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Board of Directors

Mary Gordon Headshot

Mary Gordon

President and Founder

Mary Gordon, Chair, is the Founder/President, and inspiration behind Roots of Empathy. She is recognized internationally as an award-winning social entrepreneur, educator, author, and child advocate. She is a member of the Order of Canada, the Order of Ontario and the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador. She is the recipient of Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, and the Governor General of Canada Innovation Award.

Mary Gordon

Chair

Mary Gordon, Chair, is the Founder/President, and inspiration behind Roots of Empathy. She is recognized internationally as an award-winning social entrepreneur, educator, author, and child advocate. She is a member of the Order of Canada, the Order of Ontario and the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador. She is the recipient of Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, and the Governor General of Canada Innovation Award.

Bill Drayton, Director Roots of Empathy US

Bill Drayton

Director

William (Bill) Drayton is a social entrepreneur and the founder and current chair of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to finding and fostering social entrepreneurs worldwide.

Bill Drayton

Director

William (Bill) Drayton is a social entrepreneur and the founder and current chair of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to finding and fostering social entrepreneurs worldwide.

Mario Nigro, Director Roots of Empathy US

Mario Nigro

Director

Mario Nigro is a partner in the Toronto office of Stikeman Elliott and a member of the firm’s M&A/Private Equity Group. His practice focuses on business law, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, dispositions, and reorganizations. He has extensive experience working with private equity and venture capital clients on numerous acquisitions and dispositions.

Mario Nigro

Director

Mario Nigro is a partner in the Toronto office of Stikeman Elliott and a member of the firm’s M&A/Private Equity Group. His practice focuses on business law, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, dispositions, and reorganizations. He has extensive experience working with private equity and venture capital clients on numerous acquisitions and dispositions.

Richard Steele, Director Roots of Empathy US

Richard Steele

Director

Richard Steele (Dickie) has over two decades of experience in corporate strategy and organizational consulting. At SYPartners, he’s led work across IBM globally, partnering with senior leaders to establish new strategies and tools to transform the way they work. Dickie has written extensively on strategic management for publications including Harvard Business Review and Forbes.

Richard Steele

Director

Richard Steele (Dickie) has over two decades of experience in corporate strategy and organizational consulting. At SYPartners, he’s led work across IBM globally, partnering with senior leaders to establish new strategies and tools to transform the way they work. Dickie has written extensively on strategic management for publications including Harvard Business Review and Forbes.

Dr. Judy Chu, Director in the US Roots of Empathy Board

Dr. Judy Chu

Director

Roots of Empathy Board Director Dr. Judy Chu serves as Chair of the Global Men’s Health Advisory Committee at Movember, Co-Chair of the Board of Directors at Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice, on the Board of Directors at Partnership for Male Youth, kNEWjoy, and on the Professional Advisory Council for Boys’ Club of New York. Chu is also a part-time Lecturer in the Program in Human Biology at Stanford University, where she has taught a course on Boys’ Psychosocial Development since 2003.

Dr. Judy Chu

Director

Roots of Empathy Board Director Dr. Judy Chu serves as Chair of the Global Men’s Health Advisory Committee at Movember, Co-Chair of the Board of Directors at Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice, on the Board of Directors at Partnership for Male Youth, kNEWjoy, and on the Professional Advisory Council for Boys’ Club of New York. Chu is also a part-time Lecturer in the Program in Human Biology at Stanford University, where she has taught a course on Boys’ Psychosocial Development since 2003.

International Advisory Board

Gwynne Dyer

Advisory Board

Dyer is an author, journalist, filmmaker, lecturer of international affairs and historian.

Gwynne Dyer

Advisory Board

Dyer is an author, journalist, filmmaker, lecturer of international affairs and historian.

Dr. Bruce Perry

Advisory Board

Perry is Senior Fellow at The Child Trauma Academy in Houston, Texas and an author, lecturer and researcher.

Dr. Bruce Perry

Advisory Board

Perry is Senior Fellow at The Child Trauma Academy in Houston, Texas and an author, lecturer and researcher.

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