Executive Committee
André Beaulieu, Chair
Senior Vice President – Bell Wholesale
Erin Aylward
PhD Candidate, Political Science, University of Toronto
Inez Jabalpurwala, Secretary
President & CEO, Brain Canada Foundation
Marc Girard, Treasurer
Management Consultant
Myriam Levert
Consultant, Ernst & Young
Tamara Zimmerman
AVP Innovation, BDC
Directors
Beverly Salomon
Pharmacist and Owner, Jean Coutu
David Chemla
Vice President, Financial Services, Deloitte
Drew Wawin
Vice President, Montreal-Est district, TD Bank Group
Karine Joizil
Partner, McCarthy Trétault
Katie Shaw
Director, Stakeholder relations & communications, BC Infrastructure Benefit
Krista Pawley
Culture and Reputation Architect, Imperative Impact
Marcel Forget
Senior Vice-President retired, Commercial Strategy, Air Canada
Robert Yalden
Professor in Corporate Law and Finance, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University
Honorary Board
François Crépeau
Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Professor in Public International Law, Faculty of Law, McGill University and United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants
Margaret Sekaggya
Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders and Executive Director of the Human Rights Centre Uganda
Pearl Eliadis
Human Rights Lawyer
Phil Fontaine
Former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations
Stephen Toope
Director, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
The Honourable Irwin Cotler
The Honourable Frank Iacobucci
Former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and Counsel, Torys
William Schabas
Professor of International Law, Middlesex University
Programs Committee
Alaa Jarban
Political scientist and human rights activist
Ayman AL-Yassini
Refugee affairs and Middle East expert
Erin Aylward, Chair
PhD Candidate, Political Science, University of Toronto
Fritz Junior Charles-Antoine
Account Manager, Commercial Financial Services, RBC Bank
Marc Girard
Management Consultant
Natasha BLANCHET-COHEN
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Human Sciences, Concordia University
Lloyd Lipsett
Senior Associate, Shift
Ross Hynes
Retired Diplomat
Tara Collins
Associate Professor, Faculty of Community Services, School of Child and Youth Care, Ryerson University
Widia Larivière
Education and Cooperation Officer, Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission
Fund Development Committee
André Beaulieu
Senior Vice President – Bell Wholesale
Chitra Sewsagur
Account Leadership Senior Manager, Accenture
Drew Wawin
Vice President, Montreal-Est district, TD Bank Group
Marcel Forget
Retired Senior Vice President, Commercial Strategy, Air Canada
Myriam Levert
Consultant, Ernst & Young
Robert Yalden
Professor in Corporate Law and Finance, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University
Krista Pawley
Culture and Reputation Architect, Imperative Impact
Tamara Zimmerman
AVP Innovation, BDC
Communications Committee
Myriam Levert, Chair
Consultant, Ernst & Young
Ron Wigdor
Marketing and Marketing Communications executive, Futurpreneur Canada
Thomas Ledwell
Senior Director, Global Development and Alumni, Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation