Byron MacDonald (President)

Byron has been Head Coach of the very successful University of Toronto Varsity Team for more than 30 years.  In the early 1980’s, Byron saw a need for a high performance swim club in downtown Toronto and formed a   club that would eventually become the Toronto Swim Club.  A few years later, Byron joined the Board of TSC and has remained an active member ever since.

Byron coaches the senior age swimmers of TSC.  His accolades as a coach are many-- including more than 70 swimmers who have been on international teams and Olympic teams.   He has coached numerous medal winners, including a 1992 Olympic Bronze Medalist and more recently Kylie Masse’s coach, who won a Bronze Medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and became the world record holder in the 100 Backstroke at the 2017 World Championships.

Byron's coaching draws on his personal international swimming career where he won numerous medals including two Commonwealth Gold Medals, and a 6th place finish in the 100 meter butterfly at the 1972 Olympics Summer Games (Munich).  Byron is also the "voice of swimming" having commentated television swim coverage for seven Olympic and other Games --winning two Gemini Awards for his work.

Helena Tigert (Vice President)

Helena has been a TSC swim parent since 2015 with two daughters in the club - Leah (National) and Sophie (Junior Provincial).   Swimming has made a huge impact on her daughters - who love the sport and the friends they've made - all the while not seeming to mind the early mornings!

Helena is the Vice President of Financial Partnerships at Visa.  She has over 20 years of business management experience in financial services (VIsa) and consumer packaged goods (Nestle and P&G).  Helena has an MBA from the Ivey School of Business and a BA from McGill University.

David Pickwoad (Secretary)

David works at Miller Thomson LLP, a national law firm, where he is the Chief Operating Officer and a member of the firm's Executive Committee. David started his career in the steel industry and worked in corporate finance before practicing law. Prior to joining Miller Thomson, David was Chief Client Officer at Dentons Canada and before that Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Hudson’s Bay Company.

Scott Rattee (Treasurer)

Scott's daughter Zoe (Senior Provincial) has been swimming with TSC since she started in the Academy program in the 2017/2018 swim season. 

Scott is a Senior Vice President at DBRS Ltd., a global credit rating agency, covering the telecom/media/technology sectors. Scott has 20 years of experience in the financial services industry in both fixed income and public equities, working in both Toronto and New York, NY. Scott has been a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) member since 2004, and earned his MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University in 1999.

Like many parents in the TSC community, Scott has spent countless hours in the stands at swim practice and meets over the years and witnessed first hand the incredibly positive influence swimming with TSC has had in his daughter's development. Importantly she has learned the value of setting goals and working hard to achieve them with the help of great coaches and a fun team environment. In this role, Scott wants to continue to help build the club's outstanding tradition of enabling swimmers to achieve their potential both in the pool and out.    

Vivian Zhao (Member at Large - Social)

Vivian works in the Controllership office at the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. Her responsibilities include leading financial system access controls; advisory and training to staff and management team on corporate financial management policies and guidelines. Vivian holds an MA from York and an MBA from McGill. She served as a board member for East York East Toronto Family Resources (EYET) from 2009 to 2013, and also volunteers at her daughter's school parent association.

Vivian’s daughter Grace is in J2. Growing up in a coastal town, Vivian loved swimming as a child. Her version of safe swim was racing with her sister to the shark net and back, and “freestyle” bodysurfing amongst post-typhoon waves with her father. Through swimming, she has learned the life lessons of good judgement, resilience, and optimism.

Jane Brind (Member at Large - Officials)

Jane has been running her own consulting business, ZIF HR, for 9+ years.  ZIF HR provides both HR consulting and career/job search coaching services, with the latter being the primary focus in the last few years.  Previously, Jane worked in various HR roles in tech companies in Vancouver, then in the Bay Area/Silicon Valley, and finally here in Toronto.  She has a diploma in Career & Work Counselling, a diploma in HR Management, and a BA (History) from UBC.

Jane’s roots are in aquatics.  She swam in a competitive swim club as a kid and later spent years working as a lifeguard & swim instructor – hence the “pool smell” is very familiar (and strangely comforting!).  Joining the TSC board feels like coming back to her swimming journey.

Jane’s younger son, Cooper, specifically asked to join TSC and started in the 2019/2020 season.  He’s currently in YA.

Ivona Vukasinovic (Member at Large - Communications)

Ivona Vukasinovic has been a swim mom at TSC since 2018 and has had the privilege of watching her son Viktor develop as a swimmer from a young age. Viktor is now in Junior Provincial and has learned about time management, how to persevere when things get tough and overall importance of staying committed to a situation through his swim journey. His brother Luka started with the Academy in 2022 and is loving the pool time with his friends and coaches. 

Ivona is the Head of People Analytics in BMO Financial Group. She has over 15 years of experience in the ever growing field of analytics, technology and marketing and is an active advocate of Women in Analytics. 

Ivona is a University of Toronto alumni, where she received an Honours Bachelor of Science degree with a specialization in Mathematics. 

Krista Koteff (Member at Large - Fundraising)