Administration
O’neil Edwards
Executive Director
O'neil Edwards, MBA (he/him) is an award-winning education professional with two decades of senior leadership as a Global Education administrator for non-profits, secondary schools and post-secondary institutions. During his over twenty dedicated years of post-secondary leadership, O’neil has been instrumental in guiding planning processes in supporting the development of innovative programs and services that promote student retention, engagement, and success, and has led interdisciplinary teams in addressing emerging priorities. He has led collaborative work on implementing access departments, international student foundation programs and strategies at the post-secondary level in Canada. O’neil has experience leading government working groups in addition to university and high-school boards in policies, programs and professional development towards organizational excellence. O’neil has had the privilege of living and working in many different countries, bringing unique insights to his work. Building on a passion for developing people’s potential through education, O’neil continues to be part of programs that bring real social change. O’neil is the Board Chair for Kick Start Arts.
"Long ago, I made a promise that I would never act against the best interests or the excellence of my own people – that I would do my best to ensure that we were worthy of the stewardship of our community and country. I made a promise that we leave a better world for generations to come. To make and keep such a promise is to understand that money and position are tools - not goals. Now is not the time for a failure of imagination."
Jeannie Wyse (vocal)
M John Kennedy (acting)
Stephanie Galpern (dance)
Artistic Committee
At Randolph College for the Performing Arts, collaboration is the heartbeat of everything we do. After evolving away from the traditional Artistic Director model in 2020, we embraced a bold new approach — the Artistic Committee.
Led by department heads Jeannie Wyse (Vocal), M. John Kennedy (Acting), and Stephanie Galpern (Dance), this trio brings not only deep expertise in their disciplines, but a shared vision that celebrates artistic risk-taking, resilience, and collective growth.
This distributed leadership model fuels a broader, more intentional perspective — one that empowers students to transform, evolve, and shine. Together, the committee ensures that every aspect of our training is aligned, elevated, and driven by a passion for excellence.
Lauren Brett
Strategic Advisor
Lauren Brett was appointed Strategic Advisor of RCPA in November 2019, after serving as Executive Director since December 2017. As Strategic Advisor, Lauren serves as a sounding board for the Board of Directors, Executive Director, and the Senior Management team as they develop strategic and tactical plans to realize our Mission, Vision and Values. In addition, she will be leading the team in developing new and potential partnerships, opportunities, markets and trends.
Staff
Erynn Brook
Program Manager
Erynn guides the planning and delivery of RCPA’s college program, aligning educational priorities with the school’s artistic standards. With a BFA from Ryerson University in New Media, minoring in Professional Communications, Erynn combines her natural knack for storytelling, education, technology and artistry with industry best practices and innovative solutions to meet the rapidly changing demands in the performing arts community and the needs of our students. Erynn is also a graduate of the RCPA college program and has over 15 years of experience teaching performing arts to children and young adults. As a performer, Erynn’s favourite roles include Vanda in Venus in Fur, and Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty: A Panto! She has also appeared in Beauty and the Beast, The Full Monty, High Fidelity: The Musical, The Woman in Black, Free to Be You and Me, Little Women, and more than one production of Hamlet, as well as several film, television, industrial and commercial credits. You can still find Erynn performing on stage, screen, and as the front woman of the Toronto-based cover band Molly’s Chamber.
Laurie Ma
Registrar
Laurie is not only an alumnus of the Randolph College Program but also of the Kids Program. Laurie literally grew up at 736 Bathurst, and eventually was hired as an administrative assistant for the summer camp program. In October 2009, she became student events coordinator and was promoted in January 2011 to college events and administration. She began her career in the performing arts as a child, appearing in PSAs, commercials, and Canadian television programs between the ages of 8 and 12; she has appeared in episodes of the Teletoon series My Babysitter’s a Vampire. In January 2020, she took on the role of registrar for the College Program.
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Elam Makonnen
Student Recruitment Officer
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