Sandy Houston

Sandy was appointed to the NAC Board of Trustees September 2024 for a 4-year term.

Sandy is the former President and CEO of the Metcalf Foundation, and its current Chair. For over 20 years, Sandy led the development of Metcalf into a leading private foundation engaged in helping Canadians imagine and build a just, healthy, and creative society. Prior to joining Metcalf, Sandy practiced corporate litigation at Oslers and was a founding partner at Stitt Feld Handy Houston, Canada’s first law firm to focus predominately on alternative dispute resolution.

Much of his work has been focused on creating opportunities for innovation and collaboration and in advancing new thinking and policy approaches. Sandy has also been instrumental in the establishment of a number of Canadian nonprofits. He was the founding chair of Community Food Centres Canada and the Greenbelt Foundation, an arms-length, public foundation created by the Government of Ontario to support the environmental and agricultural integrity of province’s new Greenbelt. Sandy has served on the board of directors of MakeWay Foundation, the Toronto Foundation, and Philanthropic Foundations Canada, and continues to serve as advisor to a number of charitable organizations. He is a Senior Fellow at Massey College.