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Ron Close
A serial entrepreneur, Ron is the former president of Bell New Ventures (BCE), and the former president and CEO of Nextair Corporation. He also built and sold one of Canada's first internet service providers.

Martin Connell
In addition to serving as chair of the Toronto Community Foundation, Martin founded Calmeadow, a Canadian charity that raises funds for developing economies in Africa and Latin America. He is also a former member of the board at Torstar Corporation and a co-founder of ACE Bakery.

David Galloway
Formerly the president and chief executive officer of Torstar Corporation, David is currently chairman of BMO.

Kevin Newman
Most recently anchor and executive editor of Global National, Kevin is an award-winning journalist who also reported on just about every major news story of the last three decades as a correspondent, anchor and host for ABC News.

Bill Sharpe
Currently chair of Sharpeblackmore Euro RSCG, whose clients include Absolut Vodka, Apple Inc., British Airways, Dell, Intel Corporation and Microsoft, Bill started a small ad company in 1988 that is now part of the largest advertising agency in the world.