Mitchell Baker
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Chairperson, Mozilla Foundation
Former CEO, Mozilla Corporation

As the leader of the Mozilla Project, Mitchell Baker is responsible for organizing and motivating a massive, worldwide collective of employees and volunteers who are breathing new life into the Internet with the Mozilla FireFox Web browser and other Mozilla projects.Mitchell was born and raised in Berkeley, California, receiving her BA in Asian Studies from UC Berkeley and her JD from the Boalt Hall School of Law. She has been the general manager of the Mozilla project since 1999, and served as CEO of Mozilla until January 2008, when the organization's rapid growth encouraged her to split her responsibilities and add a CEO. Mitchell remains deeply engaged in developing product offerings that promote the mission of empowering individuals. She also guides the overall scope and direction of Mozilla's mission. As Chair of Mozilla, Mitchell continues her commitment to an open, innovative Web and the infinite possibilities it presents. TIME Magazine profiled Mitchell under "Scientists and Thinkers" in its 2005 TIME 100. She has also appeared on The Charlie Rose Show and CNN Global Office to discuss open source software and the Firefox phenomenon. In 2009, Mitchell was honoured as winner of the Anita Borg Institute's 2009 Women of Vision Award. In 2010 she received the Aenne Burda Award for Creative Leadership and Frost & Sullivan's 2010 Growth, Innovation and Leadership Award. She is also a part of the Henry Ford Museum's Innovator Program.

Andrea Belvedere completed her Bachelor of Commerce as a Marketing Major in the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University. Andrea was actively involved in Ryerson University as the President of SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise) Ryerson, the VP, Business Development for the Ryerson Entrepreneur Institute (REI) and the Co-Founder and Director of SAGE (Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship) Canada. Under Andrea’s two-year leadership, SIFE Ryerson directly impacted over 7,900 individuals; created over $20,000,000 in new economic opportunity; had an operating budget of over $500,000; became active in 15 countries; grew to 104 active members that ran 7 programs, 34 projects and over 80 events in 2008 – 2009 alone; and received the support of 57 strategic partner organizations. Andrea led her SIFE team to win 15 awards including 2 National Championships and 3 Regional Championships.

Andrea led the formation of the Ryerson Entrepreneur Institute (REI) – the only student-run entrepreneurship centre in Canada.  REI has helped start over 35 new student and alumni-led companies and provided them with access to over $1.3M in awards, loans, and equity financing. Andrea led the creation of the Ted Rogers School of Management Action Learning program which resulted in the implementation and delivery of the first executive education program for the Ted Rogers School of Retail Management.

Andrea’s involvement within Ryerson won her several awards including the Women’s Executive Network Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women Award in the Future Leaders Category and the Ryerson Commerce Society Leadership Award in Honour of the President of Ryerson University. Andrea’s continued involvement won her the 2011 Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship Alumna of the Year award.

Andrea continues to support the above mentioned initiatives as the Chair of the SIFE Ryerson Business Advisory Board, an Advisor for SAGE Canada and as the Chair of the Committee on Students and Young Alumni with the Ryerson University Alumni Association.   Andrea is currently working as an Associate in the Technology Consulting practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Toronto.

Growing exponentially from the first summer camp for girls in Ottawa, Girls Action now reaches 60,000 young women and girls annually, particularly in under-represented communities including Northern, racialised, low-income, Aboriginal and immigrant communities. Girls Action Foundation has provided funds or training to over 100 start-up girls' programs in communities across Canada, and under her leadership, has created an unprecedented network of organizations dedicated to advancing girls' equality, which now counts over 210 member-organizations in all regions of Canada.

Tatiana has worked tirelessly to "flip the script" about girls: they are not just victims or passive recipients, they are powerful change agents. Born of her vision that young women are not only future leaders, but are actually leading change now, having a positive impact on their communities as we speak; she spearheaded the creation of the ELLE Project. This national leadership training and mentorship program provides skill-building and a network of peers and mentors to fuel young women's social entrepreneurship.

One of many innovative programs founded by Tatiana is the national girls' Day of Action, held on February 14. Since 2005, this annual event has sparked girls and young women to organize over 120 local actions to address challenges they face, such as violence prevention, mental health, sexual health, and representations of girls in the media, in communities across Canada.

