Meet the EPIC xChange Leaders

Cohort 1

Gilad Cohen
JAYU, Founder & Executive Director
Arts & Culture / Human Rights
http://www.jayu.ca/

Jennifer Wilson
DAREarts, President & CEO
Arts & Culture / Education
https://www.darearts.com/

Camesha Cox
The Reading Partnership (TRP), Executive Director / Founder
Social Services / Education
http://readingpartnership.com/

Lucy Ho
Hackergal, Co-Founder & Managing Director
Education
https://hackergal.org/

Umair Jaffar
Small World Music, Executive Director
Arts & Culture
http://smallworldmusic.com/

Debra Deen Kerby
The Learning Partnership, President & CEO
Education
https://www.thelearningpartnership.ca/

Kelly Read
Why Not Theatre, Executive Producer
Arts & Culture
https://whynot.theatre

Heather O’Keefe
StepStones For Youth, Founder & Executive Director
Social Services
https://www.stepstonesforyouth.com/

Andrew Young
Outward Bound, Executive Director
Education
http://www.outwardbound.ca/

Cohort 2

CG Chen
Ample Labs, Founder & Executive Director
Information Technology
https://amplelabs.co/

Lia Grimanis
Up With Women, CEO
Social Services
https://upwithwomen.org/

Charlie Wall-Andrews
SOCAN Foundation, Executive Director
Arts & Culture
https://www.socanfoundation.ca/

Mark Hierlihy, CFRE
Canada’s Children’s Hospital Foundations, President & CEO
Healthcare
https://childrenshospitals.ca/

Lindsay Bunce
EcoSchools Canada (Ontario EcoSchools), Executive Director
Education / Environment
https://www.ontarioecoschools.org/

Biju Pappachan
POV 3rd Street, Executive Director
Social Services, Arts & Culture, Employment, Social Enterprise
http://pov3rdstreet.org/

Kyle Monczak
Business in the Streets (BITS), Executive Director
Education, Employment, Social Enterprise
https://businessinthestreets.com/

Mack Rogers
ABC Life Literacy Canada, Executive Director
Education
https://abclifeliteracy.ca/

Cohort 3

Anika Apollon
Birthday Wonders, Founder
https://birthdaywonders.ca/

John Choi

Sheena's Place, Executive Director

https://sheenasplace.org/

Dan Hula

Lay-Up Youth Basketball, Executive Director

www.layup.ca

Sharif Mahdy

The Students Commission of Canada,

Executive Director

https://www.studentscommission.ca/en

Angela Britto
Regent Park Film Festival,

Executive Director

http://regentparkfilmfestival.com/

Samuel J. Donkor

ANIDA, Executive Director

https://www.anida.org/

Kumiko Imai

Hackergirl, Director of Education

https://hackergal.org/

Keya Osborne

CNIB, Team Lead; Program Development & Program Lead; Youth Empowerment (GTA)

https://www.cnib.ca/en?region=on 

Kimahli Powell

Rainbow Railroad, Executive Director

https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/

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EPIC Lite: Cohort 4

EPIC Lite is a completely virtual cohort with 23 members that meet over lunch on a monthly basis to work through their most pressing challenges in breakouts and through peer learning

Jade Pichette

Pride at Work Canada,

Manager of Programs

https://prideatwork.ca/

Marlene McKintosh

UrbanArts, Executive Director

​https://urbanartstoronto.org/

Nicola Bangham

Breakaway Community Services,

Executive Director

​https://breakawaycs.ca/

Ryan Hollinrake

ACCESS Community Capital Fund, 

Executive Director

​https://accessccf.com/

Cindy Stradling

Courage in Action, Founder

https://courageinaction.ca/

Gillian Burt

Project Canoe, Executive Director

​https://canoe.org/

Celia Smith

Luminato Festival Toronto, CEO

https://luminatofestival.com/

Nadia Sayeh

ANNISAA Organization of Canada, Executive Director & Founder

​http://annisaa.org/

Fayzal Samji

Labour Education Centre,

Assistant Executive Director
https://www.laboureducation.org/

Melissa Foster

North York Arts,

Program and Outreach Director
https://www.northyorkarts.org/

 

Daniel Chapman-Smith

Project Humanity,

Executive Director & Co-Founder
https://www.projecthumanity.ca/

Alex Robertson

Camp Ooch & Camp Trillium,

Chief Executive Officer

​https://ooch.org/

Michelle Senayah

The Laneway Project, Executive Director & Co-Founder

https://www.thelanewayproject.ca/

Jillian Zeppa

Outward Bound Canada,

Director of Admissions

​https://www.outwardbound.ca/

Stephen Jackson, MASc.

Anishnabeg Outreach (AO), CEO

​https://aocan.org/

Randell Adjei

R.I.S.E. Entertainment, Founding Director

​https://www.riseedutainment.com/

Alejandro Mayoral Baños

Indigenous Friends Association,

Executive Director

https://www.indigenousfriends.org/

Nicole Thibideau

Future Possibilities for Kids, 

Director Program & Operations

https://www.fpcanada.org/

Henrick Sales

Stay Golden, Creative Director

https://www.facebook.com/staygoldenoutreach/

Rachel David

SoCirc, Founder

​https://www.socirc.ca/

Sara Street

High Park Nature Centre,

Executive Director
https://www.highparknaturecentre.com/

Joel Zola

​Street Voices, Executive Director & Founder
https://www.streetvoices.ca/

Moezine Hasham
Hockey 4 Youth Foundation,

Executive Director & Founder
https://hockey4youth.org/

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Shaneeza Nazseer Ally

Executive Director, For Youth  Initiative 

https://www.foryouth.ca/