Management Team

Meet our senior management team – the men and women who are driving Stewardship Ontario’s ambitious agenda for improving the province’s recycling programs.  Each is responsible for effective and innovative management of their respective responsibilities, and for working together to bring us closer to achieving our vision of national leadership in product stewardship programs. 

Gemma Zecchini
Chief Executive Officer

As CEO since 2009, Gemma Zecchini is leveraging her in-depth understanding of waste diversion and environmental leadership to build Ontario’s first industry-funded product stewardship organization into a recognized leader in diversion and recycling.

Lyle Clarke
Vice-President of Operations

Our VP of Operations Lyle Clarke ensures we adopt a “best practice approach” to all aspects of the way we do business, from procurement and contract development, to business intelligence and market development for materials that lack processing technologies, supply chains and commodity markets.

Kathleen Kennedy

Vice-President of Finance and Corporate Affairs

A chartered accountant with a strong background in risk, human resources and project management, Kathleen Kennedy draws on her expertise in finance and administration to lead our financial reporting, HR, audit compliance and risk programs, and to oversee the organization’s strategic planning process.

Amanda Harper Sevonty

Director, Marketing and Communications

Amanda Harper Sevonty is responsible for leading the development and implementation of a multifaceted communication and outreach strategy to build the trust and confidence of stewards, consumers and other stakeholders and for positioning Stewardship Ontario as the Canadian leader in product stewardship.