Our Mentors
Since 2005, 414 individuals have been involved as mentors to Loran Scholars. Our mentors introduce scholars to their new community, provide them with advice and resources and continually challenge them to act with courage, empathy and honesty.
Current Mentors
| Mentor | City | Province | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janice Abbott | CEO Atira Group of Women Serving Agencies | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Jay Abramsky | President, Keystone Property Management | Kingston | Ontario |
| Dana Ades | Presidente du conseil d’administration, Association des femmes en finance du Quebec | Montreal | Quebec |
| Billy Allan | Professor, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering – Royal Military College | Kingston | Ontario |
| Christina Anthony | VP & Portfolio Manager, Odlum Brown Ltd. | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Helen Antoniou Molson | Certified Executive & Team Coach – Self-Employed | Montreal | Quebec |
| Jeremy Balint | Cabinet Maker | Kingston | Ontario |
| Sarah Balint | Librarian – Kingston Frontenac Public Library | Kingston | Ontario |
| Karim Bardeesy | Distinguished Visiting Professor & Special Adviser to the President, Ryerson University | Toronto | Ontario |
| Teresa (Terry) Bennett | Psychiatrist – Offord Centre for Child Studies | Burlington | Ontario |
| Linda Bergeron | Chief Human Resources – VIA Rail Canada | Montreal | Quebec |
| Sheila Biggers | CEO, Junior Achievement BC | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Cathie Borrie | Author | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Nicole Bradbury | Partner, Renewal Funds | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Donald Bruce | Former Dean, College of the Arts – University of Guleph | Guelph | Ontario |
| Dinu Bumbaru | Directeur des politiques – Heritage Montreal | Montreal | Quebec |
| Erika Burger | Owner & Physiotherapist – Erika Burger Physiotherapy | Dartmouth | Nova scotia |
| Lindsay Cameron Wilson | Broadcaster, food stylist, writer & recipe developer | Halifax | Nova scotia |
| Don Campbell | Senior Strategy Advisor, DLA Piper | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| David Caputo | Former Cofounder, President & CEO of Sandvine | St. Agatha | Ontario |
| Susan Chalmers-Gauvin | Co-Founder and CEO at Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada | Fredericton | New brunova scotiawick |
| Alison Chandler | Director of Marketing & Communications, Knightsbridge Robertson Surrette | Halifax | Nova scotia |
| Jean-Marc Chouinard | Vice-Président, Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon | Montréal | Quebec |
| Kim Christensen | Kim Christensen | Wolfe Island | Ontario |
| Stephanie Ciccarelli | Chief Brand Officer, Voices.com | London | Ontario |
| Gary Collins | Senior Advisor, Lazard | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Lisa Coltart | Senior Vice President, Enterprise Services – VanCity | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Heather Conradi | Director, Impact Investing, Vancity | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| George Cooke | Former President & CEO, The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company | Toronto | Ontario |
| Aline Cool | Guidance, Upper Grand District School Board | Guelph | Ontario |
| Peter Copestake | Director, RSA Insurance Canada | Kingston | Ontario |
| Peter Coughlin | President & CEO, Redbourne Properties Inc. | Montréal | Quebec |
| Denise Cumming | Retired Executive Director – University Hospitals Kingston Foundation | Kingston | Ontario |
| Juliet Daniel | Professor, McMaster University | Hamilton | Ontario |
| Lili de Grandpré | Managing Director – CenCEO Consulting | Montréal | Quebec |
| Rita de Santis | Avocate | Montreal | Quebec |
| Sheiry Dhillon | Medical Student – McMaster University | Brampton | Ontario |
| Mike Dixon | Professor & Director, Controlled Environment Systems Research Facility – University of Guelph | Guelph | Ontario |
| Bernard Doucet | Director, Corporate Affairs – Sobeys Inc. | Stellarton | Nova scotia |
| Jeffrey Drummond | Managing Director, DNA Capital | Montreal | Quebec |
| Jeff Duncan | Regional Advancement Coordinator at Fanshawe College Foundation | London | Ontario |
| Kim Echlin | Novelist, translator, editor and teacher | Toronto | Ontario |
| Duane Elverum | Co-Founder + Co-Director, CityStudio Vancouver | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| John Flintoft | Vice President, Institutional Sales, Connor Clark & Lunn | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Melanie Friesen | International Program Consultant, Vancouver International Film Festival | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Virginia Froman | Philanthropic Grants Program Developer – VFEnterprises (VFE) | Toronto | Ontario |
| Carolina Gallo | Vice President, Government Relations, ABB | Montreal | Quebec |
| Claude Généreux | Executive Vice President – Power Corporation of Canada | Westmount | Quebec |
| Derek Gent | Former Executive Director – Vancity Community Foundation | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Jennifer Gillivan | President & CEO – IWK Health Centre Foundation | Halifax | Nova scotia |
| Dale Godsoe | Board Chair, University of King’s College | Halifax | Nova scotia |
| Les Gombik | Managing Partner of Calgary, The Caldwell Partners International Inc. | Calgary | Alberta |
| Barbara Grantham | President & CEO, Vancouver General Hospital & UBC Hospital | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Jon Hantho | Principal, Janus Advisory Services | Toronto | Ontario |
| Susan Harada | Associate Director – School of Journalism and Communication, Program Head – Journalism, Carleton University | Ottawa | Ontario |
| David Helliwell | Co-Founder & CEO, New Hippo Health | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Bonnie Hillman | President, A&C, Inc. | Toronto | Ontario |
| Sandy Houston | President & CEO, Metcalf Foundation | Toronto | Ontario |
