Who We Are
Meet the faces behind The Prosperity Project and better understand our mission, vision, and values.
(Click the image to download a PDF of our Strategic Plan.)
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
Rosemarie Davis
AVP, Legal Counsel and Compliance Officer, Munich RE
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
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
- 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
- Beth Oakes
- Leslie O’Donoghue
- Kathleen O’Neil
- Madeleine Paquin
- Kristine Remedios
- Paulette Senior
- Kim Shannon
- Godyne Sibay
- Meg Sintzel
- Carole Therrien
- Claudia Thompson
- Vianne Timmons
- Deborah Trudeau
- Ruth Vachon
- Benita Warmbold
- Leslie Woo