We are grateful to those who have
volunteered to be leadership trainers
for this program. All bring in-depth knowledge and extensive personal
experience to their roles as trainers and leaders.
Ellen Balmain
Over the past 10 years, Ellen has had worked closely with
volunteer Boards both as a staff member and as a volunteer. Executive
Director of the United Way of Perth County since December 1999,
Ellen previously served as Executive Director of STRIDE, a vocational
rehabilitation program for adults with psychiatric disabilities. She is a
Rotarian and an active volunteer in her community. Ellen is
excited about the changes afoot in the voluntary sector and is keen to
assist charitable organizations as they strategize about how to recruit
and train good Board members.
Connie Berry
Connie Berry is Policy Analyst, Liability Issues for
Imagine Canada. She holds a law degree and a Canadian Risk Manager
Diploma, and will complete a Graduate Certificate in Population Health
Risk Assessment and Management at the University of Ottawa in 2006. She
is well versed in liability issues having experience as a civil
litigation lawyer in private practice and as in-house legal counsel for
the Canadian Red Cross during the 1990s. For one year she managed the
Red Cross national insurance portfolio. She coordinated the Red Cross
response to the Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada. In
subsequent international postings, Connie’s role included outreach to
public officials, civil society leaders, and armed groups to address
humanitarian concerns.
Liz Brown has been addressing the challenges of
outcome evaluation for more than fifteen years. Her experience includes
work as a counselor, researcher, and project manager of community
development initiatives. She has facilitated community evaluation
processes and research to determine the effectiveness of system
responses to women who have been abused and their children. She has a
Masters of Social Work in Community Development and Social Planning
supported by a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. Liz is Associate
Director of Community Services for United Way of London & Middlesex.
Maija Craig and Holly Doty
Through their company, Clear Concept Events, Holly and Maija
have organized all types of special and annual events including Galas,
Sports Tournaments, Auctions, Award Dinners, Walk/Runs, Casinos, Fashion
Shows and more. They bring expertise in all expects of event planning
including program design, sponsorship solicitation, ticket sales, media
and promotion, volunteer recruitment and management. In this workshop they
will share their knowledge of how to execute successful events that define
an organization.
John Craven, FCA
John is an experienced financial
professional who has combined many years of large corporation executive
experience with significant volunteer service on not-for-profit boards
and professional organizations. He spent 20 years in senior financial
positions with Canada Trust and London Life Insurance Company and has
extensive not-for-profit experience including various roles up to and
including committee and board chair for a private school, the
Canadian Diabetes Association, Thames Valley Children's Centre, St.
Joseph's Health Care Foundation, and
London's Covent Garden Market. He is currently providing financial
management and governance advice to the profit and not-for-profit
sectors through Craven Consulting Group Inc.
Melissa Currie
Principal Consultant at Efficiency+
http://www.efficiencyplus.ca,
Melissa is a planning specialist and researcher who has a natural
inclination for making systems more efficient. In 1996, she completed
her MSc in Social Psychology from the London School of Economics in
London, England. Prior to co-founding efficiency+, she held strategic
positions in a number of private sector and non-profit organizations in
both Toronto and London. Melissa is a skilled communicator and published
writer. She focuses on sharing easy-to-maintain strategies that
improve how people work so they can focus on what they need to get done.
Jo is the owner of Business Development
Strategies – a firm specializing in project management, fundraising and
volunteer management. 20 years experience in the business sector
prepared Jo for work in a provincial economic development organization,
work for the City of Stratford in fundraising and volunteer management,
and for her current role as Acting Director, Resource Development for
the United Way of London and Middlesex. Jo is a founding Board member of
the Huron Perth Health Care Alliance – a coalition of four hospitals
within the two counties. Jo has served on numerous Boards including
Stratford and Area Access to Independent Living – an organization
serving the needs of homeless young adults – the Stratford General
Hospital and Stratford Rotary Club. For more information about the
services of business Development Strategies, visit
www.businessdevelopmentstrategies.ca .
Claudia Falquez-Warkentin
Claudia is a lawyer with a special interest in
the law of charities and non-profit organizations. She served as Chair
of the London Cross Cultural Learner Centre, and as a volunteer with the
Bethany Centre and Sunfest Cross Cultural Arts Committee. She is active
in the Canadian Colombian
Professional Association and the Board of the Arbour Glen Day Nursery.
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Nathan has worked for more than 35 years in the
nonprofit sector, including 17 years as an executive director, 7 years
managing funding programs, and many years as a Board member of local,
provincial, and national organizations.
He has written many articles
on nonprofit management and was founding editor of Nonprofit Boards and
Governance Review, an e-newsletter with more than 7,000 subscribers. He is principal consultant of Nathan Garber and
Associates and coordinates these Leadership Development workshops for the United Way
of London & Middlesex.
Renato is a Partner at Siskinds and is Head
of the Firm’s Labour Relations and Employment Law Department. His
practice is restricted to Employment Law and Labour Relations; Slander
and Libel; and Commercial Litigation.
An Associate at Siskinds, Nancy is a
member of the Firm’s Labour Relations and Employment Law Department.
Her practice is restricted to Employment Law.
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Jamie is Executive Director of Arbour Glen Day Nursery
and instructor for Fanshawe College E.C.E programs. She has developed
and facilitated workshops for Early Childhood Educators and taught
lifeskills coaching .She has held executive positions in the Association
for Early Childhood Education of Ontario and Parent-Teacher Association.
Lorna is Executive Director of
Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition.
