Meet Our Team – Empowering Founders Throughout Our Ecosystem

Our Team

Chief Executive Officer

Golriz Fattahi

Executive Assistant

Cheyenne Odgers

Director of FInance

Leanne Schrader

Director of Operations

Chris Massot

Director of Scale-Up Programs

Lola Camp

Program Manager

Sabine Blackburn

Accounting & HR Manager

Teresa Brenay

Partnerships & Events Specialist

Chris St-Cyr

Program Coordinator

Karly Dore

Marketing Manager

Alison Cowling

Marketing Coordinator

Corinna Darcie

Systems Support Analyst

Marie Soltis

Sustainability Strategy Engagement Lead

Diya Courty-Stephens

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