Conseil d’administration

Dr. Robin Alter has been working in children’s mental health here in Toronto for over 40 years. Dr. Alter currently has a private practice in Thornhill and is a Trustee with the Strong Minds Strong Kids Psychology Canada. She is the author of two books: ‘Anxiety and the Gift of Imagination’ and ‘the Anxiety Workbook for Kids.’ She is a public lecturer, and has been on numerous radio and television programs talking about children’s mental health issues.

Sabrina has spent the past decade working in the not for profit sector on the environment, politics, and international health. She trained with organizer Marshall Ganz at Harvard in his Leadership, Organizing and Change course, and has facilitated several sessions training organizers working on a variety of progressive issues. Sabrina co-organized the 2014 Canroots East conference in Toronto, bringing over 150 people together to learn about different approaches to organizing, and is co-organizing Canroots East 2016. She volunteers at a do it yourself bike shop and loves teaching people how to fix a flat tire. Sabrina works at the non-partisan environmental advocacy and capacity building. Sabrina graduated from Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo and has spent over a decade working in the not-for-profit sector on the environment, politics, and international health in Ottawa, San Francisco, and Toronto. She started with GreenPAC, is a non-partisan organization building capacity for environmental sustainability, in the fall of 2015 and was named Executive Director in December 2016. Sabrina volunteers at a do-it-yourself bike shop and has sat on several boards. In her spare time, she enjoys swing dancing, getting around by bike, and hiking and swimming at the family cottage near Algonquin Park.

Naheed is an entrepreneur and strategic management consultant, with a focus on economic strategies and interventions for inclusive economic development. Naheed Hassan has previously also worked as the founding project lead for a program, on behalf of the Government of Canada, to enable e-readiness for small and medium-sized businesses. She has also worked for the Aga Khan Foundation and started her career at Procter & Gamble. She has previously served on the Board of Directors at the American International School of Johannesburg. Naheed Hassan holds an MBA degree as well as a Masters in Public Administration and International Development from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Acknowledged as one of Canada’s most accomplished NGO CEOs, Bernie M. Farber’s career spans more than a quarter-century focused on human rights, anti-racism, pluralism and inter-ethnic/faith/race relations. His efforts have been documented in numerous Canadian Human Rights publications, books, newspapers and magazines. His work has also been cited for its expertise in a number of academic publications. Mr. Farber has successfully run large NGO’s and Foundations such as Canadian Jewish Congress, the Paloma Foundation and he is recently retired as Executive Director of the Mosaic Institute.

Today, Mr. Farber is a human rights consultant, newspaper columnist and social justice advocate. He has received numerous awards for his civil rights work including the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal, Government of Canada 125 Commemorative medal and the Ontario Association of Chief’s of Police Award for Outstanding Service and Dedication to Policing in the province of Ontario amongst others.

Patrick is one of Canada’s most highly respected public relations practitioners and commentators. As the Founder of Media Profile, he draws on more than 40 years of experience in broadcasting, politics and communications. He served as press secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and as the Minister of Public Affairs at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC. Patrick provides strategic communications advice and media and presentation coaching to many of Canada’s top political and business leaders. He is a regular political panelist on television and radio, is the author of two books and countless articles, and he blogs, tweets and flickers. He serves as Vice Chair of the McMichael Canadian Collection and is on the Board of Multimedia Nova, Canada’s premier multicultural publisher. In his spare time, Patrick loves landscape painting and canoeing.

Justin Poy is the President and Creative Director of The Justin Poy Agency. Since 1993, Justin has developed and created marketing and advertising campaigns targeted towards various diverse markets in Canada and abroad, specifically in the South Asian, Chinese (Taiwanese, Mainland and Hong Kong) and Korean markets. Justin has won numerous creative awards including Best of Show at the Emerging Media Awards (Oregon, USA) in addition to several entrepreneurship awards. He is often quoted in industry publications such as AdNews, Strategy Magazine and Marketing Magazine in regards to the ethnic media across North America. Justin is a frequent keynote speaker at social media conferences in Canada and the U.S. and is a regular contributing writer for AutoJournal, Strategy Mob and The Toronto SUN.

Based in Ottawa, ON, serving organizations in Ottawa and across Canada Over a 25-year career, Michelle has gained valuable organizational perspective as a manager, employee, and volunteer. Her early career began in the health sector where she worked as a medical technologist for a regional hospital and the Canadian Red Cross. Since then Michelle has held leadership positions in the private sector, federal public service, as well as, the non-profit sector. Michelle's areas of expertise include collective impact, strategic and operational planning, stakeholder consultations (including dialogue circles), mediation, organizational development and performance measurement.

Conseil d’administration

John Beebe

Bob Gallagher

Kiloran German

Susan Kwong

Secretary

Sean Meagher

Amanuel Melles

Chair

Judy Skinner

Treasurer

Rizwan Tufail

Advisory Committee

Robin Alter

Advisor

Sabrina Bowman

Advisor

Naheed Hassan

Advisor

Ben Donato-Woodger

Advisor

Bernie Farber

Advisor

Patrick Gossage

Advisor

Mike Perry

Advisor

Justin Poy

Advisor

Michelle Reimer

Advisor

James Simeon

Advisor

Ken Wyman

Advisor

Emeritus Board Members

Lyndsay Macdonald

William Flores

Kathleen Kellett

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