Karen Stintz, Councillor, City of Toronto, and Chair, Toronto Transit Commission
Thursday February 7, 2013 - Toronto Roundtable Event - One City: The Case for New Mobility Infrastructure in Toronto and How to Pay for It
First elected in 2003, Councillor Karen Stintz represents Ward 16 (Eglinton-Lawrence). She was born and raised in Toronto and lives in the Ward she represents with her husband and two children. Karen graduated with an Honours BA from the University of Western Ontario and a Master's of Science in Journalism from Boston University. She also earned a Master of Public Administration degree from Queen's University.
Before being elected as a Toronto City Councillor she acquired substantial experience in the public and private sectors, managing and delivering multi-million dollar programs in the healthcare sector. Karen is the elected Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), the third largest transit organization in North America with over 500 million customers each year. She sits on the City's Planning and Growth Management Committee. She is also a member of the Providence Healthcare Foundation and the GTAA's Community Environment & Noise Advisory Committee. In Ward 16, Councillor Stintz sits on the Boards of the North Toronto Memorial Arena and Larry Grossman Forest Hill Memorial Arena, and is also a member of the Yonge-Lawrence Village BIA, The Uptown Yonge BIA and the Eglinton Way BIA.
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