Ms. Fraser serves the community by regularly collaborating on national projects which advance girls' and women's leadership and representation. She is an invited member of the McConnell Foundation's Social Innovation Lab, a national network of innovative organizations advancing social development in Canada. She has provided consultation to many projects, including the United Nations Association of Canada project, Healthy Children, Healthy Communities; the Alliance of Canadian Research Centres on Violence for a Canada-wide study of violence in girls' lives; the Women's Constitutions and Democratic Renewal Conference (2007); and Determinants of Health of the Girl Child, a study conducted by the Canadian Institute for Child Health. In 2000, Ms. Fraser was a Canadian delegate at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

Ms. Fraser is deeply committed to collaboration and convening cross-sectoral exchange because more is achieved for girls by working together. She organized the first Canadian conference on girls and girlhoods in 2003, and regularly collaborates with other national organizations to advance girls' and women's equality and leadership. Tatiana's current work is dedicated to building a resource base for young women and organizations working with girls; a powerful national community of support for emerging leaders and changemakers.

Isabelle Hudon
President, Quebec Division, Sun Life Financial
2006 Top 100 Winner

As President, Sun Life Financial in Quebec, Ms. Hudon maintains close ties with the province's business leaders. She oversees activities that support the company's growth in Quebec in the group benefits and group retirement services markets, and also in the areas of individual insurance, wealth accumulation and investment management. Ms. Hudon joined the company in this role in August 2010.

Isabelle Hudon is well known on the Quebec business scene for her outstanding leadership and entrepreneurial skills. Drawing on her broad experience and her extensive network of contacts, she works to deepen Sun Life's existing client relationships and cultivate new ones, build the company's profile in Quebec and leverage their position as an industry leader.

From 2004 to 2008, Ms. Hudon was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, where she contributed significantly to the revitalization of the Board's activities and brought sound leadership to numerous socio-economic issues critical to Greater Montreal, Quebec and Canada. She became President of Marketel, a major advertising agency in Montreal, in November 2008. She formerly held communications positions with Bell Global Solutions, the Canadian Space Agency and BCE Media, in addition to roles in various federal offices and departments.

Ms. Hudon was named one of the 40 most successful Canadians under the age of 40 (Canada's Top 40 under 40) in 2005 and was recognized in 2006 as one of the 100 most influential women in Canada (Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100). In 2008 she was the recipient of the Tribute Award presented by the SociÃetÃe quÃebÃecoise des professionnels en relations publiques (SQPRP).

She chairs the boards of directors of the UniversitÃe du QuÃebec à MontrÃeal, the SociÃetÃe du Havre de MontrÃeal and the Collectif de festivals MontrÃealais and also sits on the boards of AÃeroports de MontrÃeal and Holt Renfrew Canada. In June 2009 she was appointed to the board of the International Institute for Sustainable Development.

Nilofer Merchant is a corporate director, published author, and business strategist. She has earned a reputation for enabling companies to win, if not dominate their markets.

Her expertise comes from growing companies, small and big. She has served as CEO, Fortune 500 leader, and entrepreneur. She blends a bunch of important stuff -- strategic models, 20 years of experience in startups and multi-billion dollar global enterprises, market insights, and a basic understanding of humans – to create solutions that work. Merchant founded and served as CEO of a global multi-million dollar services company, selling 80% of business. As VP of a web application start-up, she enabled the German company to do a successful exit. Merchant has profit and loss (P&L) experience at a public Fortune 500 Company. Board of Directors, and CEOs at Global Fortune 1000 enterprises have turned to her to make mission-critical decisions.

Merchant is the author of The New How, a critically acclaimed 2010 book on collaborative work and direction setting that helps organizations act flat to be nimble. She is a Harvard Business Review (HBR) writer on the topics of culture, innovation, and strategy where she transfers lessons from both her successes and failures. She’s been profiled by the Wall Street Journal, and published by BusinessWeek, Forbes, and AdAge. She is a contributing author to three books; two on social media marketing, and one on wisdom leadership. She is ranked and regarded in the top .01% of social media. Nilofer designed a trademarked framework for making tough decisions, called MurderBoarding™.

Founder and CEO of Rubicon Consulting, her strategic insight was sought after and profitably deployed by Adobe, Symantec, Symbian, HP, Openwave, Logitech, and VMWare. Her firm served four inflection points of growth: finding new markets, go-to-market strategies, defending against competitors, and optimizing revenue. Rubicon created the $200M go-to-market (GTM) strategy for VMware to enter the SMB space, designed the GTM for Adobe’s now $180M Education business, and identified a new $2B mobile data market for Openwave’s pivot, amongst others. And, Merchant is one of the few people who can say they’ve fought a competitive battle against Microsoft and won, for Symantec’s Anti-Virus $2.1B annual business. She has personally launched more than 100 products, netting $18B in sales, with expertise in Europe and US markets. These experiences point to one thing: explosive global growth with superior shareholder value.

Prior to her own start-up, Merchant drove pricing, channel strategy, product launches, vertical segments, and marketing investment decisions for the Americas division of Autodesk (ADSK). She grew the business by nearly 50% from $200M to $310M in 20 months, including a major product diversification strategy. As VP of Sales & Marketing for GoLive, a start-up later acquired by Adobe (ADBE), she grew revenues from zero to $4.5M in 16 months. Merchant received industry recognition for an ingenious channel sales program she developed that grew Apple (APPL) server sales at nearly 900% CAGR over 2 years from $2 to $180M. She’s led start-ups, high-growth performance, and turnaround situations.

