Orit Sarfaty Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I am responsible for the overall leadership and governance of Choice’s ESG focus and social impact strategy along with its charitable giving efforts. I collaborate across development, retail, leasing, and property management teams towards thriving place-based experiences and overall design. Most broadly, I lead efforts to incorporate sustainability and.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Executive team member of Evergreen driving innovations that make Canadian cities more livable, green, and prosperous. Responsible for suite of programs across Evergreen including Future Cities Canada, nationwide consulting as well as management oversight of the Brick Works campus, a globally-recognized community hub and demonstration centre for urban.

Toronto, Ontario

Responsible for programming and placemaking strategy for the Evergreen Brick Works campus, including earned income revenue, wayfinding and the visitor experience, tenant relations, public events, overall sustainability, and government relations.

Toronto, Canada Area

As Director, I provide leadership and accountability for the delivery and impact of Tides Canada's Strategic Programs department. Additionally, I am a member of the Tides Canada senior management team. With an annual budget of $44m, Tides Canada supports, convenes and funds hundreds of initiatives every year, from neighborhood social programs to national.

• Mandate: Assert visionary leadership for staff, board, donor base, community; convert resident needs into funding priorities; communicate to diverse and discrete populations; implement increased efficiencies; implement.
• Successful completion of comprehensive strategic planning process. Have completed 90% of objectives.
• Standardization of annual grant selection for grassroots projects including rural healthcare, immigration integration, adult literacy, public health awareness, and mental health policies.
• Comprehensive nationwide network of community partners – across public, private, and not-for-profit sectors.
• Full-scale annual budget projections, monthly/quarterly budget analysis, day-to-day financial management.
• Marked increase in national profile, with measurable outcomes: media attention, marketing partners, social media followers, attendance at outreach events.

Toronto & New York

• Mandate: Launch new stream of service in municipal planning; expand existing services into new markets; transform diverse skills into steady revenue growth; contribute expertise in strategic planning and financial.
• Leadership in multiple year-long city planning cultural, capital, and strategic planning projects. Responsible for project management, executive leadership, budgeting and analysis, day-to-day resource allocation.
• Development of new stream of business, responsible for 150% growth in revenue annually. Built a major leader in a very competitive market.
• Transformation community planning projects diverse in geography and mission: City of Chicago; Washington DC, Harvard University, City of Houston, City of Dallas, City of Vancouver, and New York City’s Economic.
• Extensive public speaking on innovative models of global city planning.
• Within the firm, managing teams, supervising consultants, effective project management, and realizing new business potential. Valuable team member and leader; mentor; presenter and public speaker; recognized specialist.

• Mandate: Integrate community-building within commercial ventures; lead organization’s charitable efforts; build comprehensive network of volunteers; create new NGO for charitable activities; design new initiatives.
• Intense collaborations with surrounding newcomer and minority communities to establish outreach programs – training for small businesses, afterschool tutoring, “mini-City Halls”, reading initiatives, fiscal tutoring.
• New non-profit organization to realize the links between culture and environmental sustainability.
• Close engagement with retail and real estate development partners to integrate diverse needs of immigrant communities into new commercial ventures.
• Public speaking at key design gatherings about importance of community-building and diverse stakeholders.*Tenure affected by maternity leave and move to Canada.

Seattle, Washington

• Mandate: Revitalize cultural campus into community hub; identify and cultivate diverse private and not-for-profit partnerships; incorporate participatory planning into decision-making; spearhead comprehensive audit of.
• Major overhaul of funding and measurement objectives for downtown community hub. Advocated for neighbourhood needs in budget process.
• Management and completion of 10-month Economic Impact Assessment, critical to advocating for government funding.
• Facilitation of landmark task forces to address critical citywide issues on public transportation; new immigrants; campaign to end homelessness; and multiculturalism.
• Engagement with corporate, community leaders. Created not-for-profit partnerships w/ private sector.
• Strategic planning and business analysis in support of new revenue models across 13 program divisions.

• Mandate: Identify new sources of government revenue; manage existing community partners; contribute to strategic “re-think” of programs to reverse declining support. Context: At the time I joined the staff, Seattle Art.
• Lead for 4-year national grant on changing demographics. Responsible for reporting, research, public communication, accountability. Results issued forth new approach to younger members, neighbourhood and school.
• Research focus on the needs of diverse families, low-income children, new immigrants.
• Partner engagement towards consensus-building, effective communication skills, advocacy.
• New initiatives towards community integration with free waterfront sculpture park.
• Accountability measures for community outreach, diversity-outreach.

• Mandate: Support strategic planning efforts with demographic, financial analysis; create multi-tiered budgets for individual projects; initiate database protocol, management; manage research team and analysis projects..
• Demographic, statistical analysis on children’s and community programming, including in-depth understanding of municipal funding.
• Financial research for potential and existing public sector, corporate, and individual donors.
• Department-wide long-term strategic plan using change management tools.
• Generation of new educational programs and attain government funding.
• Philanthropic strategic options for individual, corporate donors.

• Mandate: Contribute financial analysis, project management, and client engagement towards large-scale initiatives. Achievements:
• Financial analysis and preparation of debt proposals to client-nations.
• Budget creation and management for corporate entities in Chile, Brazil, Colombia.
• Trend projection of short-term financial health of Latin American oil and telecom corporations.

• Mandate: Communicate complex financial instruments to clients and investors; support managing director with utmost flexibility, highest standard of service, and effort. Achievements:
• Financial data forecasting using valuation methods.
• Research database of private companies (marketing technology, competition, annual reports).
• Contributions to accounting, international economics, corporate finance, treasury.
• Support of financial transactions for corporate and government clients.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sociology

Activities and Societies: Manager, Arts Cafe for homeless residents of Harvard Square; Writer, Harvard Science Review; Member, ACLU.

Master'S Degree, Urban Planning

Activities and Societies: Focus on strategic planning, organizational behaviour, urban design, placemaking. Awarded Outstanding Student.