After practicing law for thirteen years, Janine
established a full-time alternative dispute resolution practice in
London, Ontario. She now has an active practice in both commercial and
family mediation. She lectures in mediation, principled negotiation, and
alternative dispute resolution at the University of Western Ontario Law
School and conducts mediation skills training programs for a number of
organizations.
Andy has served in a number of HR roles throughout his
career in the London area in both public and private sector. He has
assisted with and been a board member of United Way Agencies and has
worked with United Way in a number of capacities over the past 20 years.
Catherine Joyes
Cathy joined the staff of the London Community Foundation
in March 2002. Initially working in the area of research and
development, Cathy is now the Manager of Granting and Donor Services. Prior to joining LCF, Cathy worked for five years as a
member of the Prospect Research team in Advancement Services, part of
the External Relations Department, at the University of Western Ontario.
Laurie Lashbrook
Laurie Lashbrook is president of
The Lashbrook Group Inc., a full service consulting group that
specializes in strategic communications planning, public relations, and
public affairs. Reflecting Laurie’s broad range of interests and
experience, The Lashbrook Group Inc. works primarily with clients in the
not-for-profit sector, helping organizations communicate their missions.
Current clients include Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada, Canadian
Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics (CSTAR), Community Living
Ontario, Merrymount Children's Centre, Elgin County Homes, and a number
of hospitals.
Laurie is a strategic thinker with
a hands-on approach that gets results. She is best known for her ability
to take an issue or cause and develop a communication strategy that
engages the community in providing support. Laurie is an award winning
communicator with a number of local, national and international awards of
excellence for Community Relations and Media Relations including three
prestigious IABC Gold Quill Awards for her work with the United Way’s
Images of Hope Campaign.
A networking and professional development association
for volunteer leaders in southwestern Ontario. Presenters for VLD
workshops include
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Michelle Baldwin, Coordinator of Volunteer
Services, Thames Valley Children's Centre
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Jennifer Mott, Volunteer Services Assistant,
Parkwood Hospital
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Rory Patten, Coordinator of Volunteer Services,
St. Joseph’s Health Centre
Peter is a consultant, a researcher, and speaker with a
wide range of experience and skills in management and fundraising.
Formerly Director of Alumni Intelligence at the Richard Ivey School of
Business, Peter is currently providing operational and strategic counsel
to clients, as well as research, training and mentoring services. He has
particular expertise in Prospect Research, a subject he teaches at the
Faculty of Information and Media Studies of the University of Western
Ontario. His website is
www.petermckinley.com
Hallie McClelland
As Director of Gift Planning at at The University of Western Ontario,
Hallie oversees Western's Legacies for Tomorrow program which includes
almost 500 planned giving members and generates $13 million dollars
annually in future gift expectancies and annual realized estate gifts.
In the past 12 years she has worked in all three areas of individual
donor fundraising - annual giving, major gifts, and planned gift
fundraising. Past employers include The Ontario March of Dimes, World
Wildlife Fund Canada, and the University of Toronto.
A trainer and motivational speaker for
more than 14 years, Bob Parker speaks
professionally to thousands of people each year on the principles of
success and motivation.
Lisa Plancke
Lisa Plancke spent nine years as an entrepreneur in the
United States, providing computer training for rehabilitation clients.
Since moving to Canada six years ago, she has worked on a number of
multi-partner and grant funded initiatives for non-profits in the areas
of arts and culture, employment and municipal planning. She has authored
a Cultural Master Plan for the City of Strathroy, produced a magazine on
young entrepreneurs and launched a countywide program for downtown
revitalization. Lisa currently serves as Program Director for
Seize the Clay a campaign to build a Clay Art Centre for the
London Potters Guild.
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Frank is Director of Finance and Allocations at the
London Community Foundation.
President of ABARIS Consulting
Inc., Ron has extensive senior management experience working
with a variety of local, provincial and national organizations, their
Boards, staff and stakeholders in conducting stakeholder consultations and
formulating, implementing and evaluating their organizational strategy .
He has written many articles on a variety of strategic management , human
resource and governance issues and is an active Board member of the London
Civic Employees Credit Union.
Through her firm, Sandra Safran HR Services,
Sandra provides Human Resources consulting for a variety of organizations
in Southwest Ontario. Her emphasis is on practical results for
organizational success. Her services help organizations to maximize their
effectiveness in managing their employees in the areas of compensation and
benefits, job evaluation, pay equity, performance management and
appraisals, management coaching, effective hiring, developing and applying
staff policies, staff orientation, return-to-work and exit interviews
programs.
Maria Sánchez-Keane
Maria is President of Sánchez-Keane and
Associates. An international consultant, trainer and facilitator since
1994, as well as having over ten years of senior management experience
in the not-for-profit sector, Maria’s areas of expertise include
strategic planning, leadership development, mediation, volunteer
management and team development. She has worked with groups ranging in
size from teams of three to organizations of over 800 employees.
Sheila is Regional Program Manager for the Thames Valley
Region of the Ontario Trillium Foundation
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Graeme is a lawyer with the firm of Siskinds.
He sits on
several boards and has a special interest in the law of charities and
nonprofit organizations.
In a 15 year career with the Department of National
Defence, Lynn held a number of positions in accounting, auditing, and
management where she managed both military & civilian personnel. She
helped to establish Military Family Resource Centres in London,
Edmonton, Ottawa, North Bay & Germany. In the process, she chaired several Boards of Directors,
recruited, trained and developed volunteers, hired and managed staff,
and developed personnel policies and management procedures.
Mary is Executive Director of the London Cross Cultural
Learner Centre. She can speak authoritatively about funding proposals
because she has written more of them than anyone can count.
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