Who We Are
Meet the faces behind The Prosperity Project and better understand our mission, vision, and values.
Our Mission
To identify and remove the systemic barriers and biases that impede the advancement of women in the economy, limiting their – and Canada’s – opportunity for increased prosperity.
Our Vision
A prosperous Canada that champions the economic participation and success of all women.
Our Values
We value gender equity in Canada.
We value respect, honesty and openness.
We value diversity and apply an intersectional lens to everything we do.
We value our Founding Visionaries, Visionaries, volunteers and staff.
They are the backbone of our organization and our programs.
Meet the Team
Core Team
Founder

Pamela Jeffery
Founder, Women’s Executive Network (WXN), Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards and The Canadian Board Diversity Council
Board of Directors

Rob Davis
Partner, Tax, and Chief Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Officer, KPMG

Rosemarie Davis
Director, Legal & Compliance, Business Conduct, Chief Compliance Officer at Allstate Canada

Catherine Gryba
Owner of CRG Strategies, Inc.

Eva Keifer
Co-Founder and CFO, Akira Impact

Jos Schmitt
Co-Founder, Former CEO & President of the NEO Group of Companies

Sonia Struthers
Senior Partner, Business Law Group, McCarthy Tétrault Montreal
Contributing Visionaries

Paulina Cameron

Jason Clark

Lindsay Cooper

Felicia De Souza

Rebecca Di Maulo

Eleonore Fournier-Tombs

Megan Gill

Sandi Hokansson

Anne-Marie Hubert

Shobna Kannusamy

Diana Kawarsky

Kerlande Mibel

Dr. Ammara Farooq Malik

Cybele Negris

Leigh-Anne Nugent

Heather Odendaal

Tina Strehlke

Katie Taylor

Claudia Thompson

Trang Trinh

Adriana Urtasun

Susanna Zagar
Founding Visionaries
- Mary Aitken
- Ikram Al Mouaswas
- Stacey Allaster
- Alaina Aston
- Clare Beckton
- Christiane Bergevin
- Françoise Bertrand
- Lisa Borsook
- Laurel Broten
- Sharon Carstairs
- JoAnne Caza
- Christy Clark
- Penny Collenette
- Tracie Crook
- Trudy Curran
- Shirley Dawe
- Janet Ecker
- Barbara Fox
- Judy Goldring
- Tiffany Gooch
- Mary Jo Haddad
- Susan Hodkinson
- Ani Hotoyan-Joly
- Anne-Marie Hubert
- Mitzie Hunter
- Veni Iozzo
- Roberta Jamieson
- Pamela Jeffery
- Maureen Jensen
- Diane Kazarian
- Lisa Kimmel
- Annalisa King
- Michi Komori
- Katherine Lee
- Lisa Lisson
- Shannon Macdonald
- Christine Magee
- Mary Lou Maher
- Jennifer Maki
- Monette Malewski
- Jackie Moss
- Heather Munroe-Blum
- Lois Nahirney
- Cybele Negris
- Beth Oakes
- Leslie O’Donoghue
- Kathleen O’Neill
- Madeleine Paquin
- Kristine Remedios
- Paulette Senior
- Kim Shannon
- Godyne Sibay
- Meg Sintzel
- Katie Taylor
- Carole Therrien
- Claudia Thompson
- Vianne Timmons
- Deborah Trudeau
- Ruth Vachon
- Benita Warmbold
- Leslie Woo