Meet Our Team – Supporting Founders Throughout Our Ecosystem

Our Team

Chief Executive Officer

Golriz Fattahi

Director of Operations

Chris Massot

EA & Operations Administrator

Cheyenne Odgers

Director of finance

Leanne Schrader

Accounting & HR Manager

Teresa Brenay

Senior Bookkeeper

Skye Champagne

Senior Program lead

Jeannette Allan​

program manager

Sabine Blackburn

Program Coordinator

Karly Dore

Program Coordinator

John Fizzard

Marketing Manager

Alison Cowling

Partnerships & Events Specialist

Chris St-Cyr

Marketing Coordinator

Corinna Darcie

Systems Support Analyst

Marie Soltis

Our Advisors

VP of Strategy & Impact

Joanna Buczkowska-McCumber

Digital Specialist

Kalyn Adams

Senior Growth Advisor

Michael Chung

Senior Advisor, Program Operations

Michael Daykin

Advisor, Sustainability & Cleantech

Burak Evren

Senior Advisor, Entrepreneurship

Peter Van Der Gracht

Senior Advisor, Entrepreneurship

Rory Capern

Senior Advisor, Fulbright Canada Entrepreneurship Initiative

Robin McLay

Senior Advisor, India In-Market

Munish Saini

Senior Advisor, Entrepreneurship

Cec Primeau

Our Board

Founder & Chair of the board

Owen Matthews

Special advisor & Board Member

Richard Egli

Board Member

Peter Elkins

Board Member

Amy Hall

Board Member

Mark Henderson

Board Member

Helena Zhu