| Jim Hughes | Senior Fellow – The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation | Montreal | Quebec |
| E.M. Blake Hutcheson | President & Chief Pensions Officer – OMERS | Toronto | Ontario |
| Frank Iacobucci | The Honorable Mr. Justice | Toronto | Ontario |
| Inez Jabalpurwala | President and CEO, Brain Canada | Montreal | Quebec |
| Tim Jackson | President & CEO – SHAD | Waterloo | Ontario |
| Donald Johnston | Chair – McCall MacBain Foundation | Montréal | Quebec |
| Carol Kehoe | Interim Executive Director for Tafelmusik | Hamilton | Ontario |
| Iain Klugman | CEO – Communitech Corporation | Kitchener | Ontario |
| Elaine Lalonde | Senior Consultant, Global Philanthropic Inc. | Westmount | Quebec |
| Paul Larocque | President & CEO – Arts Umbrella | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Laurie Lashbrook | President, Lashbrook Marketing & Public Relations | London | Ontario |
| Alfred LeBlanc | Vice-President, Communications, Corporate and International Affairs Directorate / Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council | Ottawa | Ontario |
| Anièle Lecoq | Présidente – ALStrategie | Montreal | Quebec |
| Annette Leibing | Anthropologue et professeure titulaire à la Faculté des sciences infirmières de l?Université de Montréal | Montreal | Quebec |
| John Lennox | Professor Emeritus, York University | Newmarket | Ontario |
| Aaron Levo | Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs, Hamilton Health Sciences | Hamilton | Ontario |
| Keanin Loomis | President & CEO, Hamilton Chamber of Commerce | Hamilton | Ontario |
| Louise Macdonald | Executive Leadership Coach | Melbourne | Quebec |
| Christopher Mackie | CEO – Middlesex London Health Unit | London | Ontario |
| Roderick MacLennan | Owner – Tribune Holdings Ltd. | Truro | Nova scotia |
| Joy MacPhail | Chair – Out TV | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Gordon Martell | Superintendent, Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools | Saskatoon | Saskatchewan |
| Kristina McDougall | Principal & Founder, Executive Search, Artemis Canada | Waterloo | Ontario |
| David McEntyre | Independent Investment Management Professional | Montreal | Quebec |
| Danielle Melchior | Consultant, BC Council of Forest Industries | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Antoine Michaud | General Partner – OpenText Enterprise App Fund | Montreal | Quebec |
| Grant Mitchell | Senator, Senate of Canada | Edmonton | Alberta |
| John Montalbano | Principal, Tower Beach Capital Ltd. | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Astrid Muschalla | Director of Oasis Institute for Healthy Living Inc. | Wolfe Island | Ontario |
| Sara Napier | Executive Director – United Way Halifax | Halifax | Nova scotia |
| John Nightengale | President & CEO, Vancouver Aquarium | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Nick Oddson | Chief Technology Officer at D2L | Waterloo | Ontario |
| Julia Ouellette | Advisory Board Chair – Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) | Toronto | Ontario |
| Maria Pacella | Senior VP, Private Equity, PenderFund Capital Management | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Hilary Pearson | President – Philanthropic Foundations Canada | Westmount | Quebec |
| Adrienne Piggott | Procurement Services / Chair of the Subcommittee on Racialized and Ethnic Persons, McGill University | Montreal | Quebec |
| Ed Quilty | Founder, President & CEO. Aquatic Informatics Inc. | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Victor Rabinovitch | Adjunct Professor and Fellow, Queens University. | Kingston | Ontario |
| Bob Rae | Senior Partner, Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP | Toronto | Ontario |
| Deepak Ramachandran | Co-Founder – FundThrough | Toronto | Ontario |
| Sandra Richardson | CEO, Victoria Foundation | Victoria | British Columbia |
| Anthea Rowe | Brand Reputation Manager, 3M | London | Ontario |
| Scott Runté | President, Warren Capital Corp | Kingston | Ontario |
| Michelle Rupp | Principal, Lighthouse Leadership Ltd. | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Jorge Salazar | Project Director for the Inner Activist | Victoria | British Columbia |
| Kalai Saravanamuttu | Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Biology – McMaster University | Hamilton | Ontario |
| Nick Saul | Co-founder, President & CEO – Community Food Centres Canada | Toronto | Ontario |
| Mark Schaan | Director General, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch, Innovation, Science & Economic Developmnet – Government of Canada | Ottawa | Ontario |
| Paul Setlakwe | SVP & CFO, FedNav | Montreal | Quebec |
| Rob Shea | Associate Vice-President (academic and student affairs) at the Fisheries and Marine Institute – Memorial University | St. John’s | Newfoundland |
| Margaret Shepherd | Chair, MBA Programme – Royal Military College | Kingston | Ontario |
| Nathan Slee | Principal – Dragon Tree Labs | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Paul Smith | Naval Commander – Canadian Forces | Halifax | Nova scotia |
| Sandra Stuart | CEO – HSBC Bank Canada | Vancouver | British Columbia |
| Chantal Tie | Professor, University of Ottawa Law School | Alcove | Quebec |
| Jasmine Urisk | President – JTU Consulting | Guelph | Ontario |
| Martin Valasek | Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP | Montreal | Quebec |
| Shawn Van Sluys | Executive Director – Musagetes Foundation | Guelph | Ontario |
| Greg Veres | CEO and Co-Founder at SkyCourt Fitness Inc | Waterloo | Ontario |
| Suzanne Vinet | Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Ottawa | Ontario |
| Lee Wetherall | Vice President & Investment Advisor – Wetherall Wealth Management Group, RBC Dominion Securities Inc. | Kingston | Ontario |
| Chris Wormald | Founder, VeraMito | Kitchener | Ontario |
| Bruce M. Wright | Retired Managing Partner, MLT Aikins LLP | Vancouver | British Columbia |
This list was last updated in February 2019.
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