Sara Dawn Kunto

Sara Kunto Of Counsel Intro Sara is a bilingual senior leader with 14 years of executive experience in an in-house general counsel role, working in the labour, employment, and education sectors. Location: Ontario Called to the Bar: Ontario Expertise Corporate; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility; Employment; Litigation; Privacy and Data Security; Administrative Law; Human Rights Law; Labour Law; Policy Development Former Roles Athabasca University Bertschi Orth Smith LLP Laurentian University of Sudbury Sudbury Community Legal Clinic Education University of Ottawa, French Common Law Program (LL.B), 2005 Laurentian University of Sudbury B.A (Hons.), 2002 Connect Connect On Linkedin Learn More Sara is a bilingual Senior Legal Counsel with over 17 years of experience in the non-profit and Broader Public Sector (BPS), 14 years of which was as in-house general counsel in the highly regulated public post-secondary education sectors (PSE) in Ontario and Alberta. In her roles as general counsel reporting to the presidents of the universities she served, Sara was the executive team member responsible for leading teams of professionals in the portfolios of corporate governance (Boards of Governors and Senates/General Faculties Council), in-house legal services (including developing legal strategy, managing all legal files and being solely responsible for instructing and managing external counsel), privacy (as Chief Privacy Officer), administrative policy and program framework development, administrative records and information management, as well as the arm’s length office of the Student Ombudsperson and the judicial branch of academic student appeals. In both of Sara’s in-house roles, she has navigated extremely complex legal landscapes as well as highly sensitive matters of reputational importance.