Our Team
Meet the team working directly with youth innovators, changemakers and entrepreneurs.
Joanna Buczkowska-McCumber
Executive Director
Manisha Narula
Director Community Impact & Strategy
Annika Lui
Director Acceleration Programs
Alana Mackenzie
Marketing Manager
Lynda Ofume
Digital Media Lead
Rob Ironside
Program Manager
Mastoora Rizai
Acceleration Coordinator
Lachlan Burr
Social Media Coordinator Intern
Irene Zhu
Education Coordinator Intern
TBD
Content Writer & Editor Intern
TBD
Innovation Research Intern
TBD
Partnership Manager
TBD
Partnership Manager
Board of Directors
Ryan Holmes
CEO Hootsuite, Founder League of Innovators
Manny Padda
Founder New Avenue Capital, PM Search Partners
Michele Romanow
'Dragon' CBC Dragons' Den, Co-founder Clearbanc
Manu 'Swish' Goswami
Co-Founder Trufan
Chad Bayne
Osler LLP
Cheesan Chew
COO RBC Ventures
Education Advisors
Ilona Doughtery
Co-founder & Managing Director, Youth & Innovation Project
Sam Thiara
Lecturer | Speaker & Chief Motivating Officer
Student Development, Coaching, & Education
Eric Termuende
Founder, Now Innovations | Author and Speaker- Future of Work
Alumni Advisory Committee
Jeremy Becker
Founder, MedConnect
Ryan Kelly
Founder, Ascend Application
Michelle Kwok
Co-Founder, FLIK
Rhys Lawson
Founder, Reach
Chip Mcrimmon
Co-Founder, HeroHub
Eliana Bravos
Co-Founder, Viability
Maria Radovanovic
Co-Founder, HeroHub
Youssef Gendy
Founder, TagTeach
Annie Lo
Founder, MiTravel
Monty Ngan
Founder, Ascend Build
Sophie Wyne
Founder, Arigald
Alyssia Jovellanos
Co-Founder, Podmates
Livia Han
Founder, Wellness World
Building entrepreneurial acumen for youth.
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