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Adria Vasil

Ecoholic Columnist, NOW Magazine

Best-selling author of the green living bibles ECOHOLIC and ECOHOLIC HOME. Adria Vasil currently writes the practical and humour-filled ECOHOLIC advice column for Toronto’s NOW Magazine, and previously covered environmental and social justice issues for NOW’s news section for a decade.

Aleksandra Knezevic

Founder, HA Solutions

Aleksandra Knezevic is the founder of HA Solutions. After leaving her war-torn homeland of Serbia for Canada, she discovered the challenges of being an immigrant who could not speak English. She turned her difficulties into an inspiring story that transcends survival into a successful business helping others.

Alicia Snell

Motivational Speaker and Trainer

Alica Snell’s personal story of weighing 328 pounds at age 42 to losing 173 pounds and then qualifying for and running in The Boston Marathon… twice… inspired Oprah Winfrey to have her on her show in April 2003. As a Toronto-based motivational speaker and trainer, and founder of the Weeks to Wellness Program, Alicia has developed a weekly schedule that can be applied to anyone who wants and needs to live a healthier lifestyle.

Allison Harvey

Founder, 10,000 Toys for Haiti

Allison Harvey is the founder of the not-for-profit organization, 10,000 Toys for Haiti.

Amy & Kim Sedgwick

Founders, Red Tent Sisters

Red Tent Sisters is a business partnership between Toronto-based sisters Amy and Kimberley Sedgwick. Although their educational and career paths have differed in many ways, they share a passion for women’s health issues and aspired to be entrepreneurs.

Amy Sky

Singer/Songwriter, Record Producer

Amy Sky is a singer/songwriter, performer, record product , actress and television host.

Andrea Allumay

Singer/Performing Artist

Singer/performing artist, best known for her performance in the tribute concert ABBAMANIA. Andrea Allumay (formerly Pressburger) is a Canadian now living in Australia.

Anne Day

Founder & President, Company of Women

Anne Day is the founder and president, Company of Women, an Canadian organization dedicated to help support, connect and promote women– both professionally and personally. Anne Day has run several charities, was the editor of a national parenting magazine, and worked for government, but always the focus has been on women and children. A ‘social entrepreneur,’ Anne has been instrumental in the start of numerous programs and organizations, and has won several awards. She is the author of Day by Day.”

Arria Deepwater

Author, Spiritual Teacher

Arria Deepwater is an emerging power in the fields of spiritual and personal development, and the author of “Love Threshold.”

Bailey Vaez

Founder, Proactive Movement

Baily Vaez is the founder of Proactive Movement, a Toronto-based holistic organization committed to enhancing corporate wellness — and healthy employees

Barbara Schreiner-Trudel

CEO, Joy Here and Now / Speaker and Joy Coach

Barbara Schreiner-Trudel is the CEO of Joy Here and Now, a Joy Coach, and founder of Toronto’s Centre of Spiritual Living. She has inspired people to create new careers, experience greater fulfillment, freedom, and peace of mind. Barbara has the capacity to create a safe environment for participants, and people leave her presentations inspired to take action.

Beverley Wybrow

President/CEO, Canadian Women’s Foundation

Beverley Wybrow is the president & CEO of the Canadian Women’s Foundation, Canada’s public foundation designed to raise and grant funds to meet specific needs of women and girls across the country. Since 1991, Canadian Women’s Foundation has invested more than $35 million in support to over 1,100 community programs for women and girls across Canada. It is now one of the ten largest women’s foundations in the world.

Bonnie Flatt

Leadership Coach

Leadership coach who helps guide leaders to achieve extraordinary results.

C.K. Gray (Carrie Gray)

Romance Novelist

C.K. Gray (Carrie Gray) is a romance novelist and interior designer. Her first book “Eye of the Storm,” a self-publishing success story, is grabbing the attention of Hollywood.” The sequel, “After the Storm,” will soon be released.

Carla Wood

Managing Director, EDI Implementation Engineers

Managing director of EDI Implementation Engineers (business and real estate coaching), strategist and speaker. Talks about growing your business through “implementation” – and why single women are the fastest growing market in real estate in Canada.

Carol Ring

Vice President of Business Transformation, Rogers Communications

Carol Ring is currently the Vice President of Business Transformation at Rogers Communications in Toronto. She is also an accomplished speaker & trainer, and has received a number of awards, including the Women’s Executive Network’s Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women.

Caroline Riseboro

Vice President, Public Affairs for World Vision Canada

Caroline Riseboro is the Vice President, Public Affairs for World Vision Canada. In this role, Caroline provides leadership to the Government Relations, Advocacy and Public Relations divisions.

Carolyn Ellis

Founder, Brilliance Mastery

Carolyn Ellis is the founder of Brilliance Mastery, a program that helps women entrepreneurs and business leaders own their brilliance so the mission of their business can be communicated clearly, powerfully and profitably.

Cathy Nesbitt

Cathy’s Crawly Composters

Cathy Nesbitt, environmentalist, worm advocate & founder, Cathy’s Crawly Composting

Charmaine Hammond

Speaker, Author

Charmaine Hammond is an international speaker, best-selling author of On Toby’s Terms” – and champion for community service. Her book “On Toby’s Terms,” about a bad doggy who does good, is presently being made into a feature film.

