What is The Prosperity Project?
The Prosperity Project™ is a new not-for-profit organization founded to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadian women who are being disproportionately affected. The Project is pan-Canadian in scope and fills an important need to explicitly link women and prosperity, underscoring the economic importance of gender equality during the COVID-19 pre-recovery, recovery and post-recovery periods. We apply an intersectional identities and inclusivity lens to serve women who also identify as Indigenous, women of colour, refugees, persons with disabilities and/or LGBTQ2+. We recognize that different approaches are required to meet the distinct needs of all Canadian women including First Nations, Inuit and Métis women. The Project acknowledges the unique needs of women of colour and will enlist this broad spectrum. We are currently identifying partner organizations in order to deliver our programs. The Project was conceived by a diverse group of more than 60 female leaders from across Canada who will be actively supporting The Prosperity Project in important ways. The organization was founded and is being led by Women’s Executive Network and Canadian Board Diversity Council Founder, Pamela Jeffery.
What is The Prosperity Project?
The Prosperity Project™ is a new not-for-profit organization founded to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadian women who are being disproportionately affected. The Project is pan-Canadian in scope and fills an important need to explicitly link women and prosperity, underscoring the economic importance of gender equality during the COVID-19 pre-recovery, recovery and post-recovery periods. We apply an intersectional identities and inclusivity lens to serve women who also identify as Indigenous, women of colour, refugees, persons with disabilities and/or LGBTQ2+. We recognize that different approaches are required to meet the distinct needs of all Canadian women including First Nations, Inuit and Métis women. The Project acknowledges the unique needs of women of colour and will enlist this broad spectrum. We are currently identifying partner organizations in order to deliver our programs. The Project was conceived by a diverse group of more than 60 female leaders from across Canada who will be actively supporting The Prosperity Project in important ways. The organization was founded and is being led by Women’s Executive Network and Canadian Board Diversity Council Founder, Pamela Jeffery.
Meet our team
The Prosperity Project™ was conceived by a diverse group of more than 60 female leaders from across Canada who will be actively supporting TPP in important ways. The organization was founded and is being led by Women’s Executive Network and Canadian Board Diversity Council Founder, Pamela Jeffery.
Pamela Jeffery
Founder, The Prosperity Project
Rob Davis
Partner, Tax, KPMG in Canada
Pamela Jeffery
Founder, The Prosperity Project
Maureen Jensen
Former Chair and President, OSC and Corporate Director
Jos Schmitt
Co-Founder, CEO & President of the NEO Group of Companies
Sonia Struthers
Senior Partner, Business Law Group, McCarthy Tétrault Montreal
Mary Aitken
Founder, CEO, The Verity Group of Companies
Stacey Allaster
Chief Executive Professional Tennis, United States Tennis Association
Ikram Al Mouaswas
Partner, Deloitte Canada
Alaina Aston
VP, Regulatory Strategy & Delivery, Personal & Commercial Banking, P&CB, RBC
Clare Beckton
Founder, Own Your Own Success
Christiane Bergevin
President, Bergevin Capital, and Director, Yamana Gold Inc.
Françoise Bertrand
Corporate Director, Chairperson of the Board of Directors, VIA Rail Canada
Lisa Borsook
Executive Partner, WeirFoulds LLP
Laurel Broten
President & CEO, Nova Scotia Business and former Ontario Minister Responsible for Women’s Issues
Sharon Carstairs
Retired Senator and Chair International Centre for Dignity and Palliative Care
JoAnne Caza
Co-Principal and Creative Strategist, Core Decision
Christy Clark
Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones and former BC Premier
Penny Collenette
Adjunct Professor, University of Ottawa
Tracie Crook
YPO (Young President’s Organization) Ontario Gold the 6ix
Trudy Curran
Corporate Director, Baytex Energy
Shirley Dawe
Corporate Director, Birks Group
Janet Ecker
President, Kilwaughter Consulting and former Ontario Minister of Finance
