OUR PEOPLE

Tina is a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors/Rotman School of Business Directors’ Education Program and is a certified director (ICD.D). She has served on the boards of a number of public and private companies and not-for-profits, including:

• Director, Verdant Financial Partners I Inc. (TSX Venture: VFI) (2008 - present)
• Director, High Desert Gold Corporation (TSX Venture: HDG) (2007 - present); Compensation Committee Chair (2007- present)
• Director, South American Silver Corp. (TSX: SAS) (2006 - present); Compensation Committee Chair (2006 - present)
• Director, Canadian Educational Standards Institute (not-for-profit) (2007 - present); Governance Committee Chair (2008 - present); Merger Negotiation and Transition Committee (2009 - present)
• Director, Smart Systems for Health Agency (provincial crown agency) (2006 - 2008); Governance Committee Chair (2008); Compensation and Human Resources Committee (2006 - 2008), CEO Search Committee (2007)
• Director, Sprott Resource Corp. (TSX: SRC) (2002 - 2007); Compensation Committee Chair (2004 - 2007); Audit Committee (2003 - 2005)

In her capacity as a director, Tina has served on a number of board committees, including the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Governance Committee, CEO Search Committee, and most recently the Merger Negotiation and Transition Committees guiding the merger of the Canadian Educational Standards Institute with the Canadian Association of Independent Schools to become effective in the Fall of 2009.

Tina has spoken at conferences presented by Federated Press, the Canadian Institute, the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association and the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association on topics including public company disclosure and other regulatory obligations, prospectus financings and due diligence in public market transactions. Her views on securities regulation and the legal profession have been quoted in the National Post, Law Times and the International Financial Law Review.

Tina has written extensively in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and securities regulation, including:

• Canadian Forms and Precedents: Banking and Finance - Private Placements Chapter (LexisNexis Canada Inc.) (Editor, 1991 - present)
• Ontario Corporations Law Guide - Corporate Finance and Financial Disclosure chapters (CCH Canadian Ltd.) (Co-author, 2004 - present)
• Canadian Corporate Secretaries Guide - Corporate Governance, Financial Disclosure and Corporate Finance chapters (CCH Canadian Ltd.) (Co-author, 2005 - present)
• Ultimate Corporate Counsel Guide - Shareholder Meeting chapter (CCH Canadian Ltd.) (Co-author, 2006 - present)
• International Survey of Investment Advisor Regulation, 2^nd Edition - Canada chapter (Kluver Law International, 1999)
• Mergers & Acquisitions Yearbook 2003 - Canada chapter (International Financial Law Review, 2004)
• Mergers & Acquisitions Yearbook 2001 - Canada chapter (International Financial Law Review, 2002)
• Mergers & Acquisitions Yearbook 2000 - Canada chapter (International Financial Law Review, 2001)

Most recently Tina was a speaker at the Canadian Institute’s Securities Superconference (February 2009) and the Ontario Bar Association Business Law Program - Canadian Deal Points Study: Deal Terms for Acquisitions of Private Targets (November 2008).