{{Short description|American games committee}} {{Infobox organization |name = Toronto Organizing Committee for the 2015 Pan American and Parapan Games<br> ''Comité d’organisation des Jeux panaméricains et parapanaméricains de 2015 à Toronto'' |image =Toronto 2015 Organizing Committee logo.svg |image_size = 300px |type = |formation = January 21, 2010 |headquarters = Toronto, Ontario |leader_title = Chief Executive Officer |leader_name = Saad Rafi |language = English, French, Spanish |website= [http://www.toronto2015.org/lang/en/home.html] }} {{Pan American Games series|2015}} The '''Toronto Organizing Committee for the 2015 Pan Parapan American Games''' ('''TO2015''') ({{langx|fr|Comité d’organisation des Jeux panaméricains et parapanaméricains de 2015 à Toronto - TOR2015}}) was a non-profit organization responsible for producing and financing the 2015 Pan American Games and 2015 Parapan American Games. It was established on January 21, 2010, about three months after the 2015 games were awarded to Toronto, Ontario.<ref>{{cite web| title=Organizing Committee | url= http://www.toronto2015.org/lang/en/toronto-2015-games/organizing-committee.html | publisher=Official Toronto 2015 website| access-date=2011-04-29}}</ref>
TO2015 was led by chief executive officer Ian Troop, who has senior operating experience with multinational corporations <ref>{{cite web| title=Ian Troop - Chief Executive Officer| url=http://www.toronto2015.org/lang/en/toronto-2015-games/organizing-committee/duplicate-of-roger-garland.html| publisher=Official Toronto 2015 website| access-date=2011-04-29| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914140238/http://www.toronto2015.org/lang/en/toronto-2015-games/organizing-committee/duplicate-of-roger-garland.html#| archive-date=2010-09-14| url-status=dead}}</ref> Its board of directors consisted of 12 members, with five partners the, Canadian Olympic Committee, Canadian Paralympic Committee, Canadian and Ontario provincial governments, and the City government of Toronto, Ontario.<ref>{{cite web| title=Board of Directors| url= http://www.toronto2015.org/lang/en/toronto-2015-games/board-of-directors.html | publisher=Official Toronto 2015 website| access-date=2011-04-29}}</ref>
The Chair of the Games was The Honourable David Peterson, former politician and Premier of Ontario. In December 2013 Troop was fired. He was replaced in January 2014 by Saad Rafi.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/12/13/pan_am_ceo_ian_troop_fired.html Pan Am Games CEO Ian Troop fired]</ref> <!-- ==Goals== On January 30, 2009, VANOC announced its updated budget for the 2010 games. The operating budget was set at CAN$1.76 billion, with a contingency of $77 million.<ref name="budget09">{{cite web| title= VANOC releases updated balanced budget for 2010 Winter Games| url= http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/vanoc-releases-updated-balanced-budget-for-2010-winter-games_62856Hz.html| publisher=Official VANOC website| date=January 30, 2009| access-date=2010-02-14}}</ref> This reflected an increase of $130 million over the $1.63 billion operating budget announced in May 2007, though VANOC said that if the accounting principles applied for the 2009 budget were retroactively applied to the May 2007 budget, the operating budget would have remained "relatively unchanged."<ref name="budget09"/> The VANOC operating budget was financed by private sector sources such as sponsorships, licensing, merchandising, ticket sales and fundraising, as well as with a contribution from the International Olympic Committee; it was separate from the CAN$580 million spent on venue construction, costs for which were shared equally by the government of Canada and the provincial government of British Columbia.<ref name="budget09"/>
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One of VANOC’s goals was to achieve "unprecedented" First Nations, Inuit, and Métis participation in the planning and hosting of the 2010 Winter Games.<ref>{{cite web| title=Aboriginal Participation | url= http://www.vancouver2010.com/aboriginal-participation/ | publisher=Official VANOC website| access-date=2010-02-14}}</ref>
VANOC also sought to place a broader emphasis on sustainability, integrating it into purchasing and daily operations and expanding to include "social and economic dimensions" , such as an effort to include "inner-city residents and businesses in the economic opportunities."<ref>{{cite web| title=Raising the Bar with VANOC’s Sustainability Initiatives | url= http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/sustainability/sustainability-stories/raising-the-bar-with-vanoc%E2%80%99s-sustainability-initiatives_120772gZ.html | publisher=Official VANOC website| access-date=2010-02-14}}</ref>
==Site preparation== VANOC spent $16.6 million to upgrade facilities at Cypress Mountain, where the freestyle (aerials, moguls, ski cross) and snowboarding events were held.{{citation needed|date=February 2010}} With the opening in February 2009 of the $40-million Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre at Hillcrest Park, every sports venue for the 2010 games was completed on time and about a year prior to the start of the games.<ref>{{cite web|author=www.CRSportsNews.com - Free Press Release Distribution Center |url=http://www.crsportsnews.com/?id=785988&keys=Olympics-Venue-Vancouver-Paralympic |title=New Vancouver 2010 Sports Venues Completed |publisher=Crsportsnews.com |date=2009-02-24 |access-date=2010-01-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/vancouver-2010-sport-venues-completed-on-time-and-within-$580-million-budget.-vancouver-olympic-paralympic-centre-opens-today-as-a-model-of-sustainable-building-_63896GI.html |title=Vancouver 2010 sport venues completed on time and within $580-million budget |publisher=Official VANOC website |date=2009-02-19 |access-date=2010-01-10}}</ref>
== After the games == After VANOC submitted their report to the International Olympic Committee, VANOC officially dissolved. -->
==Members of the Organizing Committee== The following are members of the organizing committee and their title.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.toronto2015.org/lang/en/about-the-games/organizing-committee1.html# |title=Organizing Committee |access-date=2012-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815030309/http://www.toronto2015.org/lang/en/about-the-games/organizing-committee1.html# |archive-date=2012-08-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" !Name !Title |- || Saad Rafi || Chief Executive Officer |- || David Peterson || Chair |- || Katherine Henderson || Senior Vice-President, Marketing & Revenue |- | Barbara Anderson || Chief Financial Officer |- || Allen Vansen || Senior Vice-President, Operations |- || Bob O'Doherty || Senior Vice-President, Sport and Venues |- || Elaine Roper || Senior Vice-President, Human Resources |- || Murray Noble || Senior Vice-President, Infrastructure |- || Peter Donolo || Senior Vice-President, Public Affairs |- || Louise Lutgens|| Senior Vice-President, Community and Cultural Affairs |- || Karen Hacker || Senior Vice-President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |- || Roger Garland || Chairman Emeritus |}
==Board of directors== The following are members of the board of directors and what they are known for. The board was selected to represent the five different partners in the games: the three governments and the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.toronto2015.org/lang/en/about-the-games/board-of-directors1.html# |title=Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games | Board of Directors |access-date=2012-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815032013/http://www.toronto2015.org/lang/en/about-the-games/board-of-directors1.html# |archive-date=2012-08-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" !Name !Title/Accomplishments |- || The Honourable David Peterson || Chair, Former Premier of Ontario |- || Marcel Aubut || President of the Canadian Olympic Committee |- || Sylvie Bernier || Former Olympic Diving champion and Pan American Games medalist. |- || Martha Billes || Controlling shareholder of the Canadian Tire Corporation |- || Michael Chambers || Former president of the Canadian Olympic Committee |- || Tony Gagliano || Canadian businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist. |- || Doug Hamilton || Former Olympics Rowing medalist. |- || Sandra Levy || Former Olympic field hockey player and Vice President of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind |- || David Legg || President of the Canadian Paralympic Committee |- || Walter Sieber || Former Vice President of the Canadian Olympic Committee |- || Victoria Winter || Former Pan American Games medalist in dressage |- || Joe Halstead || Chairman of Ontario Place Former CEO/Chair of Festival Management Committee Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Toronto (Formerly Caribana) |}
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== External Links {{DEFAULTSORT:Toronto Organizing Committee for the 2015 Pan Parapan American Games}} == * <!--Category:2015 Parapan American Games-->[https://archive-it.org/collections/5421 Toronto 2015 Pan Am & Parapan American Games]—Web archive collected by the University of Toronto Libraries Category:2015 Pan American Games Category:Organizations based in Toronto Category:Sports organizations established in 2010 Category:2015 Parapan American Games Category:2010 establishments in Ontario