Board Staff
Staff support the Board’s mandate as the civilian body governing the Toronto Police Service. Their work ensures effective governance, accountability, policy development, and community engagement.
Board Staff maintain the official records of Board decisions, ensure follow‑up, and support all procedural and administrative functions required for Board operations. Several Board Staff members specialize in policy research, drafting, and analysis. Their work supports the Board’s oversight function and contributes to shaping policing policy in Toronto. Board Staff support the Board in strengthening relationships with diverse communities, ensuring community perspectives inform policing priorities and policy development.
Louis Tsvilis
In his role, Louis is instrumental in advancing public trust, accountability, and safety through modern, transparent policing and drives the momentum behind the Board’s strategic direction, policy innovation, budget leadership, media engagement, and high-stakes government and stakeholder relations.
Louis brings extensive experience in law, public service, governance, and risk management. Prior to joining the Board, he served as General Counsel at Harlo Capital and held senior roles in the Office of the Mayor of Toronto, including Executive Director, Finance & Legal Affairs. In that capacity, he advised on City budgets, led key COVID‑19 financial response work, and oversaw the Mayor’s policing reform and community safety agenda. He also played a central role in creating the Toronto Community Crisis Service, the City’s first non‑police crisis response program. Named one of Canadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in 2022, Louis holds degrees in law, global affairs, and commerce
Sandy Murray
In her role, Sandy provides strategic policy and communications advice to the Chair and Board Members, drafts Board policy, conducts research and analysis, develops internal and external strategic communications and prepares speeches and other communications.
Prior to joining the Board Office in 2003, Sandy worked at the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services as a Co-ordinator in Crime Prevention and Policing Programs. Sandy holds an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School. Sandy was a Member of the Toronto Police Services Board from 1998-2001. In 2002, she assisted the Honourable George Ferguson, Q.C., in researching and preparing a report for the Toronto Police Service entitled Review and Recommendations Concerning Various Aspects of Police Misconduct.
Danielle Dowdy
In her role, Danielle serves as an advisor to the Board on matters related to policy analysis and development, pressing law enforcement matters, as well as stakeholder relations. Through her work, Danielle is responsible for deepening the Board’s engagement with the communities it is accountable to and embedding community voice into the Board’s work.
Danielle is a business professional with extensive experience in the areas of strategic planning, community development and youth employment. Passionate about community service, she has spent over 25 years working across communities. Professionally, she’s worked at the Toronto Police Service for 13 years in many roles, all centred on working with communities on innovative programs. Her proudest accomplishment has been architecting the Youth in Policing Initiative and building a model that has been replicated across the province in over 22 police services in Ontario. Danielle previously served as Senior Strategic Initiatives Lead to the Honourable Justice Michael Tulloch on the Independent Police Oversight Review and the Independent Street Checks Review.
Kaitlyn Chapman
As the Board’s Indigenous Engagement Advisor, Kaitlyn develops, leads, and implements engagement strategies with diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis members of the diverse urban Indigenous community of Tkaronto (Toronto), including youth, Elders, and Knowledge Carriers, and Treaty and Territorial Rightsholders, on behalf of the Board. Kaitlyn is a Mohawk woman from Kenhtè:ke, which is the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. She is a member of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte and belongs to the Haudenosaunee Wolf clan. Kaitlyn brings experience in the fields of Indigenous post-secondary education and violence against women.
Kaitlyn’s efforts are an extension of the Board’s commitment to the Truth & Reconciliation Report, The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls, the Missing and Missed report, and the Board’s 81 Recommendations for Police Reform. She is dedicated to fostering reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples by working to bridge gaps in understanding, and actively works to build and nourish relationships that are rooted in reciprocity and respect. Kaitlyn plays a critical role in leading the successful outreach and community engagement with members of the diverse Indigenous nations and their communities, as a vital part of the Board’s responsibility to foster meaningful relationships and engagement on matters that are deeply important, in order to ensure it properly and fully fulfils its civilian oversight and governance roles.
Diana Tsui
Diana Tsui is part of the Board’s Strategy & Governance Team and leads independent research and analysis and outcome evaluations to inform Board policy, strategy, and governance frameworks.
Diana has extensive experience working in municipal and provincial government, not-for-profit organizations, and the academic research sector in policy development, analysis, and evaluation. Before joining the Board Office, she spent five years working at the City of Toronto across many divisions. All of her roles centered on using evidence-driven and equity-centered approaches to develop policies and evaluate services to ensure they meet emerging community needs.
She holds a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Toronto, as well as a Master of Arts degree in Socio-Legal Studies, Graduate Diploma in Justice System Administration, and Bachelor of Arts in Law and Society from York University.
Outside of work, Diana co-founded and actively volunteers for a Scarborough-based, not-for-profit organization that provides leadership and arts programming to newcomer youth. She is passionate about public and community service, and is committed to making Toronto a safer, equitable, and just city for everyone to live, play, and work.
Diana Achim
In her role, Diana is responsible for the maintenance of the Board’s official record of decisions, and she ensures that all Board matters and decisions are properly recorded, followed up on and implemented.
Diana has vast experience in law clerk and paralegal roles, having worked with law firms, the Ministry of Attorney General and the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD). She started her career as a law clerk in the private sector, eventually moving to government, first joining the Ministry of the Attorney General with the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee. Diana then moved on to the OIPRD in the capacity of a law clerk, where she provided support to OIPRD counsel, prepared various legal documents for filing with the courts, and oversaw the OIPRD’s Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. Diana is a graduate of Seneca College with an Honours Paralegal Diploma and is Licensed Paralegal with the Law Society of Ontario. Diana also has an Alternative Dispute Resolution Certificate at Seneca College and is a former volunteer with the North York Community Legal Aid Clinic.
Sheri Chapman
Sheri provides day-to-day executive assistance to the Chair and other Members of the Board.
Sheri has been a member of the Toronto Police Service since 1999. In her time with the Service, Sheri worked in Employee Records and Staff Planning and Development, before coming to the Board Office in 2005. During Sheri’s time in the Board Office, she has provided administrative support to staff and Board members, worked on a comprehensive policy review and was promoted to her current position in 2016.
Nathalie McCausland
Nathalie provides day-to-day executive assistance to the Executive Director and Board staff. Prior to joining the Board office in 2023, Nathalie has been a member of the Toronto Police Service since 2006. In Nathalie’s time with the Service, she provided executive administrative support in Accounting Services and Employee Services (formerly Financial Management), Budget & Financial Analysis, and Finance & Business Management. In her tenure, she streamlined workflow processes that optimized efficiencies in time management and accountability.
Etheline Komoseng
Etheline Komoseng is the Board’s part-time administrative assistant, providing much-needed administrative support to the entire Board Staff.
Previously, Etheline spent over 26 years combined working with the Toronto Police Service and the Toronto Police Services Board. She has worked in Records Management, Accounting and Payroll units (formerly Financial Management), Budgeting and Financial Analysis (formerly Budgeting and Control), and Finance & Business Management (formerly Finance and Administration). When she retired, Etheline left a successful career to focus on her family. After three years, she returned to the Board and feels blessed to have this perfect balance in her work life and personal life. Etheline is an advocate and great supporter to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder.