Community

Volunteers

Volunteers

Our volunteers help chart bold, innovative paths for social change by prioritizing alignment, positionality, shared values, communication, and collaboration across sectors. From our Board of Directors to the Alumni Council and Employer Advisory Council, each group brings together cross-sector expertise to guide our impact.

We’re deeply grateful for the time, insights, and commitment of every individual involved.

Board of directors

Parm Gill

Managing Partner, Gill Group

Board Chair

Vanessa Paesani

Principal & Executive Coach, The Folding Chair Group Ltd.

Wils Theagene

Senior Director Private Equity CDPQ - Equity 25^3 Fund

Irfhan Rawji

Founder & Executive Chair, MobSquad

Chair of Finance and Risk Committee

Karen Restoule

Vice President at Crestview Strategy

Sam Daviau

Co-founder, UpBeing

Thomas Park

Co-founder & Lead Partner, BDC Deep Tech Fund

Governance and HR Committee Chair

Narinder Dhami

Managing Partner at Marigold Capital

Bruce Sellery

CEO, Credit Canada Debt Solutions

Laura McGee

CEO of Diversio

Leah Nguyen

Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at InBC Investment Corp.

Alumni Council

Calla McLachlan

Alumni Council Co-Chair 

Mateo Peralta

Alumni Council Co-Chair 

Maria Denk

Community Operations Director 

Paula Nalbaru

Marketing Director

Andrew Nguyen

Alumni Summit Co-Director

Gavin Resch

Alumni Summit Co-Director

Sarah Singh

Regional Director, Toronto

Zuzana Navratil

Regional Director, Montreal

Madison Foran

Regional Director, Ottawa

Nhat Vu

Regional Director, Calgary

Aranyah Shanker

Programming Director

Employer advisory council

Zac Johnson

StayShure

Nicola Claxton

Emoot

Karen Elgemayel

K & Co

Michael Warshafsky

Goodkind

Krisztian Riez

Wellactiv / Mindbloom

Jeremy Brown

Newfoundland Vintners Inc.

D'Andre Wilson-Ihejirika

BrainSTEM Alliance

Sarah Crandlemire

Knak

Jeff Waldman

ScaleHR

Shannon Loutitt

International Indigenous Speakers Bureau

Barbara Dorrington

Open Ocean Robotics

Lois Whitehead

Science Atlantic

Nikita Boston-Fisher

The Good Health Cafe Podcast & Candle Company

Jaime Rabbior

Mobsquad

Charlie Feng

Agora

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

Ecologicca

Olivia Champagne

Solidarity Economy Incubation for Zero Emissions

Hannah Castle

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