Merchant has extensive fiduciary and governance experience. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Ambassadors Group (EPAX) and of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. Appointed by Governor Deukmejian, she served on the California Community College Board of Trustees overseeing both budget and staff and the passage of AB1725 legislation. She has served on the Board of the Northwest YMCA where she led a $2M capital campaign. In addition, in five years with Vistage, a CEO peer advisory board, Merchant was twice voted “Most Valuable Player” in a blind vote by her fellow CEOs.

Besides serving as a corporate director, she writes for Harvard Business Review, advises entrepreneurs, speaks professionally, and teaches at Stanford & Santa Clara University. She holds an M.B.A. from Santa Clara, and a B.S. in Economics from University of San Francisco. She, her husband, and son live in Los Gatos, CA.

Through her leadership traits and ability to achieve results, she has earned a steady rise, from a pharmacist, franchise owner, District Manager, Vice-President of Operations and currently as Executive-Vice President of Retail Development of Shoppers Drug Mart.

In her current role, she is responsible for strategic real estate growth, real estate services, design and construction, and facility management servicing the 1300 store national pharmacy retail chain. She does that by managing a department of 100 professionals consisting of multifunctional and very specialized teams working in a collaborative environment.

One of the reasons Loreen became a pharmacist and health care professional was because she wanted to help and care for people. This care and generosity continues outside of her corporate world with her charity work. Currently two community organizations that she is active and proud to be part of are the North York Seniors Centre (Vice-Chair on the Board of Directors and Chair of the Governance Committee) and also Rouge Valley Health Systems (Board of Directors member and member of the Finance Committee)

Ms. Pearson is known as an innovator, a creative strategist, and a pioneer at fusing digital integration with traditional PR. Her focus on pushing the boundaries of conventional public relations and embracing new ideas and original thinking keeps her at the forefront of the industry. She works with clients to strategize and execute at the highest levels with some of the world's most exciting brands.

With nearly 20 years of integrated communications experience, Ms. Pearson has led some of the industry's best known launches and worked with clients such as Microsoft, LG, TELUS, Pepsico and Canadian Tire on some of their most complex issues and creative opportunities.

She sits on the advisory board for Marketing Magazine, the board of Trans Canada Trail, and she is a member of CATA's board of directors. Ms. Pearson is known for building high-performance teams, creating award-winning best-place-to-work environments, and turning around companies. She writes a weekly column for the Globe and Mail on social and earned media. In 2010, she was a winner of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women in the corporate executive category.

Ms. Pearson is a regular speaker at industry events on the importance of personal branding and she is passionate about advancing the careers of women in business. A mother of two, she is an avid snowboarder and she loves spending time at her cottage on Georgian Bay.

Rumeet Toor
President, Jobs in Education
Founder, The Toor Centre for Teacher Education

PhD Candidate, The University of Toronto
2008 Top 100 Winner

Rumeet is the President of Jobs in Education, an employment job board bringing together employers and job seekers within the K-12 education sector. She is embarking on a PhD in Higher Education at the University of Toronto alongside a collaborative doctoral program with The Munk School of Global Affairs in The Dynamics of Global Change. Additionally, Rumeet is teaching two sections of a Leadership course at Humber College in Toronto. Over the past five years, she has contributed to school building initiatives in Africa and South America. In 2010, Rumeet's vision for enabling education led to the creation, development, and implementation of The Toor Centre for Teacher Education in the rural community of Nzeveni, Kenya. At the age of 25, Rumeet received the honour of being named one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women in the future leaders category. She was selected to represent Canada at the 6th Annual UNESCO International Leadership Programme: A Global Intergenerational Forum, and was a facilitator for the European Regional Forum in Italy. She also served as the Canadian Ambassador for the 1GOAL: Education for All campaign with FIFA World Cup. For 2011, her focus is to continue integrating her business and doctoral studies with her passion for creating change through education.

Active in both her profession and the community, Beth currently is a vice-chair on the board of the National Ballet of Canada, and chairs the Audit and Finance and HR committees. As a member of the GTA United Way Campaign Cabinet, she co-chairs the Women Gaining Ground initiative. She is a Director on the Toronto Board of Trade and chairs the Economic Development Committee. In addition she chairs the Education and Qualifications Committee of the CICA and is an active Young Presidents Organization (YPO) member.

Beth has been recognized for her leadership in her profession and community with an FCA designation in 2003and as one of WXN's Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2008. She is a passionate supporter of diversity and women's leadership.