JILL ZELMANOVITS

BOARD CHAIR AND CHAIR OF BOARD STRATEGY & RISK COMMITTEE

Jill Zelmanovits is the CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Canada. She has previously served as CEO of Girl Guides of Canada and a Director on the Board of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.  Jill started her career as a lawyer and was a commercial litigator at a Bay Street law firm before working for Legal Aid Ontario representing clients and leading advocacy coalitions for critical policy changes. She also worked as a Development Executive supporting non-profit organizations in Europe and was a Legislative Intern at Queen’s Park. She has lived, travelled, volunteered and worked around the world and across Canada.

 

JEAN TEILLET

CHAIR OF BOARD GOVERNANCE & NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Jean Teillet is Senior Counsel with Pape Salter Teillet LLP. She is a leading lawyer on Indigenous rights law and also works on reproductive rights law. She is Vice Chair of Indspire and on the board of the Glenbow Art Museum and PEN Canada. In 2016, the Association of Ontario Midwives made Jean an honorary lifetime member. She has three honorary doctorates. She was made Indigenous Peoples Council by the Indigenous Bar Association and granted the Order of the Métis Nation. Jean is a published author and frequent lecturer on Indigenous issues. She is the great grandniece of Louis Riel.

 

PAULA PEREIRA

CHAIR OF BOARD FINANCE, AUDIT & INVESTMENT COMMITTEE

Paula Pereira is the National Leader for PwC’s Financial Services Digital Operations Capability, assisting FS clients with operational transformation through digitalization, process improvement, operating model and innovative sourcing strategies. She previously led the FS Industry Aligned team to meet established growth and market presence targets. She also leads the FS Regulatory Operations Practice for Canada which assists clients with transforming their approach to Risk and Compliance and with updating their environments for new Regulatory requirements. She is a recognized Financial Services industry expert on first line governance and control functions. She has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry and is a recognized specialist in the Banking Operations and in the Risk and Regulatory domains.

 

ERIN BURY

CHAIR OF BOARD RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Erin Bury, named one of Bay St. Bull’s Women of the Year, is one of Canada’s top female entrepreneurs, an active startup advisor, and a former marketer and technology journalist. Erin is the co-founder and CEO at online estate planning platform Willful, where she drives the company’s mission to make it easier for Canadians to prepare for and deal with death in a digital age. Willful has been named one of Bay St. Bull’s Power 50 companies, and Erin secured a deal for the company on TV’s Dragons’ Den in December 2021. Erin advises multiple startups including podcasting platform Quill, and real estate platform Doormat.

 

MICHAEL AJISE

Michael Ajise has more than 20 years of experience across multiple industries including financial services, management consulting, healthcare, public sector, and telecommunication. He is a seasoned business and information technology professional with expertise in strategy and planning, risk management, wealth management, banking and finance. With an executive MBA from the Kellogg- Schulich School of Business, Michael uses his knowledge, experience and network to help organizations integrate business and technology solutions with a focus on achieving results with high business value.

 

YASMIN FARAH PEER

Yasmin Farah Peer’s values and skills closely resonate with Save the Children and she brings experience from her work with Immigration Refugee Citizenship Canada and a background in Political Science and Human Rights. Her deep commitment lies in spaces dedicated to the rights and well-being of children. Fueled by her passion for driving positive change, Yasmin took the initiative to establish Lives For Literacy (L4L), a youth-led, non-profit organization. As the Executive Director of L4L, which is committed to advancing literacy among marginalized children, she has had the privilege of championing literacy and education within underserved communities.

 

SYLVIE GODIN

Sylvie Godin has a history of managing sensitive issues, institutional communication and corporate image. As Vice-President of La Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse du Québec, she became involved with the Canadian Council of Provincial Child and Youth Advocates. Lawyer by training she has also held management positions in various organisations including Canadian National, Bell Canada and CIBC. Her political experience with the Premier of Quebec, Robert Bourassa, have been significant such as her involvement on boards including Place des arts and Douglas Hospital Foundation. She is a Board member of Centennial Academy.

 

NADIR HIRJI

Nadir Hirji is a Partner and Leader in PwC’s Customer Transformation & Digital Transformation practice. Nadir collaborates with senior executives to create innovative digital products, services and experiences that deliver material results.  Leading a cross-functional team of technical, design, research and business team members, Nadir drives customer centric transformations to enable organizations to reinvent and deliver sustained outcomes. This results in improved customer engagement and employee empowerment, enhanced sales, and profitability, and executive alignment and commitment.  Nadir helps organizations define their future, develop roadmaps, and implement solutions that deliver value early and often.  Nadir has helped transform fortune 1000 companies, start-ups and government agencies, both nationally and internationally, to realize results fast.

