Joel Cuperfain

Joel Cuperfain is Vice President and an Estate Planning Specialist with RBC’s insurance division, RBC Wealth Management Financial Services.  A lawyer by training, Joel’s areas of expertise include insurance planning, personal and corporate tax planning, estate planning and philanthropic planning. In his role as an Estate Planning Specialist he is able to help his clients engage in creative philanthropy enabling his clients to maximize the support they offer the charitable causes important to them.
Growing up in a smaller Jewish centre in Halifax instilled a deep commitment to community in him, and he has been an active communal member for nearly four decades. Joel is a long time member and past-chair of the Jewish Foundation’s Professional Advisory Committee (PAC), speaking frequently at PAC events and sitting on various PAC sub-committees.
In the broader community, Joel is a former member of the Board of the Toronto Zoo Foundation and the Toronto Hospital Foundation and former Chair of the Toronto Estate Planning Council. Joel is a former Board member of a number of Jewish organizations in Toronto and is currently a member of Jewish Foundation’s Board of Directors.

Joel has three children – Ari, Noa and Maytal.

“When I look at the previous recipients of this Award and the other award recipients this evening I am truly honoured and humbled.  The work I’ve done with the Professional Advisors Committee has been a labour of love.  We all do what we can in terms of personal philanthropy but the rewarding part of PAC is the ability to help others maximize what they are able to give.  Professionally, it is the most gratifying part of my practice and the part of my practice in which I take the most pride.​”