Carolyn’s passion for advancing the status of marginalized populations is complemented by her degrees in management, international business and political science. She has supported the teams at Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA), Grand Challenges Canada and Sarona Asset Management to operationalize their respective impact investment in emerging markets projects.  

Lauryn Drainie has worked in climate change campaigning and communications for ten years for organizations like the Climate Action Network and Change.org. Today, as Manager of Marketing and Engagement at CoPower, Lauryn is working to build a movement of Canadians investing for profit and planet.  

Braydon Black is a recent graduate of the Biological Sciences program at the University of Calgary and is currently working as a freelance writer and journalist. Follow him on Twitter.  

Julie Andersen is a passionate shark advocate and diver, a decade-long Team Sharkwater member, and co-founder of Shark Angels, Shark Savers, United Conservationists and Fin Free – all non-profits dedicated to the protection of animals she loves – @juliesharkangel

Anita Ballachanda is a thrift junkie, pig enthusiast and coffee addict. Look out for her Depop store @filthyswine coming in 2019 and catch her as a model and head thrift designer @ProjectTrashion‘s fashion show, The Union.  

Clyde Eiríkur Hull is a Professor of Management at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York state.  

Natalie White is an assistant professor of communication at Purdue University in Indiana.  

Jessica Eise is the Ross Fellow in the Brian Lamb School of Communication Doctoral Program at Purdue University in Indiana.

Simon Dalby is the CIGI Chair in the Political Economy of Climate Change at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo.