History

The Ontario Catholic School Business Officials Association was founded in 1955.


Originally established as the Ontario Separate School Business Officials Association, the organization is focused on insuring equity and fairness in funding for Separate Schools in Ontario, protecting the rights of Catholic School Supporters and providing quality professional development opportunities to Catholic School Business Officials.




Honorary Members:
YearBoard Name
1987Haldimand NorfolkH. Thournout
1988SudburyR. Gionet
1988CarletonG. Laframboise
1992DurhamH. McAneney
1992WellingtonH. O´Connell
1993Frontenac-Lennox & AddingtonF. Murphy
1993LambtonJ. Fullerton
1993Metro SeparateP. Meneguzzi
1993Metro SeparateJ. Power
1993WellandJ. Dennis
1994DurhamB. Hamilton
1994WellingtonE. Parisotto
1994Hamilton-WentworthJ. Wintar
1995Hastings-Pr. EdwardE. Paquet
1995BrantS. Tymchyk
1996DurhamG. Andrews
1996Metro TorontoG. Clarke
1997HaltonA. Bryson
1997WellandJ. Imiolo
1997WindsorR. Marentette
1998TorontoJ. Jasenec
1999Bruce-GreyP. Serré
1999TorontoC. Sala
1999WellingtonG. Trakalo
2001HaltonS. Balogh
2001NorthEasternM. Mousseau
2003LondonJ. Hardy
2007Huron-PerthLin Steffler
2008OxfordGeorges Groulx
2008WellingtonDonna Tonizzo
2008WellingtonShaun Redmond
2010Past Executive DirectorTom Kelly
2011DurhamGerry O´Neill
2012Dufferin-Peel Mike McPhee
2013Dufferin-PeelMichael Bator
2014Dufferin-PeelGail Robinson
2016Brant Haldimand NorfolkWally Easton
2017 Algoma Ian Gauld
2018 Hamilton-Wentworth Patrick Daly
 2019 Wellington Dan Duszczyszyn
2020 OCSTA Sharon Duffy
2022 OCSOA John Kostoff
2023 CEFOAb Falconi



 Past Presidents:
 YearBoard Name
1955-58LondonG. Mottram
1958-60WaterlooF. Kraemer
1960-61CornwallV. Gauthier
1961-62HamiltonT. Meyer
1962-63BurlingtonT. Lydon
1963-64North BayE. Chiarelli
1964-65OttawaR. Groulx
1965-66OshawaF. Shine
1966-67Sault Ste. MarieR. Soltys
1967-68Niagara FallsJ. McMahon
1968-69Hamilton-WentworthJ. Sherlock
1969-72LakeheadF. Sabatini
1972-73Frontenac-Lennox & AddingtonJ. Lamarche
1973-74Hastings-Pr. EdwardE. Paquet
1974-75WaterlooG. Denomme
1975-76WellandJ. Dennis
1976-77BrantS. Tymchyk
1977-78OxfordJ. Page
1978-79CarletonG. Laframboise
1979-80Stormont, Dundas & GlengarryF. Roussy
1980-81Metro SeparateJ. Jasenec
1981-82Haldimand NorfolkH. Thournout
1982-83London & MiddlesexR. MocCormick
1983-84Lanark, Leeds & GreenvilleT. Ariss
1984-85Hamilton-WentworthS. Balogh
1985-86Hastings-Pr. EdwardC. Sweeney
 1986-87Hamilton-WentworthJ. Wintar
1987-88YorkN. Fortin
1988-89OxfordG. Groulx
1989-90WellingtonG. Trakalo
1990-91WindsorR. Marentette
1991-92WellandL. Reich
1992-93DurhamG. Andrews
1993-94LambtonT. Kelly
1994-95SimcoeP. Derochie
1995-96YorkS. DiLorenzo
1996-97Bruce-GreyP. Serré
1997-98WaterlooH. Craigen
1998-99Thunder BayS. Soldan
1999-2000NiagaraS. Hudson
2000-01LondonJ. Talbot
2001-02Hamilton-WentworthJ. LoPresti
2002-03DurhamD. Visser
2003-04Huron-PerthA.M. Nicholson
2004-05DurhamB. Gazley
2005-06WellingtonS. Redmond
2006-07Brant Haldimand NorfolkW. Easton
2007-08WellingtonDan Duszczyszyn
2008-09Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and ClaringtonIsabel Grace
2009-10TorontoDave Bilenduke
2010-12DurhamMichael Gray
2012-14Windsor-EssexIan Gauld
2014-16Hamilton Wentworth Angelo Romano
2016-17 Toronto Paul DeCock
2017-18Dufferin-Peel Kevin Sun
 2018-19HaltonJoe O'Hara
 2019-20 Halton

 Joe O'Hara

 2020-21 York

 Michael Gray

2021-2022 Dufferin Peel

 Kevin Sun

 2022-2023York

 Khaled Elgharbawy


Also read:

Significant Events in the History of Catholic Education and the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association