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Volunteers

Volunteers

Our volunteers create innovative roadmaps for social change by prioritizing alignment, positionality, communication, shared values, and cross-sector coordination. Our Board of Directors, the Alumni Council, and Employer Advisory Council are examples of cross-sector advisors driving change and impact.

We deeply value the time of the individuals in each group:

Board of directors

Parm Gill

Board Chair

Managing Partner, Gill Group

Vanessa Paesani

Principal & Executive Coach, The Folding Chair Group Ltd.

Wils Theagene

Senior Director Private Equity CDPQ - Equity 25^3 Fund

Irfhan Rawji

Chair of Finance and Risk Committee

Founder & Executive Chair, MobSquad

Karen Restoule

Vice President at Crestview Strategy

Sam Daviau

Co-founder, UpBeing

Thomas Park

Governance and HR Committee Chair

Co-founder & Lead Partner, BDC Deep Tech Fund

Narinder Dhami

Managing Partner at Marigold Capital

Bruce Sellery

CEO, Credit Canada Debt Solutions

*These were the directors in the first half of 2023. Three new directors joined later and will be mentioned in next year’s Impact Report.

Alumni Council

Alexandra Baccellieri

ALUMNI COUNCIL CHAIR

Alexandra Erb

PROGRAMMING DIRECTOR

Calla McLachlan

PROGRAMMING DIRECTOR

Christoph Fischer

ALUMNI SUMMIT CO-DIRECTOR

Connor Frankenberger

ONLINE COMMUNITY DIRECTOR

David Oladejo

REGIONAL EVENTS DIRECTOR, ONTARIO

Diego Garcia Awad

REGIONAL EVENTS DIRECTOR, QUEBEC

Fareeha Salahuddin

REGIONAL EVENTS DIRECTOR, WESTERN CANADA

Katheleen Eva

FOR PROFIT VENTURE FUND DIRECTOR

Martina Montero

ALUMNI SUMMIT CO-DIRECTOR

Oluwamayowa Oduwole

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION DIRECTOR

Ryan Threndyle

REGIONAL EVENTS DIRECTOR, ATLANTIC CANADA

Employer advisory council

Zac Johnson

StayShure

Nicola Claxton

Emoot

Karen Elgemayel

K & Co

Michael Warshafsky

Co-Founder & CTO @ Goodkind

Krisztian Riez

Wellactiv / Mindbloom

Jeremy Brown

Newfoundland Vintners Inc.

D'Andre Wilson-Ihejirika

BrainSTEM Alliance

Sarah Crandlemire

Knak

Jeff Waldman

ScaleHR

Barbara Dorrington

Open Ocean Robotics

Lois Whitehead

Science Atlantic

Nikita Boston-Fisher

The Good Health Cafe Podcast & Candle Company

Jaime Rabbior

Mobsquad

Natasha Jeshani

Career Contacts

Tanner Brightman

Golden Ticket Sports

Hannah Stegen

CultureAlly

Samantha Stilwell

CultureDynamiq

Liam Lytton

make progress ai

Monica Vucko

Speak for Success

Sofia Vesga

Pawsome Concierge

Jessica Flynn

The YOU POWER PROJECT

Laura Gabor

Startup Investor + Operations Freelancer

Olivia Champagne

Solidarity Economy Incubation for Zero Emissions

Hannah Castle

Former Program Manager @ Conexus