Our Board

Luke Doherty

Luke Doherty

Interim Board Chair

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An accomplished technology, data, and insights professional Luke has demonstrated experience in developing, growing and managing high functioning teams through periods of rapid growth. Luke has led the roll out of advanced technology across some of Canada’s most recognizable brands and specializes in leading complex projects. He is a trusted advisor to Toronto based technology startups. Currently, Luke is the Chief Financial Officer at Leading Edge Physiotherapy. Luke holds an Honours BA in Economics from McMaster University and various other finance certifications. He brings excellent strategic planning, communication, and negotiation skills.

Don Locke

Don Locke

Board Member

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With 30 years of varied investment banking, industrial marketing and general management experience including not for profit, Don has a Master’s Degree in Business, and tremendous expertise in relationship-based investment banking, lending, mergers and acquisitions, project management and justification, marketing management, and joint ventures. He brings excellent negotiation, oral and written communication, and financial oversight skills.

Mariam Azhar Uddin

Mariam Azhar Uddin

Board Treasurer

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Mariam is a CPA, CA with over a decade of experience in audit, financial reporting, and corporate finance. She currently works in finance at Wealthsimple, one of Canada’s leading fintech companies. She has previously worked in financial reporting and FP&A in the technology sector, as well as in audit at Ernst & Young. She brings expertise in financial oversight, audit, internal controls, and financial reporting to Margaret’s Board.

Mariam holds a Master of Accounting from the University of Waterloo and earned her CPA, CA designation with the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario.

Beyond her professional work, Mariam is committed to giving back through mentorship and community service, and is passionate about putting her financial expertise to work for organizations that create stability and opportunity for others.

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Christopher Gordon

Christopher Gordon

Board Member

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Chris Gordon is a Partner and senior leader at EY in Canada, where he leads large, multidisciplinary teams serving major organizations across Canada and around the world. With more than 25 years of professional services experience, he advises clients on talent strategy, mobility, immigration, workforce enablement and business transformation. Known for bringing diverse perspectives together to solve complex challenges, Chris has also held a range of leadership roles focused on innovation, inclusion and growth, and has served on firm committees and initiatives in Canada and globally.

 Christ brings to Margaret’s a strong commitment to community impact, governance and human-centred leadership. He serves on the board and governance committee of Margaret’s and is deeply committed to supporting organizations that create pathways to dignity, stability and opportunity for vulnerable communities. Having grown up in a low-income, high-risk community in London, UK, he brings both professional expertise and personal perspective to his board service. He is passionate about helping organizations build inclusive futures and expand opportunity for those who are too often underserved.

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Emily Naddaf

Board Member

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Emily Naddaf is a lifelong learner and community builder. As someone who gets her energy from connecting with people, she feels the most full when helping others.

She currently leads community growth at Wealthsimple Foundation, mixing her drive to do good with her passion for education, helping more Canadians achieve their version of financial freedom. In 2017, she started an educational organization called Elena’s Club, with the goal of connecting more women around topics like finance, politics and wellness. 

 

With over a decade of communications and consulting experience, for both public and private clients, she has learnt to connect meaningfully, cultivate strategic partnerships and empower others through knowledge-sharing. 

 

Emily holds a Graduate Certificate in Public Relations from Humber College and a Bachelor’s Degree with Honors in Political Studies from Queen’s University. 

She brings a mix of digital-first marketing, strategic communications, partnership and fundraising skills to the Margaret’s Board. 

Avineet Kaur Cheema

Avineet Kaur Cheema

Board Member

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Avineet (“Avi”) is a refugee and poverty law lawyer dedicated to advancing access to justice for marginalized and vulnerable communities. Originally from Newfoundland, she earned her law degree from Dalhousie University before relocating to Toronto, where she has lived and practiced for the past eight years. Throughout her career, Avi has focused on providing legal representation and advocacy for individuals facing poverty, homelessness, and systemic barriers.

Avi currently works as a lawyer with the Refugee Law Office at Legal Aid Ontario, where she specializes in complex matters at the intersection of immigration law, mental health, criminalization, and immigration detention.

Before joining the Refugee Law Office, Avi served as an immigration staff lawyer at the HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO). Beyond her legal practice, she has been actively involved in community leadership and advocacy. She served on the Board of Directors of the Parkdale Community Food Bank for more than three years and is a co-founder of the Canadian Association of Sikh Lawyers.

Noelle Richardson

Board Member

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An accomplished senior executive and transformational leader who was responsible for the creation and implementation of a diversity and inclusion strategy for both the Ontario Public Service and the broader public-sector agencies of the Ministry of the Attorney General. Specialized in inclusive organizational change strategies and processes within complex national and international organizations. Extensive national and international speaking experience on issues of social inclusion and human capital strategies including; the European Union, the United States and the continents of Africa and Asia. An experienced broadcaster, who reported, anchored and hosted news and current affairs programs for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), CTV NewsNet and Vision television. Noelle holds a BA in Sociology from the University of Windsor. She concurrently sits on the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Board of Directors.

Angela Cooke

Board Member

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Seana Bulle

Seana Bulle

Board Member

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Seana Bulle is an Academic Family Physician and Palliative Care Specialist at St. Michael’s Hospital. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine. Her clinical practice spans comprehensive family medicine and palliative care, with a particular interest in caring for patients experiencing complex illness and structural vulnerabilities. Her academic and professional work is grounded in health equity with a focus on understanding and addressing the structural and social factors that shape patients’ health and access to care. She is committed to advancing more equitable, patient-centered health systems through education, leadership, mentorship, and collaborative practice. 

Theresa Micallef-Hill

Board Member

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Theresa Micallef-Hill is a seasoned communications professional currently working as a Senior Communications Consultant with the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation. Her background includes speechwriting for the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, client work in the music industry and corporate spaces and non-profit communications with the Children’s Aid Society. Theresa brings a strong track record in strategic storytelling, media relations and campaign execution, excelling at creating clear, engaging content that connects with diverse audiences and advances public understanding. In 2025, she was the recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal, recognized for her service to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.

Having been personally touched by the effects of mental health challenges and substance use, Theresa combines her communications expertise with a deep commitment to accessible, compassionate care systems. Her passion for these issues led her to study Addictions in Contemporary Society at York University, where her research examined opioid addiction in Indigenous communities and housing and rehabilitation supports across Ontario, further solidifying her belief that stable housing is fundamental to individual and community well-being. Theresa is honoured to bring her strategic communications background, people-first mindset and personal dedication to Margaret’s Board of Directors. 

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Land Acknowledgement

As an organization, Margaret’s acknowledges the land we meet and operate on is the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the First Nations Peoples of these territories for allowing us the privilege of meeting on your ancestral lands. We thank you for the opportunity to continue the work of building a more just and equitable society for all.

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