Rights Tribunal Ontario, and most recently, the Landlord and Tenant Board. Karen has also led an environmental consulting firm, building on a previous role serving First Nations leadership as Director of Justice at Chiefs of Ontario. In 2016, she co-founded BOLD Realities to advance economic reconciliation and partnered with TakingITGlobal to co-create whose.land, a web-based mobile app that provides users with information about Indigenous territories. A graduate of the University of Toronto, the University of Ottawa’s French Common Law Program, and Osgoode Hall’s Intensive Program in Aboriginal Lands, Resources, and Governments, Karen was the youngest and most recent graduate to be inducted into the Faculty of Law’s Honour Society in 2014 for using legal education as a foundation for making significant contributions to society. She was named Public Policy Forum’s 2018 Prime Ministers of Canada Fellow and received CivicAction’s 2018 Emerging Leader Award. A sought-after speaker and advisor, Karen brings her expertise to a number of advisory and governance boards and previously served on the federal Judicial Advisory Committee for Ontario East and North. She serves on juries for Canadian policy awards The Donner Prize and The Hunter Prize and is a contributing writer at thehub.ca. Karen is Ojibwe from Dokis First Nation.

Keith Strachan is the President and co-founder of MediPharm Labs, a publicly listed TSX company focused on the pharmaceutical application of cannabinoids.  In 2015, Keith utilized his expertise in compliance for government licensing and local planning, to break the mould and secure the first Health Canada Licence for cannabis oil production.  This then contributed to other industry leading pharmaceutical certifications from both Health Canada and global regulatory bodies.  A seasoned entrepreneur, Keith has applied his leadership to building out MediPharm Labs’ leading-edge facilities, launching operations and growing its workforce, while also strategically driving business development with the company’s customers in Canada, Australia, South America, and the European Union.  Prior to entrepreneurism, Keith held various public service roles with the Ontario Government and Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre, focused primarily on supply chain management.  As a resident of Barrie, he is an active community contributor, including a member of the Kempenfelt Rotary Club.

Karin C. Vogt has enjoyed an extensive career in both the private and public sectors as well as wide-ranging experiences in community development and capacity building. Karin is currently employed at CURIE (Canadian Universities Reciprocal Insurance Exchange), where she provides direct support to the Chief Operating Officer and other senior staff. Previously, she was Executive Assistant to the President at Pearson Dunn Insurance Ltd. In her role as the Senior Campaign Manager for United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton, Karin formulated and directed the organization’s policy development, stewardship planning and implementation for Leadership and Major Gifts. The recognition of her contribution in these areas resulted in an appointment to Mohawk College, where she taught an extension program on Marketing, Fundraising and Public Relations in the Not for Profit Sector. Previously, Karin was Councillor Constituency Coordinator and Policy Advisor at the City of Hamilton. Karin’s professional accomplishments were equally matched by both her leadership and grassroots community contributions. For her contributions as President of the Hamilton Canadian Club, the Rotary Club of Ancaster, support of women across the broad sectors of the Hamilton community, as well as numerous fundraising chairs, Karin was nominated for the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce Athena Woman of the Year Award and the Ancaster Citizenship of the Year Award. Karin continues to be involved in a number of community undertakings within the broader Hamilton community.