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Beth Ciavaglia is Executive Director of the Parkdale Food Centre and has a background in physiotherapy, health and safety, compliance, and policy development. She has experience in patient advocacy and stakeholder engagement and has spoken at TEDx events. Ciavaglia serves as a patient advisor and has worked in patient partnership research initiatives.

Carol Leaman is a retired founder and CEO with experience building and exiting multiple technology companies, including Axonify Inc., which completed Canada's most successful female-founded tech company exit in 2021. She currently serves as a board member at seven companies and is an active investor in early-stage technology businesses and limited partner in three venture capital funds. Leaman has previously held CEO positions at PostRank Inc. (acquired by Google in 2011), RSS Solutions Inc. (acquired by Visiprise in 2006), and Fakespace Systems Inc. (acquired by Mechdyne in 2003), and holds the designations of FCPA.

Cheryl MacKenzie is a Senior Account Executive at PureLogic IT Solutions with experience selling enterprise IT solutions to public sector, government, and commercial customers across multiple verticals. She specializes in partner development, strategic account planning, and account management, with a technical background in IT security solutions, data centers, IT infrastructure, and cloud computing.

Christine Bourke is Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer at Axonify, where she has built the company from inception to serve global enterprise clients in frontline workforce learning. She brings 25+ years of experience in sales leadership, go-to-market strategy development, and scaling early-stage companies, with prior senior roles in enterprise technology. Bourke advises female-founded Canadian technology companies.

Coreen Bouchard is founder of PureLogic IT Solutions and co-founder of PureSpirIT, Ottawa-based IT services companies serving the Canadian Federal Government. She holds the role of co-founder and VP of Sales at PureSpirIT and has over 20 years of business experience across defense, cybersecurity, and intelligence sectors. Bouchard has advocated for small and medium-sized Canadian enterprises in the defense sector and supported women-led and Indigenous-owned businesses through policy work and investments via One9 Investments.

Deborah Naczynski is the founder of The Whole Brain, where she works with startups and small-to-medium enterprises on corporate culture, employee engagement, and mental wellness initiatives. Her background includes outreach and communication strategy, with a focus on behavioral aspects of workplace dynamics and cognitive psychology. She invests in early-stage companies and builds partnerships within communities aligned with her professional interests.

Dobrila Moogk serves as Senior Vice President of Marketing at Giatec and chairs the Net Zero Construction Conference. With SaaS marketing experience, she focuses on marketing strategy informed by analytics and metrics, with expertise in strategic marketing, partnerships, customer development, and product management.

Eva Szabo is Chief Executive Officer at EMRO Doctors Inc. and Chief Product Officer at Orange Neurosciences. She has held a research leadership position at McMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute, where she secured over $2.5 million in research funding from academic, clinical, and industry partners. Her background includes project management, personnel management, and experience completing collaborative research projects and publications.