Mark Gravett, President
Raised in Hanover, Ontario by parents dedicated to the education and benefits of sport for youth, Gravett was fortunate to experience many summer and winter sports. Introduced to competitive sports at a young age, this instilled strong values and a framework and life-long passion to provide guidance to others. Gravett held the positon as athletic program director at a high performance co-ed sports camp for 9 years.
A graduate of Université de Tours, France, Mark’s initial professional venture was in the travel industry. After extensive travelling worldwide, another door opened and Mark was recruited by THF, a global hotelier and a career in hotel management in Toronto and abroad. Committed to delivering exceptional service and hospitality experiences, guests included Prime Ministers, Presidents, External Affairs, professional and amateur athletes, actors and leaders in the cultural world. Unexpected opportunities and changing dynamics of hotel services, Gravett was introduced to the world of technology and digital evolution.
A new career in telecommunications began almost 25 years ago, launching a successful tenure in operations and high performance sales with such firms as TTS Meridian, Williams, TELUS and Black Box Network Services. Gravett managed enterprise and global fortune 500 accounts helping align clients’ new media to create positive business outcomes.
As President of the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, Gravett’s responsibilities include, managing the day to day activities of the organization, team lead for the board of directors, ongoing business development and executive producer for the annual induction ceremony and awards gala.
Mark resides in Toronto and has a daughter and son, both accomplished high performance athletes.
Dan Giantsopoulos LL.M., Vice President
Dan attended his undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto receiving his Bachelor of Arts in 1992. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Ottawa in 1995. After being called to the bar in 1997 he obtained his Master of Laws in Tax from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2001.
Dan has a thriving corporate law practice at the law firm of Blaney McMurtry LLP where he advises corporations of all sizes. Dan is the editor-in-chief of the Guide to Doing Business in Canada and has helped many US corporations to set up and flourish in Canada.
Dan is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Ontario Bar Association and the Canadian Bar Association, as well as the Golf Historical Society of Canada. Dan is an active member of his local community, sitting on the Board of Directors for each of the York Simcoe Baseball Association, Fundraising Advisory Committee for the Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation and the President’s Parents Council for Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA).
Dan is a VP on the Board and has been a Board member for 15 years.
Kamleh Nicola, Vice President
Kamleh is a partner at the international law firm Marks & Clerk in its Toronto office where she focuses on intellectual property disputes, especially patent disputes, and health regulatory matters. She is Co-Head of the firm’s Litigation practice in Canada and is actively involved in the firm’s Healthcare and Life Science group. Kamleh has also held several Executive Committee roles with the Canadian Bar Association including the National IP Section, Federal Courts Bench & Bar Liaison Committee, the Court Practice Committee, and the Professional Development Committee.
Mike Ceresia
Mike grew up in Sarnia in a sports family. As a youngster, he played competitive golf, tennis, badminton, volleyball, fastball and basketball. However, he found his true sports passion when he first played racquetball at the Nautilus Racquetball Club.
He traveled the world playing the game he loved and his success led to his induction into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2024. He is also a member of the Sarnia Sports and Racquetball Canada Hall of Fames.
Mike graduated from Western University with a BA and has 25 years of experience in the media business selling TV, Radio, Magazine and Digital Advertising.
He is very excited to be an Ontario Sports Hall of Fame Board Member and is looking forward to celebrating the impressive achievements of Ontario’s standout athletes.
Mike resides in London with his wife Claudine and their children Sara and Max.
Paula Frederick
Paula is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), a Fellow Chartered Business Valuator (FCBV), and has a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University. She is a Principal of Cohen Hamilton Steger, where she specializes in business valuation, damages quantification, and forensic accounting for litigation purposes. Paula has practiced in these areas for over 30 years.
Sports have played a pivotal role throughout Paula’s life, having been involved in a number of sports including competitive swimming, baseball, and tennis, cross-country running, field hockey, volleyball, lacrosse, and downhill and cross-country skiing. She was awarded female athlete of the year in three of her five years of high school. Paula is a firm believer of the benefit of sport both physically and mentally. She is excited to be part of an organization that honours those that have excelled in their chosen sport or sport related career and have led by example.
Paula is on the Board of Directors and is a Past President of the Ontario Expropriation Association, and was on the Board of Directors of the CBV Institute for six years.
She is married with two grown sons and three cats. When not at home or work in the GTA, you can find her up north kayaking and hiking in the beautiful Kawarthas.
Scott Morrison
Scott Morrison is a 40-year veteran hockey journalist and recipient of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s 2006 Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award. He was Executive Producer, Hockey with Sportsnet and was an analyst and commentator on the network’s Hockeycentral and news shows. He also was a features reporter for Sportsnet hockey and Hockey Night in Canada.
A highly respected hockey journalist, the Toronto native began his career at the Toronto Sun in 1979. After spending more than 11 years as a hockey writer and columnist at the paper, he became Sports Editor in 1991 and led the section to being named one of North America’s top-ten sports sections in 1999 – the first sports section in Canada to receive the AP Sports Editors North American Award. In 2001, he joined Rogers Sportsnet as Managing Editor, Hockey, later becoming Executive Producer News and Hockey.
