Qualified Board Candidates

These candidates are certified board candidates with their Corporate Directors International Designation (CDI.D).

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Dawn Lima

Dawn is an impressive oil & gas executive with over 20 years of experience across 5 continents. She grew up in Canada and went to the Royal Academy of Canada in the Officer training program. Dawn currently lives in the US and has her degree in engineering - chemical & materials, military discipline, and airforce aerospace.

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Taylor Russell

Taylor is one of those global executives who have a long list of countries they have worked in. In her case, 24 countries to start with. She is an expert in international business development, a successful and award winning product developer, and trusted advisor to CEO's and Heads of State.

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Susanna West

Susanna West’s extensive depth and breadth of pharmaceutical operations leadership and senior executive experience in a large international publicly-traded and highly regulated company qualify her to serve as an independent director on a public or private board, including risk management, quality, nominating and compliance committees.

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Philipa Varris

Philipa is a citizen of the world and has travelled and worked in numerous countries. In fact, at the time she took the ACE Board Certification course, she flew from her home in Ghana, West Africa, to Toronto for classes. Ms. Varris is a mining executive, now based in London, UK, with leadership experience in sustainability and in growing social responsibility and environmental social governance in the mining industry.

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Vanessa Thomas

Vanessa is an expert in many areas of technology, including AI and digital transformation - both of which are critical for any business today. Vanessa has over 20 years of global business experience and also has an unquenchable thirst for learning - she is always willing to stretch and add to her arsenal of intelligence.

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Helen Raleigh

Helen Raleigh is driven, accomplished and courageous. As a potential board member, I see her bringing her strengths to a corporation looking for someone to join the team of directors with determination to succeed as a company.

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Jennifer Pierce

Accomplished CIO with over 3 decades as an investment professional managing securities selection and education for 401Ks, charitable foundations, trusts, family partnerships and high net worth individuals.

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Margot Naudie

Margot Naudie was named "TopGun Platinum" Investor from 2009 through 2013 as Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for up to $5 billion in equity. Margot is a trusted advisor to investors and public companies and gets a lot of personal satisfaction from being involved with smart people and building things.

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Dr. Laura Methot

Dr. Laura Methot is trusted advisor to C-Suite executives and board directors with 30 years of experience consulting, living, and working in 30+ countries across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Oceania in Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies

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Leslie Ward

Leslie Ward is a decisive, results-driven, transformative leader with over 30 years of national experience in media sales and marketing – news, sports and entertainment industries.

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Suzanne Larson

Suzanne Larsen is a current C-Suite Executive and MBA with broad business experience and well versed in international technology industry. She has twenty-years’ experience in executive leadership roles and solutions delivery in multi-national companies with P&L responsibility.

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Kari Granger

Kari's extensive executive experience developing C-Suite teams along with her expertise in strategy development and merger and acquisition integration qualify her to serve on a public board – and make her a great candidate for governance committees as well as risk and management.

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Nermina Harambasic

Nermina Harambasic is recognized project management and advisory expert on mega industrial projects, with proven ability to create and lead high performance teams.

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Stephanie Holko

Stephanie is a Woman of Steel - what I mean is she works in the steel industry in manufacturing and she is passionate about it. Stephanie has managed to catapult her desire to find and fund solutions in the steel industry into an award-winning career.

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Brenda Kaser-Burger

Brenda Kaser-Burger is an accomplished C-Suite executive with a collaborative style who achieves both profit and purpose objectives with an eye for detail in the context of strategic goals.

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Betsy Cosper

Betsy Cosper is an CDI (Corporate DIrectors Int'l) Certified Board Candidate, ACE Graduate and currently sits on Halton Hills Library Board of Directors in Ontario, Canada. Ms. Cosper is also involved in the Women in Food Industry Management association.

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Sabrina Dias

Sabrina is energetic and a commercially-minded sustainability/ESG (environmental, social and governance) advisor with extensive international experience, including Africa, North and South America, Pacific Islands. she has expertise in mining mega projects with capex in the multi-billion dollar range, as well as small and mid-size projects in all phases of mine life, including exploration, construction and operations.

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Dr. Minerva Cernea

Dr. Minerva Cernea’s general management and senior executive experience and her international business acumen qualify her to serve on public and private boards, including compensation and nominating committees in the Industrial/Technology, Professional Services, and Education industries.

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Barbara Beller

Barbara's significant thought leadership, subject matter expertise and experience in Financial Services and Healthcare, global sourcing and services qualify her to serve on a public board in the Financial Services, Healthcare, and Cross Industries.

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