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Sarah Liberatore
Founder, STLTO Wine
Sarah Liberatore is the founder of STLTO Wine. She was recently awarded with the “Top 30 Under 30 Innovators.” Find out what it is like to be a young 24 year-old entrepreneur. In this interview, she also talks about why she supporting the Ignite ‘n’ Connect event hosted by Positive Fabulous Women on May 4th.
Rebecca MacDonald
Founder/Executive Chair, Just Energy Group
Rebecca MacDonald is the founder and executive chair, Just Energy Group.
Rona Maynard
Author, speaker, former editor of Chatelaine magazine
Rona Maynard, author, speaker and former editor of Chatelaine magazine. Rona talks about the significance of the mother-daughter relationship and how that impacted her life and career success, and also about the upcoming event – Ignite ‘n’ Connect – that she is speaking at on May 4th in Toronto (hosted by Positive Fabulous Women).
Kristin Crowe
President, T.A.S. Communications/Alarm System/Falcon Security
Kristin Crowe is President, T.A.S. Communications/Alarm System/Falcon Security. She is based in Ontario, Canada. Kristin’s story of overcoming breast cancer and redefining beauty in her life is sure to inspire you.
Katia Millar
Founder & Chief Inspirational Officer, Positive Fabulous Women
Host Shannon Skinner sits down with Katia Millar, founder and chief inspirational officer, Positive Fabulous Women, and gets an update on the organization since Katia’s first appearance on the show in September 2010.
Meifang Zhang
Deputy Consul General China
Meifang Zhang is the Deputy Consul General China, based in Toronto. As a diplomat and former attache, Meifang lives an exciting life, meeting and working with many of world leaders and other high-profile individuals. The chances of a woman in China rising to the level that Meifang has achieved are slim. Find out how Meifang made it happen.
Monika Burwise
Co-Founder, Global Awakening Institute
Monika Burwise is a modern day mystic and co-founder, Global Awakening Institutes. After near fatal car accidents drastically changing the course of her life, she has turned her experience into an inspiration message of personal transformation to help others. In this interview, she shares her inspiring story of how show met her now husband. It is not your usual love story…
Trish Peterson
Money Coach
Trish Petersen is a money coach. In this interview she talks about how our mindset around money, feelings, beliefs and behaviours have an impact on our financial success. Getting caught in this emotional vortex with money can prevent us from living wholeheartedly.
Cathy Nesbitt
Cathy’s Crawly Composters
Cathy Nesbitt, environmentalist, worm advocate & founder, Cathy’s Crawly Composting
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.
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.
Monica Parker
Actor/Writer/Producer
Monica Parker is an actor/writer/producer, and has worked alongside many of Hollywood’s “greatest.” In this interview, Monica talks about her one-woman show: “Sex, Pies and a Few White Lies” – and is sure to make you chuckle.
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.
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.
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.
Tara Uzra Dawood
President, Dawood Global Foundation & LADIESFUND
Tara Uzra Dawood is President of Dawood Global Foundation and serves on various boards and Advisory Councils of eminent organizations throughout the world, particularly those focused on the rights of women and children. She’s a recognized world authority on women entrepreneurship. She was the first female CEO of a publicly listed financial institution in Pakistan, which she founded with Asian Development Bank; Tara grew her company to become an industry leader in managing Mutual Funds with top payouts for its unit holders.
Martha Deacon
Founder, The Townships Projects
Martha Deacon is the founder and CEO of The Townships Project, created in late 1998 in response to then President Nelson Mandela’s challenge to do something about the poverty in his country. The Townships Project, a Canadian registered charity, has worked for 13 years with local microfinance organizations in South Africa to extend small loans to start or expand small businesses, always exploring how to make these loans more effective in the fight against poverty.
Brenda MacIntyre
Medicine Song Woman
Medicine Song Woman, Brenda MacIntyre, is a healer, business coach, spiritual mentor and recording artist.
Kathleen Mailer
Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Today’s Businesswoman Magazine
Kathleen D. Mailer, is Canada’s leading authority on self-publishing, author of How To Write & Publish Your Own Book: From Conception To Bookstore in 90 Days and Founder/Editor-in-Chief of Today’s Businesswoman magazine.
Moira Sutton
Success Coach and Author
Moira Sutton is a Life and Success Coach, Author, Host, Producer and a Professional Speaker. Her vision is to inspire and empower individuals world wide to make a difference and live life with passion and on purpose.
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.
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.
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.
Penny Simmons
Founder & CEO, Penny Loafers Shoe Shine Company
Penny Simmons is the Founder & CEO of Penny Loafers Shoe Shine Company,a chain of upscale shoeshine kiosks in Toronto.
Jeanette Arsenault
Singer/Songwriter, Recording & Performing Artist
Jeanette Arsenault is a Canadian singer/songwriter, recording and performing artist.
Jennifer Brouwer
Interior Designer & Founder, Jennifer Brouwer Design
Jennifer Brouwer is the founder of Jennifer Brouwer Design. She is based in Markham, Ontario.
Judy Croon
Comedian, Broadcaster, Motivational Speaker
Judy Croon is a comedian, broadcaster and motivational speaker who is dedicated to raising funds for breast cancer research with her annual Stand Up for the Girls fundraising event.
