Our People

We are drawn together as a community of practice, a community of education partners that are convinced that the surest way to achieve lasting peace and prosperity is to build a world in which all people — girls and boys, women and men — can get an education and lead healthy, productive lives. One where every person can earn a living wage, have a voice in their community, and leave a better planet for future generations.

• Code Staff
• Board of Directors
• Code Advisory Council
• Field Partners
• Affiliates

CODE Staff

Telephone: 613 232 3569

Toll free: 1 800 661 2633

• Scott Walter, Executive Director, Ext 230
• Maria Medeiros, Executive Assistant, Ext 222
• Geneviève Spicer, Communications Manager, Ext 252
• Sean Maddox, Director of Development, Ext 236
• Anne Smith, Program Assistant, Ext 223
• Catherine Macnab, Program Manager, Ext 226
• Christine Earnshaw, Program Manager, Ext 238
• Meddie Mayanja, Program Manager, Ext 227
• Willy Rangira, Program Manager, Ext 235
• C. Garth Brooks, Senior Program Manager, Canadian Engagement Program, Ext 233
• Tony Giampietro, Director, Fund Development, Ext 232
• Geneviève Perras, Fund Development Assistant, Ext 245 
• Trizana Parillo, Major Gifts Officer, Ext 250
• Yan Gao, Donations Coordinator, Ext 231
• Fernand Mercier, Director of Finance & Administration, Ext 224
• Edie Richard, Junior Accountant, Ext 234
• Melissa Mainville, Controller, Ext 237
• Tomomi Okubo, Webmaster, Ext 252

CODE Board of Directors, 2010-2011

• Chair, Judy Hauserman, Toronto, ON
• Vice-Chair, Lynn Beauregard, Toronto, ON
• James E. (Jim) Page, Ottawa, ON
• Treasurer, Jacques Bérubé, L'Ange-Gardien, QC
• Past Chair, Norton Campbell, London, ON
• Ric Cameron, Ottawa, ON
• Richard Crabbe, Washington, D.C., USA
• Robert Ryan, Ottawa, ON
• Marco Fortier, Mt. Laurel, NJ, USA
• Jeffrey Gilmour, Calgary, AB
• Timothy Hynes, Antigonish, NS
• Barbara Johnston, Calgary, AB
• Jon Shapiro, Vancouver, BC
• Chair of CODE Inc., Dwight Casson, Toronto, ON
• Chair of CODE Foundation, Stephen Burega, Vancouver, BC
• Chair of International Book Bank, Wendy Saul, St. Louis, MO, USA
• Executive Director/ Ex-officio, Scott Walter
• Honourary Life Counsel, Colin McNairn
• Honourary Patron, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D. Governor General of Canada

CODE Advisory Council

Our Advisory Council is a panel of distinguished Canadians who care about international education and support our long term success in delivering quality literacy programs to children. Under the patronage of the Governor-General, these outstanding citizens help open doors and guide our work.

Chair, Knowlton Nash - Knowlton Nash is a retired journalist, author, and well-loved former long-serving senior anchorman of CBC Television's flagship news program, The National.

Robert Bateman - Robert Bateman is a well known Canadian philanthropist, naturalist and accomplished artist. Formerly a teacher in Nigeria, Mr. Bateman has a deep connection with Africa and education.

Avie Bennett - Avie Bennett is an entrepreneur involved in the publishing industry, an active philanthropist and a recipient of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour.

Mel Hurtig - Mel Hurtig is a Canadian publisher, author, political activist and an Order of Canada recipient.

Karen Kain - Karen Kain is an internationally acclaimed dancer, a former chair of the Canada Council for the Arts, and currently the Artistic Director of the National Ballet of Canada. She received the Order of Canada in 1976.

Anton Kuerti - Anton Kuerti is one of the world’s top classical pianists, an active philanthropist, and Officer of the Order of Canada and the recipient of several honourary doctorates.

Flora MacDonald - The Honourable Flora MacDonald is a recipient of the Pearson Peace Medal, a former politician and activist, and is well known for fostering international understanding and development. She was the first female Secretary of State for External Affairs in Canadian history, and one of the first female foreign ministers anywhere in the world.

Peter Mansbridge  - Peter Mansbridge is the award-winning Chief Correspondent of CBC News and the anchor of The National. He has covered the biggest stories of our times, interviewed world leaders and hosted the program from across Canada and around the world.

Anna Porter  - Anna Porter has been one of Canada’s most respected book publishers for 30 years.

If you’re interested in joining CODE’s Advisory Council, please call our Communications Manager, Geneviève (Vivi) Spicer, at 1 800 661-2633 ext 252.

Field Partners

• The Guyana Book Foundation, Guyana
• CODE Ethiopia, Ethiopia    
• Associação Progresso, Mozambique
• The Children’s Books Project, Tanzania
• The Tanzania Books Support Trust, Tanzania
• The Ghana Book Trust, Ghana
• Association pour la lecture, l’éducation et le developpement (ALED), Mali
• Bibliothèque-Lecture-Développement (BLD), Senegal
• National Library Service, Malawi
• WE-Care Foundation, Liberia

Affiliates

We are proud of our entrepreneurial and innovative history, highlighted by the establishment of three affiliate organizations: CODE Incorporated, the CODE Foundation and the International Book Bank.

In 1987, CODE started a for-profit company, CODE Incorporated, to generate profits to support our development programs. Today CODE Inc. is the leading global integrator of voter registration and election materials and has become a multi-million dollar business that has donated millions of dollars to CODE in support of our programming.

The CODE Foundation, established in 1992, is an endowment fund that manages and invests bequests and other planned gifts. The CODE Foundation donates its investment income annually to CODE.

The International Book Bank (IBB) works with non-profit literacy programs in the developing world to supply them with high-quality new books and educational materials. CODE's partners overseas select titles they wish to recieve from IBB's database.

This successful family of affiliates strengthens our ability to deliver quality education programming by increasing our financial sustainability as well as effectively supporting our long term overseas partnerships. To learn more about our history, please visit Our Story.