Christel Wintels

Vice President, Referral Institute Canada

Christel Wintels is a founding national franchise partner and Vice President Operations, Ontario with the Referral Institute Canada. The Referral Institute is a training company specializing in referral generation training.

Christine Aquin Pope

President, Gunpowder Business

Christine Aquin Pope is the President of Gunpowder Business, who has successfully developed and sold over $45 million in products and services throughout North America, and has spearheaded major initiatives across myriad industries including technology, insurance and media. She is the author of “Blast Open Big Doors.”

Christine Cirka

Transformation Coach & Founder, Essence fo Success Inc.

Founder of Essence to Success Inc., a Certified Transformation Coach, Certified Passion Test Facilitator and Canadian Ambassador for Connected-Women.com. She is also the contributing author to Marsh Engle’s book “Amazing Woman What’s Your Story?”

Christine Platt

Founder, artVentures

Christine Platt, founder, artVentures, a Toronto-based contemporary art club dedicated to helping art lovers learn to start or grow their art collections and also become patrons.

Cindy Ashton

Singer, Entertainer, Speaker

Singer, entertainer, speaker, author of Kiss Your Monsters Goodbye – and creator of the Red Carpet Dreaming event to raise money for the Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness.

Colleen Sidford

VP, Chief Investment Officer, Ontario Power Generation

Colleen Sidford is VP, Chief Investment Officer, Ontario Power Generation. Colleen manages a $20 Billion pension fund and discusses a program for women that she created to help women working at OPG empower themselves and achieve success within the organization.

Debbie Bullock

Founder, Women of Wonder Money Club

Debbie Bullock, founder, Women of Wonder Money Club (wowmoneyclub.com), talks about her new money club and the importance of financial literacy for women, because 9 out of 10 women will be alone at some point in their lives.

Deborah Ellis

Author & Philanthropist

Deborah Ellis is the author of over 20 books for young people, including the highly popular trilogy, Breadwinner. She writes novels and books of interviews that attempt to portray the realities faced by young people in difficult situations around the world. She is also a philanthropist, donating much of her book royalties to charities.

Deborah Kimmett

Humorist

A 20-year veteran of The Second City, a Governor General nominated writer, an accomplished performer on TV and radio ( CBC ‘s The Debaters ) and a dynamic motivational speaker at conferences and universities across Canada, Deborah Kimmett — an energizing humorist — brings thirty years of wit and wisdom to the room.

Deborah Nixon

Founder, Trust Learning Solutions

Deborah Nixon is the Founder of Trust Learning Solutions; and leader in trust, change management, strategy, program evaluation, and employee assessment and recruiting. She is also the founding partner of MyMoneyMindset.

Devyani Saltzman

Author & Curator of Literary Programming, Luminato

Devyani Saltzman is the author of the memoir Shooting Water: A Mother-Daughter Journey and the Making of a Film (about the making of the critially-acclaimed film Water with her mother Deepa Mehta), and has written articles for The Globe and Mail, Marie Claire, The Walrus, TOK: and more.

Donna Dasko

National Chair, Equal Voice

Donna Dasko is the National Chair of Equal Voice, an organization dedicated to electing more women in politics in Canada.

Dr. Adrienne McRuvie

Chiropractor & Doula

Dr. Adrienne McRuvie is a chiropractor and doula, and talks about the growing role of the doula.

Dr. Nicola Bird

Dr. Nicola Bird, Psychotherapist

Nicola Bird, Ph.D. is a new generation, visionary psychotherapist who pioneered a groundbreaking approach to personal transformation and brain retraining.

Ebonnie Rowe

President, PhemPhat Entertainment Group & Founder, Honey Jam

Ebonnie Rowe is the president of PhemPhat Entertainment and founder of Honey Jam, an annual multicultural showcase of upcoming artists in all genres of music, where talents such as Jully Black, Nelly Furtado, Reema Major and others have performed at the beginning of their careers.

Elham AyoubZadeh

President, Art Anywhere

Elham AyoubZadeh is the President of Art Anywhere, an online company that helps corporations and homeowners acquire contemporary art in a convenient, cost-effective way.

Ellen Campbell

President/CEO & Founder, Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness

A survivor of childhood sexual abuse with a long road to healing, Ellen Campbell, President/CEO & Founder of the Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness (CCAA), translated her own recovery into hope for others. She opened a recovery bookstore in downtown Toronto and developed a conference centre for adult survivors going through recovery.

Emily Hunter

Eco-Journalist

Emily Hunter is the daughter of Greenpeace’s founding president Robert Hunter, journalist, environmental activist and author of “The Next Eco-Warriors.”

Erica Ross

Co-Creator & Director, Dance Our Way Home

Erica Ross is the Co-Creatrix, Director of Dance Our Way Home, her women’s free-style dance practice, dancer, artist, group facilitator and educator in visual, expressive, spiritual and healing arts, certified hypnotherapist, DJ and mother.

Ersillia Serafini

CEO, Summerhill

Ersillia Serafini is the CEO of Summerhill, a Toronto-based organization that develops and executes strategies that move the market toward better choices for consumers and the environment.