Phil currently resides in Ballantrae with his wife, Janice.  They have two daughters, Denise and Ashlea.

Committee’s:

• Member-Accessibility Advisory Committee 
• Member-Emergency Management Planning Committee
• Member-Environmental Advisory Committee
• Member-Economic Development Committee
• Trustee- Library Board
• Chair- Road & Community Safety Committee
• Board Member-Community Policing Centre
• Board Member-Ballantrae Community Centre
• York Region Road Watch Committee

Volunteer and Community Involvement

• Founder/Chair- Ballantrae Community Fall Fair
• Founder/ Chair- Community Volunteer Assistance Committee
• Founder/ Chair- Community Security Committee
• Director- Markham Stouffville Evergreen Hospice
• Founder/ Chair- Christmas “Kards to Kandihar”
• Director- TRCCF ( Tom Ryan Cancer Care Fund)
• Director- Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation
• Director- Home on the Green Magazine ( Community Magazine)
• Founder/ Chair- Ballantrae Charity Wine & Food Festival
• Founder/ Member of Project Steering Team- Musselman’s Lake Stewardship Plan
• Founder/ Chair- Whitchurch Stouffville Winter Carnival
• Member- Mayors Community Golf Tournament Committee
• Chair- Ballantrae Charity Auction

Active Fund-Raising

• Markham Stouffville Hospital
• Evergreen Hospice
• York-Durham Aphasia Centre
• Tom Ryan Cancer Care Fund ( TRCCF)
• Specialty Care- Bloomington Cove
• Parkview Home for Seniors
• Ballantrae Scouting Group
  

Past Election Experience

• 2003 - Elected Councillor for Ward 2
• 2006-  Re-elected Councillor for Ward 2
             
  Employment History

Thirty two years of law enforcement experience with the Toronto Police Service spanning a cross section of areas of expertise such as: Criminal investigation, Intelligence, Morality & Drug enforcement. The last eighteen years were spent in a leadership and management role responsible for business and resource management of Toronto Police Service operations through the managing, planning, organizing and training of police services and personnel. The fifteen years leading up to retirement in February 2004 were spent employed as a Staff Sergeant in charge of divisional operations in various capacities and units.
Over six years of business operations and management experience in the private sector as the Operations Manager and Vice President of a freight forwarding company and President and owner of a transport company.