_{Kristina Cleary, Accelle, Inc.
Kristina Cleary is the Founder and Chief Leadership Coach of ACCELLE. She is focused on increasing the number of women in leadership positions by accelerating their personal and professional journeys through a unique mix of content, collaboration and coaching. She’s draws on her previous position as Chief Marketing Officer at Ceridian where she led the global marketing organization, culminating in an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. Now as an executive coach and Executive in Residence at MaRS, she leverages over 25 years of leadership experience and her international coaching certification to partner with high performing leaders to help them increase their impact and achieve career success.}

_{Ross Cadastre, ITS}

_{Ross Cadastre is the founder and CEO of Innovative Talent Solutions Inc. a leading talent company with two distinct brands ITS Global & Kontingence Recruitment, which address recruitment challenges for organizations throughout Canada. His passion is people, their elevation, their development, and ultimately helping people find their true purpose and power.}

_{Sonia Edmonds, BDO Canada
Sonia Edmonds is the Managing Partner, Innovation & Change for BDO Canada, and a member of the Executive Leadership Team. Sonia leads the firm's business evolution agenda to explore, invent, and implement new ideas to drive growth. This includes collaborating with service lines to transform current service delivery methods, reinventing internal operations and ideating to develop services of the future.}

_{Adrianne Feteke, I Am Unbreakable
Adrianne is the first female in North America to own a private investigation and security agency and knows firsthand what it is like to be a woman in a male-dominated industry. As the founder of I Am Unbreakable™ Global Media, her mission is to elevate and empower women to exceed their own expectations. Whether they are a founder, entrepreneur, CEO, leading a ground-breaking venture, or creating positive change within their community or organization, we welcome everyone. We are dedicated to supporting women to unlock their full, super power potential, while inspiring them to be the rockstar they were born to be.}

_{Nasheen Liu, The IT Media Group
As a Partner and Senior Vice President, CIO Program Strategy at the IT Media Group, a CIO-centric media company, Nasheen oversees strategic initiatives impacting the Canadian IT executive community. She chairs a cross-industry CIO Advisory Board, offering guidance on compelling issues and topics for both CIOs and the IT vendors serving them.With over two decades in the technology industry, Nasheen co-founded the IT Media Group in 2011, following a successful tenure at the iconic Sun Microsystems, where she drove the company’s software marketing mandate in Canada.}

_{Shilpa Mirsha, BDO Canada
Shilpa is a Managing Director in BDO's Capital Advisory Services practice, where she works in capital raising and debt advisory. She has more than 15 years of experience advising clients in Canada, the U.S., and Asia on financing, debt restructuring, and financial and strategic reviews.}

_{Lindsey Roy, Hallmark
Lindsey Roy, a resilient survivor, faced life-threatening challenges twice: a leg amputation following a traumatic boating accident and a double lung transplant due to a rare and progressive disease. Inspired by her experiences and gifted in speaking and writing, Lindsey passionately shares her story to inspire others in overcoming life's obstacles. Her 2017 TEDx talk, "What Trauma Taught Me About Happiness," reached nearly 200,000 people. Featured in major publications like O Magazine, Fast Company, Forbes, and Working Mother, Lindsey, also a corporate executive, wife, and mother, serves as Senior VP Brand Development at Hallmark. She leads initiatives drawing from the lessons in her book, "The Gift of Perspective." With a degree in Journalism & Advertising, Lindsey actively contributes to charitable boards, including Ability KC, Steps of Faith, and the Ad Council. Her greatest joy lies in spending time with her family—husband Aaron and children, Mitchell and Morgan.}

_{Lisa Sterling, Perceptyx
Lisa Sterling is a forward thinking, engaging and dynamic leader who has been disrupting the business and HR landscape to create cultural and organizational performance excellence the past 20 years. As a Chief Administrative, HR, Culture and People Officer, as well as an HCM product expert, Lisa led one of the most radical cultural transformations for a fast growing, high-tech company. She has now joined Perceptyx and is leading their growth and transformation of their people and culture as well as serving as a thought leader to HR and Tech professionals and global organizations.}

_{Kim Tabac, MaRS Momentum and Kim Tabac HR Consultantcy
Kim Tabac has over 25 years’ experience designing People and Culture strategies across various industries. Before launching her own company, Kim was Chief People Officer at League Inc. and prior to, was Partner and Chief Talent Officer at Deloitte Canada. Kim is currently serving as CHRO, Executive in Residence at MaRS Momentum.}

_{Marie Wiese, Marketing CoPilot
Marie Wiese is the founder and President of Marketing CoPilot Inc. She is a senior marketing executive with 20+ years’ experience in digital marketing in the financial services, professional services, technology and manufacturing sectors. Marie has also held senior sales positions, creating a powerful and broad foundation to engage market strategy with a strong understanding and perspective on mapping the buyer journey. Marie is active in the entrepreneur community in Canada. She serves as an Executive-in-Residence at the Innovation Factory, a Regional Innovation Centre in Hamilton, Ontario and is a mentor with the federal Futurpreneur program. She is currently working on research projects involving women entrepreneurs and another in partnership with Georgian College and the National Research Council pertaining to how people use websites in the buying process of products and services.}