About Us

History
In the mid-1990's, a news story about European car sharing brought this market-based solution to air quality and traffic problems to the attention of a few enterprising Canadians. And so it was that on October 6, 1998, AutoShare was launched with a group of 16 pioneering members sharing 3 cars in Riverdale, the Annex and St. Lawrence Neighbourhood.

Since then, AutoShare has grown across Toronto, with 7,000 individuals, families and businesses sharing cars for their business and personal driving needs. For car sharing on other cities, please see CarSharing.net -or- CarSharing.ca.

Community
AutoShare loves the city of Toronto, and as part of our commitment to our community, we provide financial support and/or free service to the following organizations:
Evergreen | Hot Docs | InsideOUT | Small World Music | The Stop

Kevin McLaughlin, President & founder
Kevin is also a co-founder of Vancouver's Co-operative Auto Network, the first successful English language car sharing company in the world. He was part of the Vancouver Television launch team and is a co-founder & Director of Evergreen, a national NGO connecting people with nature. In 2006, he was awarded the City of Toronto's Award of Excellence, and in 2008 nominated for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. In his spare time he volunteers with his wife at her bird rescue. Kevin is continuing a family tradition in the automobile industry that dates back to 1867. You can also read the TreeHugger.com interview, National Post story or watch a BNN interview about gas prices.

George Kozyrakis, General Manager
George first came to AutoShare as a member, depending on our cars to get his son to soccer. He liked the company so much that he left the retail sector to join the AutoShare team full-time in 2000.

Betsy Carter, Manager, Member Communication & Billing
Betsy also came to AutoShare as a member, with experience in quality & customer support from a Toronto jewellery workshop, and with member organizational experience from Karma Co-op. She is a member of WindShare and is committed to improving Toronto's environment.

Irene Kozyrakis, Member Services
Irene joined AutoShare in the summer of 2001, and now helps to keep AutoShare's service running smoothly for our members.

Louise Liliefeld, Member Services
Louise has been involved with the artist-run/non-profit community in Toronto since 1987, including performanceart.ca + vtape.org. She is a performance artist and painter. She teaches part-time at the University Of Toronto and is a founder and current steering committee member of 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art. Louise joined AutoShare in 2007 and is happy to be a part of the team.

Cindy Mielke, Member Services
Cindy became a member of Autoshare in 2004 after ridding herself of her own
troublesome car (while still wanting the freedom to still get around in a car). She
loved the service so much she decided to join our customer service team in 2007.

Jane Yi, Accounting
Jane joined us in the summer of 2007, and is on her way to the CGA (Certified General Accountant) designation. As a team player at AutoShare, she is very happy that her number job can create a healthier environment for future generations.

Gord Walker, Fleet Co-ordinator
Gord moved back to Toronto and landed at AutoShare in the spring of 2005, just in time to help us grow our fleet again.

Tristan Block, Fleet Assistant
Tristan also joined us in the Spring of 2006 because our fleet is growing quickly - and we want to be able to give it plenty of TLC to stay in great shape for you.

Said Habib, Fleet Assistant
Said Habib joined us in the Spring of 2007 and is using his experience in the Automotive, Distribution and Technology industries to support the growth and health of our fleet.

Tom Devenishek, Special Projects
Tom lead our "Street Team" and other marketing initiatives in the summer of 2006. He comes from a marketing background and is currently pursuing a BBA degree at the University of Toronto.

Asanki Wijesinghe, Accounting
Asanki is on maternity leave :-)

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