Tamara Kronis
905-979-2007
Tamara is a consummate problem solver and Human Rights Lawyer whose advice is sought by some of Canada’s most influential business and political leaders. Over the course of a wide-ranging career, Tamara has led organizations in both the private and public sectors, including the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. Tamara’s deep background in advocacy and human rights includes engagements as a Trial Assistant at the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, Director of Advocacy at Egale Canada, Co-founder of Canadians for Equal Marriage, and summer law clerk for the President of the Supreme Court of Israel. Tamara also spent time in Bolivia building capacity at the Municipal Jewellery School in La Paz. Tamara has significant advisory, governance and transactional expertise from a background in commercial law that included involvement in numerous high profile national and international transactions. Tamara has served on the board of several for- and not-for-profit organizations, including a former engagement as Board Member and Chair of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of Toronto Hydro. Tamara also brings political and government relations expertise from numerous political campaigns other activities. Tamara’s drive to advance diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), along with her passion for tackling issues related to the environment, social justice and governance (ESG) help organizations be and create the change they want to see in the world. Temperamentally, Tamara is a lateral thinker who lives happily in both the left and right sides of her brain. In addition to being an accomplished lawyer, Tamara is intensely proud of being a Goldsmith and a skilled trade, and she remains the Founder & CEO of Studio1098, the award-winning custom jewellery manufacturing and retail business she built from the ground up. Tamara is based in Nanaimo, British Columbia. When she isn’t working, Tamara chills with her husband, two teenagers and a rescue pup named Austin. Tamara loves to travel within Canada and beyond, plays competitive Duplicate Bridge, and loves cooking, rowing, canoeing and learning.