Guest Speaker Bios
Alexandra Djukic
Business Manager
Eva's Print Shop (part of Eva's Initiatives)
About Eva's Initiative:
Eva's Initiative is a non-profit organization whose mission of is to work collaboratively with homeless and at-risk youth to help them reach their potential to lead productive, self-sufficient and healthy lives by providing safe shelter and a range of services, and to create long term solutions for homeless youth by developing and implementing proactive and progressive services.
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Jerome Kisting
Coordinator
Toronto Enterprise Fund
& Consultant
Jerome Kisting has been with Toronto Enterprise Fund since October 2009. Jerome has experience advising non-profits and small business and has worked in the areas of business development, research analysis and pension fund management. Prior to joining the Toronto Enterprise Fund he was self-employed as a management consultant in Namibia where he helped non-profits develop market strategies and improve organizational process. He brings a unique development perspective honed in a developing country context. Jerome has been involved at the community level volunteering in Canada and serving on various boards in Namibia. Jerome has an MBA from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa.
About the Toronto Enterprise Fund:
---------Patrick R. Williams
Operations Manager
Windfall Clothing Services
Over the past nine years, Patrick has had his hand in the non-profit sector as well. Bringing his business background to Windfall, one of Canada’s most cost-effective charities, he has proven to be an asset in the areas of production and day-to-day management. In his role as Operations Manager, he has implemented and over-seen new projects for fundraising, operations, and the over-all vision of Windfall. During this past year, Patrick has played a key role in the fastest growth the organization has ever seen.
Patrick works full-time at Windfall while continuing to run three other business in the GTA. As such, his expertise, people skills and ability to delegate effectively have proven to be the secrets to his success and the reasons he accomplishes so much in one single day.
About Windfall Clothing Services:
Windfall is a charity that acquires new clothing and other basic-needs items and distributes these items to social service agencies for the purpose of alleviating poverty and fostering human dignity. As a result, it raises awareness of poverty as a social issue. Their Vision: All people in the communities we serve have the basic necessities for a dignified life.
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Paul Bubelis
Executive Director
The Sustainability Network
Paul Bubelis is the Executive Director of the Sustainability Network which he co-founded in 1997. Prior to his work here, he served as Executive Director of the Ontario Environment Network and spent 5 years at Environment Canada managing the community funding programs of the Ontario Region. He has also consulted to grantmakers, government and NGOs. He sits on the boards of the Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Fund & Network, the Shell Environmental Fund (Ontario Panel) and Earth Day Canada. Paul obtained a biology degree from the University of Guelph and a MSc from the University of Toronto.
About The Sustainability Network:
Our mission is to enrich Canadian environmental leaders and nonprofit organizations through programs, services and support that help them increase their capacity to lead, manage and strategize. The Sustainability Network works with environmental non-profits to make them more effective and efficient. By improving management and leadership skills and fostering organizational development, we help to strengthen the environmental community. We are about sustaining the organizations that work on sustainability.
