Our team

RECO is governed by an Administrator and Acting CEO, Jean Lépine, appointed effective December 1, 2025, by the Honourable Stephen Crawford, Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement pursuant to subsection 5.1(1) of the Safety and Consumer Statutes Administration Act, 1996.

Minister’s Order
Terms of Reference
A message from RECO's Administrator

Reporting to RECO’s Administrator and Acting CEO are RECO’s Chief Regulatory Modernization Officer; Chief Strategy and Corporate Officer; Chief People, Culture and Technology Officer; and Chief Financial Officer.

Executive team

Jean Lépine 
Administrator and Acting CEO

Jean Lépine is RECO’s Administrator and Acting CEO. Effective December 1, 2025, he was appointed RECO’s Administrator by Ontario’s Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement.

Prior to his appointment, Jean served as the Chief Strategy Officer of another Administrative Authority, Ontario One Call, and served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Ontario French-Language Educational Communications Authority, known as TFO, for more than four years.

Jean has 20 years’ experience working in industry in Canada, the US and Europe and another 10 years in various roles within Canada’s Federal and Provincial Governments (Ontario). He has appeared before a parliamentary committee on legislative matters, on news programs and authored several articles on public policy topics.

Samantha Pinto 
Chief Regulatory Modernization Officer

Samantha Pinto is RECO’s Chief Regulatory Modernization Officer. She joined RECO in January 2026 to oversee Audit and Inspection; Complaints; Investigations; Litigation; Registration; and Regulatory Policy. Her experience will help RECO build a more agile, sector- and consumer-focused regulatory framework.

Samantha brings over 20 years in the public sector including 13 years at the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement.

Most recently, Samantha served as Chief Regulatory Officer at Ontario One Call, where she led the organization’s transformation into a modern regulator, and drove regulatory innovation and compliance programs.

Emilee Escobar
Chief Strategy and Corporate Officer

Emilee Escobar is RECO’s Chief Strategy and Corporate Officer. She joined RECO in January 2026 and provides executive leadership for stakeholder relations, board operations, discipline and appeals hearings, education, and corporate legal functions.

Emilee brings over 15 years of experience in governance, corporate strategy, and strategic communications. Since 2018, she has held progressively senior roles at the Condominium Authority of Ontario, most recently as Chief Corporate Officer. She has also worked in the insurance sector and with the Government of Ontario.

A certified Governance Professional (GPC.D), Emilee is recognized for her collaborative leadership in strengthening governance and advancing consumer protection initiatives.

To be announced soon
Chief People, Culture and Technology Officer

RECO’s goal is to deliver a modern and technology-driven RECO. This is an essential area of focus to support a robust culture of integrity where the RECO team can deliver by harnessing the potential of its people and technology.

Arshad Zaver
Acting Chief Financial Officer

Arshad Zaver is RECO’s Acting Chief Financial Officer. He oversees risk, insurance and enterprise-wide financial governance. Arshad provides strategic financial leadership supporting RECO’s mandate to operate with integrity, accountability, and transparency in the public interest.

As a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA), Arshad brings more than a decade of senior financial leadership experience in complex, regulated, not-for-profit environments. He is known for modernizing financial operations, strengthening controls, and enhancing data-driven decision-making,

Prior to joining RECO in 2024, Arshad served in senior Finance and Accounting roles in organizations including the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists; the Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work; and Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.

Leadership team

George Drametu, Director, Litigation
Adam Freyseng, Director, Client Services
Ruth Garrett, Director, Insurance
Lisa Key, Interim Registrar, Compliance
Sylvia Mauti, Director, Human Resources
Gail McGuire, Deputy Registrar, Education
Glen Thomas, Director, Complaints
Angela Volpe, Director, Registration
Bill Whyte, Director, Information Technology

Veronica Costea, Manager, Education Operations
Glen Furlong, Manager, Investigations
Sandra Gibney, Manager, Regulatory Policy
Paul Lush, Manager, Education Programs
Heather MacDonald-Santiago, Manager, Stakeholder Relations
Vasko Markovski, Manager, Application Development, Information Technology
Rosary Perez, Manager, Education Vision
Michelle Plucas, Manager, Audit and Inspection
Raquel Smith, Manager, Discipline and Appeals Hearings