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Your MC's

Suzanne F. Stevens, CSP (she/her)
Founder, YouMeWe Social Impact Group Inc.

Suzanne is a multi-award-winning social entrepreneur, Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), coach, podcaster, and author.

As founder of the YouMeWe Social Impact Group & Foundation, she’s spent over two decades empowering changemakers to lead consciously, communicate persuasively, and amplify Wave-Maker voices—generating sustainable social impact across five continents.

When not Wave-Making, Suzanne seeks a different kind of adventure—be it backpacking, hiking, kayaking, cycling, snowshoeing, or diving into historical fiction with a fierce female protagonist.

Your Host | MC | Speaker | Moderator

Jessica Flynn, (she/her)
Founder, The Flynn Collaboration

Jessica Flynn is an award-winning educator, best-selling author, TV host, and entrepreneur dedicated to multiplying momentum and unleashing potential.

Jessica is the Founder of The YOU Power Project, The Flynn Collaboration, and Co-Founder of The Academy of South Georgian Bay. She supports youth, schools, and organizations in building future-ready, people-centered systems through empowerment and social innovation.

Jessica enjoys time in nature, shared meals with family, and cheering on young changemakers.

MC | Co-Presenter

Meet YouMeWe Summit Experts

Gillian Fairley (she/her)
General Manager, Community Futures South Georgian Bay.

Gillian is the General Manager of Community Futures South Georgian Bay, a federally funded not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing and growing businesses in the region.

Gillian has assisted businesses in the community for over 15 years, providing mentoring, resources, and advice during all phases of business start-up, development, and growth.

She has also participated in numerous economic development initiatives that have supported community and business growth. Gillian has extensive experience in project management, economic development, and management consulting. She has worked with organizations throughout the United States, as well as in the U.K., Germany, and Sweden.

She is passionate about supporting small businesses and community development.

Co-Presenter | Panelist

Kim Clark (she/her)
Manager, Stakeholder Relations,
Regional Tourism Organization

Kim brings almost 20 years of experience in the tourism industry and has been with RTO7 since 2015. She leads initiatives in sustainable tourism, workforce development, and experience.

Collaborating closely with stakeholders to create compelling tourism offerings, craft their marketing through the Implementation Programs, and address workforce challenges. Previously heading the tourism division at the County of Bruce,

Kim combines her data-driven decision-making skills with a strong background in marketing and destination development. She is dedicated to fostering amazing experiences that enhance the region's tourism landscape.

Co-Presenter

Nicole Norris (she/they)
Director, Social Innovation,
Georgian College

Nicole Norris is a seasoned design professional specializing in community-based research and design-led social innovation leadership. She brings a wealth of experience and a deep passion for driving positive systems-level change. In her role as Director of Social Innovation at Georgian College, she has led transformative initiatives that have created tangible impact across the community while advancing Georgian’s social innovation agenda.

Nicole is deeply committed to leveraging unconventional forms of research as catalysts for social progress. From participatory design to design ethnography, she consistently seeks to generate diverse insights that spark meaningful action.

Co-Presenter

Meet YouMeWe Summit Experts

Jennifer Spear (she/her)
Founder, Clean Slate Strategies

Jennifer Spear is a recovering corporate executive, keynote speaker, researcher and facilitator who knows that good things happen when we embrace uncertainty and learn to work and lead UnScripted. As a graduate of both Ivey’s Executive MBA program and Second City, Jennifer operates where the business and creative worlds collide.

Speaker

Amanda Wilson-Ciocci (she/her)
Founder, The Monarch & Co.

Amanda Wilson-Ciocci is a business mentor, 2x best-selling author, and Founder of The Monarch & Co., Monarch Momentum and Monarch Publishing House. She helps heart-centred entrepreneurs turn their ideas into impact; launching with soul, scaling with strategy, and publishing with purpose. When she’s not building legacies, she’s by the Bay adventuring with her husband and three kids.

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Meet Your Finance Panel

Venture Capitalis

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Panelist

Dawn Hennessey (she/her)
Director, Advisor Services BDC

Dawn is a seasoned professional with 25 years of experience in corporate financing and business consulting. For over two decades, her tenure at the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has empowered her to support Canadian-owned companies with financing and advisory services, fostering their growth strategies.