 

SABRINA LADHA

Sabrina Ladha serves as the VP of Social Impact for GreenShield Cares, in this capacity, she is responsible for the deployment of $75 million to improve the lives of at least one million Canadians by 2025. Previously, Sabrina was the VP of Portfolio and Investments for LEAP | Pecaut Centre for Social Impact, and she also provided strategic advisory services, capacity building, and leadership coaching to help 30+ portfolio ventures scale their revenue and impact. Ladha holds a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Texas at Arlington. She is pursuing a Doctor of Education, Leadership from Western University. She is a certified Leadership Coach and serves on the board of Up With Women, an organization dedicated to helping recently homeless and at-risk women and gender-diverse individuals build a sustainable pathway out of poverty.

 

CARL NICHOLSON

Carl Nicholson recently retired after 28 years as Executive Director of the Catholic Centre for Immigrants Ottawa and the Catholic Immigration Centre Foundation, Ottawa. He has an extensive background in voluntary sector leadership (including 15 years with CUSO) and maintained his own successful fundraising and management consulting company for 20 years. Carl is a graduate of Carleton University and is a Certified Fund-Raising Executive. Carl has served on many Boards including President of the Ontario of Agencies Serving Immigrants, the Advisory Committee to the Deputy Minister for Immigrants, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, and the Ottawa Police Services Board. He is currently Treasurer of the Pearson Centre for Progressive Policy and President of World Skills Employment Centre. Carl has been recognized many times for his service including receiving an honorary degree from Algonquin College in 2018.

 

SABIR SAMI

Sabir Sami is the Global Chief Executive Officer of KFC Division. He previously served in a dual role as KFC Division Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of KFC Asia, overseeing Thailand, India, Asia Central, and Greater Asia. Before this, Sabir was Managing Director for KFC Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan, and Turkey markets. He has served on several not-for-profit boards, including SafeCity Mississauga, the Polycultural Immigrant Community Services, and the provincial Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Council.
Prior to Yum!, he served in various leadership roles at Procter & Gamble, the Coca-Cola Company, and Reckitt Benckiser in multiple markets, including Pakistan, Australia, Vietnam, Singapore, and Canada. Sabir received his MBA from the University of Karachi in Pakistan.

 

JANTI SOERIPTO

Janti Soeripto is President and CEO of Save the Children US. She assumed this role in January 2020, after serving as President and Chief Operating Officer since May 2019. In this position, Janti had oversight for setting agency strategy, ensuring all parts of the organization were well managed, staffed, aligned, and operated as effectively as possible. Strengthening accountability for results, and overseeing, integrating and coordinating divisional activities also fell within her scope of work. Prior to joining Save the Children US, Janti worked for eight years as deputy CEO of Save the Children International, where she was responsible for market growth and development, global strategy development, communication and venture partnerships. Before her work with Save the Children, Janti spent nearly 20 years in the corporate sector at companies including Kimberly-Clark and Unilever. She has master’s degrees in Economics and Finance. Janti is half-Indonesian, half-Dutch, is married with two children, and is based in Connecticut.

 

FATIMA ZAIDI

Fatima Zaidi is the Founder and CEO at Quill Inc. and CoHost. She is member of the National Speakers Bureau and a commentator for BNN Bloomberg.  In the earlier days of her career Fatima won two Top 30 under 30 awards, and most recently she received DMZ’s Woman of the Year, the Young Professional of the Year by Notable Life, Veuve Clicquot’s Bold Future Award, The Women in Content Marketing Award, and one of Flare Magazine’s Top 100 Women. Outside of entrepreneurship Fatima teaches at the University of Toronto and is Co-Chair of the #Tech4SickKids council for SickKids Hospital which is the second-largest pediatric research hospital in the world. She is on track to raise 25 million dollars to build a new emergency wing of the hospital.

 

STANLEY ZLOTKIN

Stanley Zlotkin is a Professor of Paediatrics, Public Health Sciences and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto and a Senior Scientist in The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute. In the late 1990s Dr. Zlotkin led the development of ‘home fortification’ with micronutrient powders (called Sprinkles) and by partnering with United Nations agencies over the past decade has distributed Sprinkles to millions of infants and young children globally. His current research and advocacy is focused on controlling malnutrition in children globally. He was awarded the CIHR National Knowledge Translation Award in 2006, the Order of Canada in 2007 and the Order of Ontario in 2015 for his contributions to improving the lives of children globally. He is the inaugural Chief of Global Child Health at SickKids.