Mitch is the founder of the National Institute on Ageing at Ryerson University. He is a former member of the Wilfrid Laurier University Pension Committee; a former chair of The Learning Partnership’s Annual Tribute Dinner; a past president of the University of Western Ontario Law Alumni Association and was a member of the Ontario Government’s post-secondary education advisory committee on first-generation students.

He is a former adjunct professor in pension law at the University of Toronto Law School and Osgoode Hall Law School of York University. Mitch has written and co-written two textbooks on pension law.

Mitch was also a member of the Canadian Association of Supervisory Authorities Fund Holder Arrangements Committee and DC Plans Committee Industry Working Group, and has provided expert testimony before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Finance and the Legislative Assembly of Ontario’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs.

Mitch is the former chair for the International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association, the Pension and Benefits Section of the Canadian Bar Association, the Pension and Benefits Section of the Ontario Bar Association, the National Policy Committee and National Conference Committee, and the Association of Canadian Pension Management.

Mitch has also actively served in leadership roles for numerous agencies and organizations, including Ontario Tech University (Chancellor); North York General (vice-chair); Toronto French School (TFS) (member and former chair); Ryerson University (former chair); Toronto French School Foundation (former chair); North York General Foundation (former chair); and Ontario Science Centre (former trustee).