A graduate of McMaster University, Dawn has furthered her expertise by serving on national committees including Women’s President Organization and as a Board Member of The Blue Mountain Chamber of Commerce.

Beyond her professional commitments, she is an active volunteer and enjoys skiing, boating, and golf.

Panelist

Chantal McNeily (she/her)
Investment & Wealth Advisor. RBC Securities Inc.

Chantal has dedicated over two decades to the financial services industry.A recognized advocate for closing the gender gaps in finance,

Chantal’s research and leadership have earned her industry recognition, including nominations for Wealth Professional’s Woman Innovator of the Year and Women in Finance’s Diversity Ambassador of the Year.

She also serves on the RBC Dominion Securities Women’s Advisory Board, is an Activator with Coralus, and is the President and Board Chair for FuturFund, Canada’s largest student-run nonprofit advancing financial literacy for young women.

She has been featured in The Globe and Mail, NBC.com, The Financial Post, Investment Executive and Wealth Professional Magazine and is ongoing contributor for I Am Unbreakable Global Media magazine.

Her work continues to drive meaningful change, fostering financial confidence for women and the next generation of leaders.

In her spare time she enjoys hiking, yoga and reading books on human psychology.

Panelist

Meet Your Wave-Making Panel

Amanda Kelly (she/her)
Co-Founder, AWAKE

Amanda Kelly is the Co-Founder of AWAKE, where she leads research and development on Ashes to Earth cremation memorials for cemeteries and funeral homes. After five back-to-back losses, Amanda set out to give her loved ones a final, positive footprint on the earth.

Partnering with scientists, she developed Canada’s first patented soil-science compost that transforms cremated remains into living memorials. With a Master’s in Information Science and a background in Technology & Culture, Amanda previously led municipal innovation programs across Ontario.

When not touring cemeteries or studying end-of-life practices, she’s hiking, biking, or curled up with her dogs and a good mystery.

Panelist

Dana Kaluzny (she/her)
Co-Founder
Endswell Beer

Dana Kaluzny (she/her) is the Co-Founder and Co-Owner of Endswell Beer and a business consultant specializing in partnerships built on purpose and care. With over 15 years of experience across for-profit and nonprofit sectors—and two small businesses (including a brewery with her partner in life and love)—Dana helps founders strengthen the systems and communication that sustain both relationships and results.

A founding partner of the Safe Bars P.A.C.T. Initiative, she’s passionate about creating spaces where people enjoy coming together for beer and work that matters.

When not brewing community or strategy, she’s raising two boy

s and savoring life by the bay.

Panelist

Jennifer Osborn (she/her)
Founder, Ecowool

Jennifer is a sheep farmer, circular-economy innovator, and the founder of EcoWool Canada.

Rooted in her love for land, animals, and community,

Jennifer has made it her mission to turn “unwanted” fibres into unexpected climate solutions. She sparked Canada’s first Fibreshed movement, reconnecting people with regenerative, local textile systems. She later teamed up with a California-based environmental group to transform human and pet hair into mats that clean up oil spills and enrich soil — proving that nothing is truly waste if you know how to work with nature.

Through EcoWool Canada, she continues to create practical, planet-positive uses for discarded wool, including her award-winning Inswoolation packaging.

Jennifer’s work shows how small fibres can spark big environmental shifts.

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Meet Your Pro's Panel

Tim Newton (he/him)
Manager, South Georgian Bay Small Business Centre

Bio coming soon

Moderator

Kristine Caroline
Caroline and Aschaber LLP

Kristine Caroline is a CPA, CA and partner at Caroline & Aschaber LLP, specializing in work with agriculture clients, professional corporations, and owner-managed businesses across Ontario. She spent more than a decade with a national accounting firm and has built 15 years of experience in public practice. Kristine also teaches for CPA Ontario and CPA Canada, supporting students through advanced courses and national examinations.

Her perspective is shaped by representing Canada on a junior national equestrian team and participating in international medical and dental mission trips. Outside of work, she’s at the barn with her daughter or at the rink supporting her kids as they develop their hockey skills.