Oakville Catholic faculty board trustee Nancy Guzzo, additionally an govt with a Mississauga not-for-profit group, is scheduled to make her subsequent courtroom look on Dec. 21 to face a dozen fraud prices associated to her former job as an administrator with a big healthcare union.
Guzzo, who’s listed on Food4Kids Mississauga’s web site as founding board member and vice-president, is going through 10 counts of fraud underneath $5,000 and two counts of fraud over $5,000 in reference to an investigation probing her actions whereas she was an assistant enterprise supervisor with LIUNA, a North American-wide union with some 500,000 members, together with 80,000 in Canada.
Guzzo’s lawyer advised Hamilton courtroom on Tuesday {that a} decision assembly is scheduled for Nov. 29, upfront of the subsequent courtroom date.
Guzzo was charged by Hamilton Police on Jan. 21.
Her LinkedIn profile exhibits she was assistant enterprise supervisor for LIUNA Native 3000 (primarily based in Burlington) from March 2018 to April 2019 and, previous to that, enterprise supervisor and secretary-treasurer for Hamilton-based LIUNA Native 1110 from June 2000 to March 2018.
The Laborers’ Worldwide Union of North America is an American and Canadian labour union shaped in 1903. It represents workers in healthcare, industrial {and professional} companies.
Guzzo’s LinkedIn profile additionally notes she began Food4Kids Mississauga in April 2018. The group supplies packages of wholesome meals for teenagers aged 4-13 with restricted or no entry to meals every weekend.
In an e-mail assertion to insauga.com final month, Food4Kids Mississauga stated it “has turn out to be conscious of the allegations made in opposition to Nancy Guzzo by LIUNA, her earlier employer of 20 years. We are going to proceed to observe this case to make sure that the very best pursuits of our kids and households are protected.”
Guzzo was elected in 2018 as certainly one of three Oakville trustees on the Halton Catholic District College Board, and she or he continues to serve in that position.
Board chair Patrick Murphy stated earlier that Guzzo’s pending authorized matter is “earlier than the courts and…outdoors the enterprise of the Board.”
He added that, underneath Ontario’s Training Act, a sitting trustee who’s going through prices is eligible to proceed performing their faculty board duties and would solely be eliminated in the event that they’re convicted.
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