Scott worked as a commentator at Hockey Night in Canada for six years before returning to Sportsnet.
Scott has authored several best-selling hockey books and served two terms as President of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association.
Scott has chaired the Conn Smythe Sports Celebrities Dinner and Auction in support of Easter Seals since 1995 and also is on the board of the Dr. Jay Charitable Foundation/Children’s Grief Program. He resides in Don Mills with his son, Mark.
Ted Papadatos
Theodore (Ted) Papadatos has over eighteen years of experience in the financial services sector, including postings in Retail Banking, Small Business Banking, and Commercial Banking Real Estate (Construction Financing) and most recently he is a senior leader in the Capital Markets Space.
Born and raised in Toronto, Ted holds an undergraduate Degree from the city’s York University in sociology. Ted currently resides in Richmond Hill, Ontario, where he was the Director of Finance for the Richmond Hill Philharmonic Orchestra. Ted previously served for six years as a Director for the Canadian National Exhibition and is currently on the CNEA finance committee.
Ted is currently a Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Canada’s European Union Chamber of Commerce, an organization intending to become a key facilitator for European businesses within Canada and seeking to enter the Canadian market. Ted is also a director of Business Development for the Hellenic Canadian Board of Trade, a business organization connecting members across the Greater Toronto Area and abroad.
Additionally, Ted was on the ticket sales committee for Mackenzie Health Foundation (formerly known as the York Central Hospital Foundation). As Canada’s largest fundraising drive steered by a community hospital, the Mackenzie Health Foundation aims to enhance care and resources at Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital and Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital.
Ted also serves as an executive of the Toronto Police CPLC.
Stephanie Vaccari
Stephanie Vaccari is a soccer and basketball enthusiast, and proud of her eldest daughter’s budding soccer career.
Stephanie has been practicing law for over 18 years and is a partner at the global law firm, Baker McKenzie, where she assists clients in protecting their global brands. She has extensive trade mark-related experience, has experience in transactional Intellectual Property and has also participated in a variety of complex lawsuits dealing with, among others, trade mark and copyright infringement, patent infringement and validity, Internet and domain name issues, licensing, unfair competition and passing off.
Stephanie is a proponent of diversity and inclusion and co-founded Baker & McKenzie’s Women’s Networking Group. She also serves as co-chair of Baker McKenzie’s Toronto Consumer Goods and Retail Group.
She is thrilled to have recently joined the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors and support the outstanding achievements of the Ontario sports scene and its athletes.
Kevin Yearwood
Born in Manchester, England my family moved to Toronto when I was very young. I grew up in Toronto playing every sport available to me: hockey, soccer, softball and baseball. I also rooted for every Toronto-based team.
I attended St. Andrew’s College in Aurora, Ontario. It was an ideal place for high school for someone who loved sports. I went on to study at McMaster University, Ryerson University and Centennial College.
For the past twenty years, I have worked in Toronto’s media industry, predominately in sports media, as a producer, researcher, writer, and web producer. I have worked on productions such as the Olympics, NHL, CFL, NBA, MLB and Special Olympics at TSN, CBC Sports, Sportsnet, and Leafs TV.
Aside from work done behind the camera; I have over 25 on-camera credits as a non-union actor. I have appeared in TV and online commercials television series and print ad campaigns.
I have a passion for people, sports, the history of sports, the history of music and the history of my home city Toronto.
Olivier Junod
Born in Switzerland, Olivier hold a Master in Law and worked many years in a law firm in Geneva, Switzerland, where he assisted clients in civil and criminal matters. He worked then 2 years at the Supreme Administrative Court as a Law Clerk in Asylum Law in Bern, Switzerland. In 2010, he joined a company active in corporate services. In October 2016, he moved to Chicago to open their offices and to cover the Canadian market. In March 2019, Olivier moved to Toronto. He is still active in the same industry, being now Head of Corporate Product and Sales at Apex Group, a company which provides funds and corporate services globally, with more than 12,000 employees across more than 40 countries.
From a young age, sport has held an important place in Olivier’s life. At the age of 10, he started to learn horseback riding in his village in Switzerland. Two years later, he began competitive show jumping, which he did for 25 years. Given this is a very expensive sport, he worked every day at the barn of his village to be able to realize his dream and passion. From the age of 16 years old to the age of 20, he was secretary of the committee of an equestrian society and organized various competitions (show jumping, dressage, and combined driving). He then joined the Swiss Army. During this period, he of course had to follow military training. He also founded an equestrian society at the age of 28 and remained its president for 2 years.
When he stopped competitive show jumping, he began to train in acrobatic rock n’roll and in ballroom Latin dancing which he performed competitively for 2 and 3 years respectively. In parallel to his ballroom training, he started to prepare for triathlons (swimming, biking, running), which he did for 7 years, including a half IronMan in 2016. Olivier is also a passionate of Figure Skating.
All his sports helped him, not only to become an athlete, but also to go through very challenging times of his life, to grow both personally and professionally.
