WHO WE ARE
About Us
ABOUT US
How our dream started
Capital Integral Charitable Foundation (CICF) was established in 2018, our founders wanted to find a way that the Capital Integral Group of Companies could give back to the community that had given so much to them.
So CICF was created and the search for like-minded Board members began, we were pleased to find a group of motivated and resourceful people who are excited to be part of such an amazing organization.
We live in a great community and our goal is to help improve the lives of those who live in and around the Ottawa area. Our plan is to work with different segments of our community to help with their causes, we believe this will allow us to touch many different groups in our region.
Our first partnership was to participate in the 24 Hours at Tremblant in Dec 2019. With the help of some excellent sponsors and dedicated staff, we raised $70,000 for children’s charities through this fun and exciting event.
After the success with that event, the Board agreed on a 3 year partnership with The Ottawa Network for Education, in particular to raise funds for the School Breakfast Program. All our Board members attended or had children attend school in the Ottawa region and know the importance of proper nutrition and its role in learning.
Quite simply children cannot learn when hungry, it makes concentration more difficult, processing information is slower and general discomfort all comes from not starting the day with a nutritious breakfast.
Our goal is to raise a minimum of $75,000.00 annually for the School Breakfast Program, that would mean our donors and supporters will have provided at least 75,000 meals to hungry children. In the current environment the number of requests for breakfast has increased and with the new COVID guidelines on food handling costs of the food for the program have increased by more than 50%. Making the support of this program more urgent that ever.
Every little bit helps us so please spread the word and give what you can.
TEAM WORK
Meet Our Team
Kevin Darling
Chair
Originally from the Ottawa Valley and having spent about a third of his career in the Ottawa area, Kevin has a real connection with Ottawa and the surrounding area. Having lived in 18 communities both in Canada and internationally over his 40+ year career in financial services, Kevin has been an active supporter, Board member and advocate of charities in each of those communities. Since retiring from his Vice President role with RBC in late 2019, he now spends his time working with a number of business owners in an advisory role and dedicating more of his time to charities.
Dan Fried
President
Dan Fried, RCM, CSM is the CEO of Capital Property Solutions and a Director of Apollo CI Condominium Management. Dan has been involved in the community for many years, most notably with his role with the Angels of Hope, where 2.2 million was raised over 3 years for brain tumour research. Dan is actively involved with Habitat for Humanity and many other local causes.
Erin Horwitz
Treasurer
Erin was born and raised in the Ottawa Area. Erin has been involved with the CI Charity Foundation since its inception and over the years has volunteered with a number of different organizations. She was a volunteer with the TROT, therapeutic riding, program, ran and organized several cancer fundraising events at her local highschool and volunteered with the Ottawa annual Easter Seals family sail and BBQ. While attending post secondary at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo Ontario she became involved with KidsAbility Centre from Child Development. After University Erin returned to Ottawa where she became involved as a volunteer with Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre.
Lisa Callahan
Director
Lisa Callahan joined Capital Integral Property Management in 2017 as a receptionist and has since advanced to her current roles of Property Administrator, Compliance Officer, and Health and Safety Chairperson. In 2020 Lisa joined the Capital Integral Charitable Foundation Board of Directors as the CIPM Employee Representative. As a current member on a number of boards and committees in Ottawa, including the Ottawa Choral Society, and Italian Week Ottawa, Lisa loves to give back to the community and is thrilled to help CICF better the lives of children in the area.
James Brazeau
Director
James Brazeau. James is the President of Bulldog Commercial Restoration & Waterproofing Inc. and has served as a director with BECOR since 2010. James has a passion for building science and has years of experience as a technical sales specialist in waterproofing, air barriers, structural glazing, and coatings technologies. James uses his network of contacts within the architectural, engineering, and contractor community in efforts to further grow the BECOR membership and find new and interesting topics for presentations.
Andrej Litvinjenko
Director
Founder and owner of Litvinjenko Law Professional Corporation, a corporate and commercial law firm serving a diversity of entrepreneurs
and businesses across Canada, particularly in South-Eastern Ontario. Our clients range
from innovative start-ups to multi-national enterprises with
Tim Barrientos
Director
Tim Barrientos is an Associate Vice-President at Atlas-Apex Roofing, one of Canada’s premier roofing companies. In 2022, Tim joined the Capital Integral Charitable Foundation Board of Directors. He is motivated by paying it forward and seeking opportunities to use his professional experience, leadership skills and connections to give back to the community.
Phil Langille
Director
Mr. Phil Langille grew up on the east coast of Canada and comes from a military family that has spent time in multiple Canadian cities over the last 25 years but now calls Ottawa home. He has a lengthy and varied sales background and has been in the Engineering/Consulting sector for the past 10 years. Mr. Langille is an autonomous, results-driven individual with exceptional people management and account management experience. Having worked for some large multinational corporations, he is comfortable with a wide cross-section of clients and has enjoyed much success through his customer-first focused approach.
Ron Ainger
Director
Ron is the President and founder of Ainger Cabling + Security.
Ron has been in the structured cabling & telecom business for more than 40 years, working for Bell before opening Ainger Communications in 1996. Three years later he launched the electronic security division and has not looked back. Ron's experience includes the evaluation, planning, design, project management and full implementation of structured cable & electronic security systems for a wide variety of clients in Canada and the United States.
Vickie Brunet
Director
Vickie grew up in the family business, Day-View Electric, a company founded by Vickie's father in 1993. Vickie has seen first hand the impact of business people being involved in the community. Having purchased the company from her father, alongside her brother, they make up the ownership team of Day-View as it stands now. The business specializes in commercial electrical, from service contracts/maintenance to new build high rises. Vickie sits on the Ontario Electrical League board and participates in various committees that focus on youth involvement in the electrical trades.
Thank you to our wonderful partners at Ottawa Network for Education
