Our People

Staff

Colleen Kennedy
Executive Director
Kathleen Bishop
Senior Events Manager
Caitlin Hughes
Communications Coordinator

Board of Directors

Glenn Parkinson
President
Partner, Banking & Capital Markets Leader, EY Canada
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President-Elect
Managing Partner, Board & CEO Succession Practice Canada, Korn Ferry
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Immediate Past President
Partner, Sagard Private Equity Canada

Executive Members

Scott Belton
Senior Vice President, Strategy Enablement, TD
Cheesan Chew
Chief Strategy Officer, Manifest Climate
Melanie Griffiths
Vice President, Customer Engagement, Google Fiber
Andrea Hunt
Marketing Executive
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Advisor & Investor
Dan Moulton

Partner, Crestview Strategy

Directors

Paula Allen
Global Leader and VP, Research and Client Insights, Telus Health
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Passage CEO & Founder
Cherie Brant
Partner and National Leader, Indigenous Law, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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Partner, Business Consulting, EY Canada
Jennifer Dewar Thomas
Partner, Egon Zehnder
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Principal, Navigator
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Vice President, Industry Affairs & Government Relations, Canada Life
Jake Hirsch Allen
North America Workforce Development and Higher Ed System Lead, LinkedIn
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CEO, Cleveland Clinic Canada
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Partner, Torys LLP​
Michael Liebrock
Managing Director, The Stronach Group
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Partner, Deals, PwC Canada
Karen Restoule
Vice President, Crestview Strategy
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Senior Vice President, Head of Roynat Capital, Scotiabank​
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Chief Inclusion Officer, McCarthy Tétrault
Andrea van Vugt
Global Director at Harper & Associates / Practice Lead, Trade at Wellington Advocacy
Khadijah Waseem

Consultant, Monitor Deloitte

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Managing Partner, Amplify Capital

Honorary Directors

The Late Rt. Hon. John N. Turner, P.C., C.C., Q.C.
Canada's 17th Prime Minister
Isabel Bassett, LL.D.
Libby Burnham, C.M., Q.C., DCL
Chancellor, Acadia University
Noella Milne
Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP