| Our team has vast expertise in international development work. Together they have travelled to more than 60 countries and speak more than 30 languages. |
| Our team has vast expertise in international development work. Together they have travelled to more than 60 countries and speak more than 30 languages. |
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Eva Haller (left) Chair, Board of Directors USA Michelle Douglas (right) Chair, Board of Directors Canada |
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Craig Kielburger Co-Founder Ambassador for Free The Children (Volunteer) |
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Scott Baker Executive Director |
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Marc Kielburger Co-Founder Ambassador for Free The Children (Volunteer) |
Free The Children is proud of its large and diverse staff of dedicated, driven team members. While we have staff all around the world, our main headquarters is located in a small, tightly knit community in downtown Toronto. Made up of passionate young people, our staff is comprised of talented professionals who are experts in their fields, including teachers, former investment bankers, journalists and more. They are passionate leaders whose dedication and commitment lies in providing equal opportunity and education to young people, both at home and abroad.
Featured below are members of our senior leadership team. Representing their individual program areas, each amazing team member is pleased to answer any and all questions. And, our regional and country directors are always happy to hear from a new friend.
Give us a call or send us an e-mail. We look forward to hearing from you!
To help us along in our mission of helping to free children from poverty and exploitation we have a dynamic, dedicated and experienced board of directors. Through their expertise they provide legal and financial oversight to all of Free The Children's projects and activities.
A MILESTONE YEAR
Letter from Eva and Michelle
Dear Supporters,
Through our work on the Board of Directors for Free The Children, we have witnessed a small group of young people grow into the world's largest network of children helping children; we have witnessed one dream grow into a collection of achieved dreams, hopes and aspirations; we have witnessed tens of thousands of children gain access to education and create a better life for themselves and their families.
And today, as the organization celebrated its 15th anniversary, we continue to witness the true power of the passion and willpower of our younger generation to create lasting change.
We are pleased to share with you our annual report, one that reflects on the accomplishments of 2009 and celebrates a wonderful milestone for Free The Children. We urge you to join us in celebrating the last 15 years in which the organization's dedicated team together with more than one million youth across North America have successfully built more than 650 schools and school rooms across the developing workd and have zealously worked to give hope to the children there.
On behalf of the entire Board of Directors, we wish to thank this growing network of youth for their unwavering support, enthusiasm and commitment. We always knew that youth had the power to foster change ideological and societal but we could never have guessed that their impact would be this moving and influential.
As we look ahead, we envision the next 15 years creating a greater impact, with ripples of change felt throughout our global community. We envision many more schools, Adopt a Village programs and entire generations of youth who care deeply for their world, resulting in a dramatic decline in poverty and education related issues. We envision all this because we believe that nothing is impossible.
Working with Free The Children has proven to us that possibilities are truly endless. Thank you to our friends, supporters and donors for your support and encouragement, and for celebrating 15 years of changing the world together.
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| Eva Haller | Michelle Douglas |
| Chair, Board of Directors USA | Chair, Board of Directors Canada |
Canadian Board of Directors:
Michelle Douglas (Board Chair) Department of Justice Canada, Community Activist
Kannan ArasaratnamMBA, CA, CPA, CSC, Director, Corporate Strategy (Canada), BlackRock
Chris Besse Senior VP and Managing Director, School Division, Nelson Education
Andrew Black CEO, Virgin Canada
Susanne Boyce Past President, Creative, Specialty and Channels, CTV
Gerry Connelly Director of Education (retired), Toronto District School Board
Mary-Eileen Donovan Superintendent of Education (Retired), Toronto Catholic District School Board
Charlotte Empey Editor-in-Chief, Metro English Canada
Dr. John Gaither Secondary School Principal (retired)
Adrian Horwood Vice President, Sick Kids Foundation
Linda Rosier Partner, Concept 3 Advertising Agency
Richard Rousseau Executive VP, National Bank Financial
United States Board of Directors:
Eva Haller (Board Chair: USA) Philanthropist and Chair, Executive Committee
Jim Baller SVP, Global Head of Client Finance, Mediabrands
David Cohen Consulting, Agriculture and Food Security
Josh Cohen Hedge Fund Manager
Craig Heimark CEO, Cohesive FT
Libby Heimark Director, The Chapin Foundation
Heidi Hopper Philanthropist
Jacki Kelley Global Chief Executive Officer, Universal McCann
Mary Lewis Assistant to Dr. Jane Goodall DBE and Vice-President of Outreach, Jane Goodall Institute
Ernan Roman CEO and President of Ernan Roman Direct Marketing
Hal Schwartz Fine Arts Photographer, Graphic Designer
Dick Simon CEO, RSI Inc.
Neil Taylor VP of Marketing, Investors Group Canada
Amy Eldon Turteltaub Author and Television Producer
Gisela Voss DoodleDo Development & Design
Dr. Jonathan White Professor of Sociology and Political Economy, Bridgewater State College
Free The Children Executive Board Committee:
Michelle Douglas Department of Justice Canada and Chair of Board of Directors Canada
Eva Haller Philanthropist and Chair of Board of Directors USA
Dr. John Gaither Secondary School Principal (retired)
Craig Heimark CEO, Cohesive FT; Former CIO, Swiss Bank
Heidi Hopper Philanthropist
Neil Taylor VP Marketing, Investors Group
We Day Co-Chairs:
Vancouver:
Lorne Segal President, Kingswood Properties Ltd and Vancouver Board of Trade Director
Winnipeg:
Hartley Richardson President & Chief Executive Officer, James Richardson & Sons Ltd. and Affiliated Companies
Mark Chipman Chairman, True North Sports & Entertainment and Governor, Winnipeg Jets
Bob Silver President, Western Glove Works Ltd.
Toronto:
Bill Thomas CEO and Senior Partner, KPMG LLP
David Aisenstat President and CEO, Keg Steakhouse and Bar, and Chairman of the Keg Spirit Foundation
Jeffrey Latimer CEO, Jeffrey Latimer Entertainment
Advisory Board of Directors:
Connie Steensma Chair Emerita, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
David Sersta VP, Zoomer Media
Izabel Lam Designer & Artist
Janice Schoening VP Publishing, Nelson Education.
Lekha Singh Photographer, Artist & Author
Leonard Merrill Kurz Director & Film Producer, Chairman, Forest Creatures Entertainment
Marisa Antonello Principal Graphic Artist, Turnstyle Imaging
Patricia Gagic International Artist
Paula Perlis International Human Activist
Reed Cowan Founder, Wesley Smiles Coalition Anchor, Fox 7 Miami Florida
Dr. Yoel Haller Physician
 
Youth leading global change is the movement of our time. We Day is the manifestation of this movement. 
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