Who We Are
Meet the faces behind The Prosperity Project, a registered charity. Learn more about 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.
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Meet the Team
Core Team
Founder & Chair Emeritus
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
Sonia Struthers
Board Chair
Senior Partner, Business Law Group, McCarthy Tétrault Montreal
Rob Davis
Chair, Finance and Audit Committee
Partner, Tax, and Chief Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Officer, KPMG
Catherine Gryba
Chair, Human Resources and Governance Committee
Owner of CRG Strategies, Inc.
Jos Schmitt
Co-Founder, Former CEO & President of the NEO Group of Companies
Gurjit Toor
Co-owner of PnG Builders and Closet Art Studio
Rebecca Di Maulo
Head (VP) of Finance, SteriMax Inc.
Rosemarie Davis
Director, Legal & Compliance, Business Conduct, Chief Compliance Officer at Allstate Canada
Contributing Visionaries
Sandeep Aujla
Paulina Cameron
Jason Clark
Lindsay Cooper
Felicia De Souza
Emily Feairs
Eleonore Fournier-Tombs
Megan Gill
Susan Hodkinson
Sandi Hokansson
Anne-Marie Hubert
Shobna Kannusamy
Preeti Kapoor
Diana Kawarsky
Dimah Khalili
Anja Lanz
Dr. Ammara Farooq Malik
Kerlande Mibel
Leigh Mitchell
Cybele Negris
Leigh-Anne Nugent
Heather Odendaal
Wafa Oubella
Angela Powell
Leslie Quinton
Ankita Rao
Antoinette Russell
Rohita Sharma
Judith D'Souza Soares
Theepana Sothilingam
Jody Steinhauer
Tina Strehlke
Katie Taylor
Claudia Thompson
Leena Thorat
Trang Trinh
Adriana Urtasun
Jennifer van der Valk
Samantha Wong
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
- Marci Ien
- 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