Board of Governors

Board of Governors 2025-26

Sarah Lerchs | Chair

Sarah and her husband, JD Boyes, have two children, both Montcrest Alum, Austen ’22 and Dryden ’25. Sarah is formerly the Vice President and General Counsel of a large Canadian family office. Sarah previously served on the boards of the Whitney Child Centre and Youth Without Shelter.

Bridget Child

Bio to come.

Beth Dewitt

Beth is a seasoned leader with over 20 years in professional services and is the founder of Beth Dewitt Coaching. Known for her strategic vision and empathetic approach, she helps individuals and organizations align values with ambitions, fostering growth, resilience, and impactful leadership. Previously, Beth was a National Leader and Partner at Deloitte Canada, specializing in Cyber Security, Data Protection, and Privacy. She founded Deloitte Global’s Women in Cyber initiative, breaking gender barriers through mentorship and leadership development. She also served on Deloitte Canada’s Board of Directors, contributing to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts and strategic governance.

Beth holds degrees from Dalhousie University and York University. She is Chair of the Boards for Fora: Network for Change and the Abiona Centre and serves on the Board of Governors for Montcrest School.

Ted Gorsline

Bio to come.

Chistopher Hills

Christopher Hills is a strategic operations and finance leader with over two decades of experience spanning the alcohol, natural health, and professional services industries. He has led national and international teams across a broad range of functions, including supply chain, customer service, regulatory affairs, quality assurance, warehousing, financial planning, and business transformation.

As a senior executive and Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CMA), Chris has built his career around creating efficient systems, driving cultural change, and improving organizational performance through data-driven decision-making and cross-functional collaboration.

Chris and his wife live in East York and have two children who attend Montcrest School. They strive to model active community involvement, and that spirit is reflected in their children’s enthusiastic participation in school life and the many opportunities Montcrest offers.

Thomas Laporte Aust

Bio to come.

Warwick Marchant

Warwick Marchant is an investment real estate professional with decades of commercial real estate experience, including Portfolio Management, Acquisitions, and Leasing for publicly traded companies. For decades, Warwick has served on condo boards, currently as President and previously as Treasurer. He also brings six years of board leadership with a charity organization, where he helped empower youth to overcome barriers through challenging outdoor activities, such as wilderness canoe trips. Warwick keeps active year-round with competitive outdoor adventure sports. He has a son at Montcrest, and together they cycled the full length of a wilderness mountain route from Mexico to Canada.

Jonathan Moncrieff

Jonathan Moncrieff currently serves as the Global Chief Compliance and Investment Risk Officer at Fiera Capital. Jonathan has over 20 years of compliance, legal, and risk management experience attained in jurisdictions around the globe. He started his career at one of Canada’s leading law firms, where he practiced corporate finance, M&A, and securities law. Subsequently he held various legal and compliance leadership positions at one of Canada’s major banks. Jonathan holds a Commerce degree from McMaster University and a Law degree from the University of Western Ontario.

Jonathan keeps active year round with a variety of activities, including competitive skiing and cycling. Each fall he participates in R2//NYC. R2//NYC participants cycle from Toronto to New York over 5 days to raise funds for Campfire Circle, a charitable organization that gives kids affected by childhood cancer or serious illness the chance to just be kids through camp experiences.

Jonathan and his wife live in Riverdale with their two children, both of whom are current Montcrest students.

Craig Race

Craig Race is an enthusiast of creative infill design and development. His career as an architect, advocate, and developer has focused on small-scale, urban housing with an emphasis on environmental and contextual sensitivity. In addition to operating his eponymous architecture firm, Craig is a co-founder of Lanescape, a design-build company and advocacy group specializing in laneway housing. He also develops multi-unit, family-oriented infill housing in Toronto’s established neighbourhoods. Craig has two children attending Montcrest.

Stephen Shuttleworth

Bio to come.

Colette Tom

Colette Tom is a Director at RBC Capital Markets, responsible for business development in the Mortgage Investment Group. Colette has previous experience working in Finance, Risk Management and Technology. Colette has an MBA and is a CFA charterholder. Colette is also passionate in driving diversity and inclusion at her workplace and she is the co-chair of AWL Working Moms @ RBC, an employee resource group that strives to provide education resources and create a sense of community among working parents. Colette has a son at Montcrest.