Lucy Becker

Lucy Becker (née Rybka) is a Canadian communications and public affairs specialist based in Toronto, Ontario. She is notable in the COVID-19 pandemic due to her role with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

Becker holds simultaneous positions with the CPSO, the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (OPSDT), and the Bereavement Society of Ontario, meaning she both influences and enforces policies governing healthcare providers and burials/cremations.

Her LinkedIn interests include Brookfield, Globe Advisor (of the Globe and Mail), the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the Toronto District School Board.¹⁾

Becker studied Public Administration at Ryerson University, Political Science at Trent University, and Journalism at Durham College.²⁾ While attending the latter, she acted as journalist and Feature Editor for The Chronicle newspaper.³⁾

On September 8, 1984, Rybka married Harold Becker.⁴⁾

Becker was a reporter for The News Advertiser, a local newspaper in Ajax, Ontario.⁵⁾

Becker worked in various senior communications positions within the Government of Ontario and on political staff, including Press Secretary to several Cabinet Ministers.

Becker ran unsuccessfully as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP) in the 1993 federal election.⁶⁾

Becker worked as Communications Manager at Brewers Retail Incorporated (The Beer Store) from February 1997 to November 1999.⁷⁾

Becker was hired as Manager of the Law Society of Upper Canada (now the Law Society of Ontario), and was quickly promoted to Director.⁸⁾ She headed up communications and public affairs.⁹⁾

From November 2006 until July 2011, Becker worked as Vice President of Corporate Communications for AGF Management Limited, a capital markets firm.¹⁰⁾

In July 2011, Becker acted as a spokesperson and Vice President, Public Affairs and Member Education Services for the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada.¹¹⁾ She concluded this role in June 2021.¹²⁾

On November 19, 2014, Becker was quoted in a press release discussing the IIROC's partnership with JA Central Ontario. JACO (associated with JA Canada and JA Worldwide) is funded by Accenture, Aecon, AGF Management, AIG, American Express, AXA, AXIS, Barclays, Baxter, BMO Financial Group, Booz Allen Hamilton, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Brookfield, Business Development Bank of Canada, Cadillac Fairview, Capital One, CIBC, Cisco, Citi, Cognizant Foundation, Dell, Deloitte, Equifax, Ernst & Young, FedEx, Fidelity, Freedom Mobile, General Electric, the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, HSBC, IBM, Invesco, Johnson & Johnson, KPMG, LinkedIn, Manulife, Marsh McLennan, Mastercard, McDonald's, Medcan Health, National Bank of Canada, Nestlé, Nokia, Ontario Pharmacists' Association, Ontario Securities Commission, PepsiCo, PricewaterhouseCoopers, RBC (Royal Bank of Canada), Refinitiv, Rogers, Salesforce, SAP, Scotiabank, Staples, State Street, Sun Life Financial, Swiss Re, TC Energy, TD Bank Group, TELUS, Thomson Reuters, UBS, and the Zurich Foundation.^{13) 14) 15) 16) 17) 18) 19) 20)} Many of these are member organizations of the World Economic Forum.²¹⁾ Importantly, JA Central Ontario is also funded by IIROC itself.

Additional partnerships include the Toronto District School Board.²²⁾

Becker's hiring at IIROC immediately following her employment at AGF Management is of note, given the $30,000.00 - $74,999.00 cumulative donation from AGF to IIROC.

In June 2021, Becker joined the Board of Directors for Don Valley Community Legal Services.²³⁾

In August 2021, Becker was announced as a new public member on the Council for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, representing Toronto.^{24) 25)} She is also a member of the Fitness to Practice Committee.²⁶⁾

The month after her appointment to the CPSO, Becker also became an adjudicator for the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (OPSDT).^{27) 28)}

Becker is listed as a “PAAC Professional” associated with the Public Affairs Association of Canada.²⁹⁾ PAAC is partnered with Amazon Web Services, Postmedia, and the Samara Centre for Democracy.³⁰⁾

In January 2022, Becker joined the Board of Directors for the Bereavement Authority of Ontario.³¹⁾

On October 6, 2020, Becker participated in a webinar on economic security hosted by CanAge.³²⁾ CanAge is affiliated with the University of Toronto and United Way.³³⁾