Barbara Fox
CEO, Enterprise Canada
Judy Goldring
President, AGF Management Limited
Tiffany Gooch
Executive Director, Public Engagements and Communications for the Peel District School Board
Mary Jo Haddad
President, MJH Associates
Susan Hodkinson
Chief Operating Officer and Partner, Crowe Soberman Associates
Ani Hotoyan-Joly
Corporate Director
Anne-Marie J Hubert
Eastern Canada Managing Partner, Ernst & Young
Mitzie Hunter
MPP Scarborough-Guildwood, Toronto
Marci Ien
Member of Parliament, Toronto Centre
Veni Iozzo
EVP, CIBC, Enterprise Real-Estate and Workplace Transformation
Roberta Jamieson
Corporate Director, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Maureen Jensen
Former Chair and President, OSC and Corporate Director
Diane Kazarian
GTA Managing Partner, PwC Canada
Lisa Kimmel
Chair & CEO, Edelman Canada & Latin America
Annalisa King
Corporate Director and Chair, Greater Vancouver Airport Authority
Michi Komori
Innovation and Sustainability Consultant
Katherine Lee
Corporate Director and Former CEO, GE Capital Canada
Lisa Lisson
President, FedEx Express Canada
Shannon MacDonald
Partner, Accenture Canada
Christine Magee
CoFounder and Executive Chair, Sleep Country
Mary Lou Maher
Canadian Managing Partner, Quality and Risk, KPMG in Canada
Jennifer Maki
Corporate Director, Franco-Nevada
Monette Malewski
Founder & CEO, Groupe M Bacal Group, Montréal
Jackie Moss
Corporate Director and CEO/Founder, Giftgowns
Heather Munroe-Blum
Corporate Director and Chairperson, CPP Investments
Lois Nahirney
President and CEO, dnaPower
Cybele Negris
Co-Founder and President, Webnames.ca
Beth Oakes
Founder and Managing Partner, The Oakes Group
Leslie O’Donoghue
Corporate Director, Pembina Pipeline
Kathleen O’Neill
Corporate Director, OTPP, Finning and Arc Resources
Madeleine Paquin
President and CEO, Logistec
Kristine Remedios
Chief Inclusion & Social Impact Officer, KPMG in Canada
Paulette Senior
President and CEO, Canadian Women’s Foundation
Kim Shannon
President and co-CIO, Sionna Investment Managers
Godyne Sibay
Managing Partner, Ontario Region, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Meg Sintzel
Managing Director, Accenture Canada
Katie Taylor
Corporate Director and Chair, Royal Bank of Canada
Carole Therrien
Doctoral Researcher, Carleton University
Claudia Thompson
Partner, Accenture Canada
Vianne Timmons
President, Memorial University
Deborah Trudeau
Global President, International Women’s Forum & Senior Vice-President, Trudeau Corp.
Ruth Vachon
President and CEO, Réseau des Femmes d’affaires du Québec, Longueuil
Benita Warmbold
Corporate Director
Leslie Woo
Chief Executive Officer, CivicAction and Founder, shebuildscities.org
Michèle Audette
Assistant to the Vice-Rector for Studies and Student Affairs, Université Laval
Nadine Beauger
President & CEO, IRICoR
Cathy Bennett
Entrepreneur and Board Director
Paulina Cameron
CEO, Forum for Women Entrepreneurs
David Cape
President, Groupe Marcelle
Chastity Davis
Principal/Lead Consultant, Chastity Davis Consulting
Manpreet Dhillon
CEO, Veza Global
Maria Duarte
Associate Partner, EY
Jill Earthy
CEO, Women's Enterprise Centre
Noor Elhuda El Bawab
Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Services, Zú
Heather Ferguson
SVP, Corporate Affairs, Ontario Power Generation
Eleonore Fournier-Tombs
Senior Consultant, World Bank
Kerry Gibson
President, Ecocentury Technologies
Prem Gill
CEO, Creative BC
Sandi Hokansson
CEO, SOUNDLEADERSHIP INC.
Val Litwin
Former CEO, BC Chamber of Commerce
Kerlande Mibel
President & Founder, International Black Economic Forum
Audrey Murray
President, Commission des partenaires du présidente, Commission des partenaires du marché du travail
Élise Nobileau-Forget
Practice Leader Transformation Strategy and Innovation, Edganda
Heather Odendaal
Co-Founder & CEO, WNorth
Ingrid Robinson
Chief Risk Officer and Assistant Deputy Minister, Treasury Board Secretariat of Ontario
Tania Saba
Professor, Université de Montréal
Julia Shin Doi
General Counsel, Secretary of the Board of Governors and University Privacy Officer, Ryerson University
Juggy Sihota-Chahil
Consumer Health, TELUS Health
Victoria Sopik
CEO, Kids & Company Ltd.
Nadine Spencer
President and CEO, BrandEq Group
Kirstine Stewart
Author “Our Turn” (Random House)
Tina Strehlke
CEO, Minerva BC
Denise Williams
CEO, First Nations Technology Council