In 1998, the Ontario government enacted the Legal Aid Services Act in which the province renewed and strengthened its commitment to legal aid. The Act established Legal Aid Ontario (LAO), an independent but publicly funded and publicly accountable non-profit corporation, to administer the province’s legal aid program.

Michelle is the Cheif Accounting Officer of Legal Aid Ontario.  She oversees all administrative functions including human resources, finance, IT, faciltites and business planning.

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Robyn Benincasa has been studying the good, the bad, and the not-so-pretty in teamwork for the past 12 years--First as a top sales rep for a Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical Company, and currently as a San Diego City Firefighter as well as one of the top Adventure Racers in the world. Her teams have won the most prestigious races in the sport, including the 7 day non-stop Eco-Challenge, and she now shares her teams' hard-won wisdom about creating that winning Human Synergy with corporations around the world through her adventure-based teambuilding company, World Class Teams.

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Frank Cianciulli was born in Toronto, Ontario on November 29th, 1972. He holds a Bachelor in History and Political Science from York University (1997). Frank sits as President and CEO of The Streaming Network, the latest in a string of successful companies he has built from the ground up.

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 Festo is a global supplier of automation devices and services, pneumatic drives, electric drives, pneumatic valves and actuators.  They are a private company Headquartered in Esslingen (Stuttgart) Germany that was founded in 1925.

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Dr. Travis Fox, renowned Psychologist and Clinical Hypnotherapist, is the creator of "Beat the Bogey Man," the highly popular CD and DVD series that teaches mind management techniques for the golf course. Dr. Fox has been practicing for 15 years, holding doctorates in both Psychology and Clinical Hypnotherapy. Reaching beyond the common uses of hypnosis, Dr. Fox has perfected the use of hypnotherapy to help people improve their lives in a variety of areas- weight loss, addictions, phobias, competitive athletics and more.

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Jim Frye holds a Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration from Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, graduating in 1971.

Following graduation through 1975, Mr. Frye served in a number of positions in administration and relationship selling.

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Deborah Glendinning is a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department.  She is the Co-Chair of the firm’s National Class Actions Speciality Group and has been appointed Co-chair of the International Subcommittee on Class Actions of the American Bar Association.  Deborah acts as counsel on a wide variety of corporate commercial litigation matters in the Ontario Courts, the Federal Court, before various administrative tribunals and in other provincial jurisdictions.  Over the past ten years her work has focused almost exclusively on the def

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 Evan is a partner with the law firm of Green and Spiegel.  He was called to the bar in 1990 after graduating from the University of Ottawa on 1998.<

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Mr. Griffis is the founder of Griffis International Limited (GIL), a private investment and corporate management firm based in Toronto, Ontario. GIL has focused the majority of its activities on emerging market companies requiring early to mid stage financing.

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Roland has over 35 years in the mining industry as a geologist (INCO), investment/corporate banker (Bank of Montreal, Nesbitt Thomson, Richardson Greenshields) and CEO

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During his first career as a musician, David Houghton performed and recorded with Canadian artists including Cowboy Junkies, Daniel Lanois and Melanie Doane. His work with Cowboy Junkies garnered him several gold and platinum albums, and he toured throughout North America and Europe with the group.

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Claude held a number of positions in portfolio management before moving to Scotia Capital in 2002 as Director & Supervisory Analyst Equity Research, including Managing Director, North American Equities at Canada Trust and Managing Director, TD Asset Management.   Mr.

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Andrea has spent 20 years focusing on the Midtown and Downtown market for small and medium sizes tenancies as an Office Leasing Specialist.  She has extensive experience in the commercial real estate investment area with owner-users, as well as with tenants.  As a building owner manager in her own right, she brings practical, hands-on experience to office lease negotiations and detailed lease issues.  She has managed exclusive listing assignments of over 1 million square fe

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Marek Lehecka is a shareholder at C.S.CARGO, a company involved in the logistics industry and providing services all over the Central Europe and East Europe regionsand is one of the leading companies providing comprehensive transport and logistic services in Central Europe.

Marek has been an avid golfer since 1999, and is currently a member of the Royal Golf Club Mazianske Lazne. He has taken part in the Duke of Edinburgh Cup in the UK and the World Finals in 2005.

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As President and Chief Marketing Officer for Synectics Inc., Melinda applies her energy and experience in leading the future growth of the company.  She also enjoys spending much of her time working directly with clients and leading innovation design and initiatives. She has 18 years of experie

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Jim is a graduate from the University of Iowa where he played basketball on a scholarship under the head coach, Lute Olson. With the experience Jim received playing, he became the Graduate Assistant Coach for the basketball team at Long Beach State while going to graduate school at Pepperdine.

He played professional golf for three years on the mini-tour in California from 1981 to 1983.

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Ian is Chief Executive Office of FirtsOnSite Restorations Inc.

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Kay Nikookary, President and founder of WallStreet Athletic Club, is a leading consultant in marketing and new business development for professional athletes and corporate executives across the United States. With approximately 20 years experience in sales and marketing, and applying a strong expertise in high net worth demographics and long-term strategic business planning, Kay is a leading consultant in personal and professional Legacy Planning.

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Paul is the President and Founder of Sussex Strategy Group. He brings a track record of proven success in strategic consulting based on direct government experience and his relationship-building expertise. In 1990, as President of HealthWatch, Paul began providing strategic consulting services to clients in the public and private sectors on a wide variety of business, government relati

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In Don's career, he has successfully built and managed numerous companies and organizations. He has a strong combination of management, financial, entrepreneurial, business development, technology, and strategic skills. He has spent the last twenty-nine years in the areas of consulting, acquisitions, mergers, investor relations, developing public and private companies, growth financing and business development.

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