Larry Whatmore
Larry is the president of the Scarborough Community Renewal Organization, an all-volunteer organization of passionate Scarborough residents that strives to connect, promote and renew Scarborough through political advocacy, thought leadership, community engagement, and collaboration with other Scarborough stakeholders. SCRO also operates the Scarborough Walk of Fame, located at Scarborough Town Centre, which celebrates the very best of Scarborough.
Professionally, Larry worked at the TD Bank for ten years, including five years in Scarborough, mostly in commercial banking. Larry then served for 25 years as Vice President, Finance of WoodGreen Community Services, one of Toronto’s largest social service agencies. Since 2018, Larry has worked at University of Toronto Scarborough as Assistant Director of Business Operations in the Finance office.
Larry is a 23 year member of Rotary and is the treasurer of Rotary District 7070, which supports 55 Rotary clubs in the GTA.
Larry is a board member and finance committee chair of Home Ownership Alternatives, which finances not-for-profit condo developments in the GTA. Larry is a director and former president of West Rouge Community Association. Larry served in governance at the University of Toronto from 2014-2018 and chaired the Campus Affairs Committee at the U of T Scarborough campus.
Professionally, Larry is a CPA and holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York
University.