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Our culture is a living, breathing organism, built together through our work. We’re shameless idealists with a contagious passion for social change.
Our offices are sort of like the command centre for helping others. Here we cultivate the Me to We movement in everything we do. From holding the door for a co-worker to volunteering together when the work day is done, to spearheading a walk of hundreds of kilometres to help war-torn Darfur. We eat, sleep and breathe the Me to We philosophy.
By spreading the movement, we help you build this Me to We culture in your own community—and beyond.
Craig & Marc
They’re brothers, founders and two guys who believe anything’s possible when everyone lends a hand.
Craig KielburgerCo-FounderMe to We |
Marc KielburgerCo-FounderMe to We |
The Me to We family
Our staff is young, shamelessly idealistic and as diverse as they come. Get to know each of our stories. Find out how we live Me to We.
Renée Hodgkinson
Me to We Chief Operations DirectorExecutive Director Me to We Leadership | Speakers
director@metowe.com
Roxanne Joyal
Executive Director - Special ProjectsDirector of Corporate and Family Programs
roxanne@metowe.com
Russ McLeod
Director of Me to We ProjectsExecutive Director of Me to We Books/Music
russ@metowe.com
Alex Apostol
Title: Director of Digital MediaInteresting Fact: Legend has it that Alex, wily and clever, crafted most of the jokes hidden in our curriculum.
E-mail: alex@metowe.com
Bina Hwangbo
Title: Leadership FacilitatorInteresting Fact: Once an aspiring actress, Bina was an extra in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
E-mail: bina@metowe.com
Dan Mossip-Balkwill
Title: Manager of Me to We LeadershipInteresting Fact: Early in his university career, Dan received the nickname “Snuggles.” Much to his horror, it stuck.
E-mail: dan@metowe.com
Don Lane
Title: Me to We Project CoordinatorInteresting Fact: In his spare time Don runs his own small business, which is committed to social justice and creating an all-encompassing brand of resistance through art and attire.
E-mail: don@metowe.com
Dean Delia
Title: Manager of Outreach DevelopmentInteresting Fact: Dean once played basketball with warrior monks in the Shoalin Temple, China!
E-mail: dean@metowe.com
Elaine Rosenberg
Title: Life in Action CoordinatorInteresting Fact: Although petrified of whales, Elaine came face to face with a gentle whale shark, the largest fish in the sea, while she was diving in the Indian Ocean.
E-mail: elaine@metowe.com
Erin Blanding
Title: Director of Arizona Windsong Leadership CentreInteresting Fact: Erin has a freakish love of manual labour and has spent countless hours stacking firewood, bailing hay, building schools and tool sheds, and pick-axing water holes in African soil.
E-mail: erinblanding@metowe.com
Finbar Hefferon
Title: Kenya Trips FacilitatorInteresting Fact: Finbar helped train six Tanzanian Maasai warriors to run the London Marathon in 2008.
E-mail: finbar@metowe.com
Jen Farkas
Title: International Trips CoordinatorInteresting Fact: Jen has a tricky parrot named Tika who has a sneezing habit and has recently learned how to fake a sneeze to get Jen to say “Bless you!”
E-mail: jen@metowe.com
Jon MacIndoe
Title: International Travel ConsultantInteresting Fact: While in high school, Jon hosted his own radio show called the Big Mac Hour at a local radio station.
E-mail: jon@metowe.com
Kate Likely
Title: Director of Me to We TripsInteresting Fact: While snorkelling on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Kate had a rare encounter with a surfacing sea turtle.
E-mail: kate@metowe.com
Kathryn Meisner
Title: Leadership FacilitatorInteresting Fact: Knowing that her daughter was an Indiana Jones fanatic, Kathryn’s mom invited Harrison Ford to her 10th birthday party. He didn’t come, but perhaps that was because he was celebrating his own birthday that day.
E-mail: kathryn@metowe.com
Kimberly Hewitt
Title: Speaking Engagements CoordinatorInteresting Fact: Kimberly has a history of combining normal words to make one super word to help explain what she is trying to say.
E-mail: kimberly@metowe.com
Kristie Inch
Title: Youth and Philanthropy Initiative CoordinatorInteresting Fact: Kristie is an adrenaline junkie: she loves sky-diving and bungy-jumping. She recently did the world's highest bungy jump in South Africa at 216 metres.
E-mail: kristie@metowe.com
Leah Ruinsky
Title: Youth and Philanthropy Initiative CoordinatorInteresting Fact: Leah once played the White Rabbit in Alice and Wonderland, and since then has had a terrible fear of being late, late . . . for a very important date
E-mail: leah@metowe.com
Louise Kent
Title: Executive Director and Artist, Me to We MusicInteresting Fact: She can’t complain of a crooked back. While in Guyana Louise slept in a hammock for six whole months!
E-mail: louise@metowe.com
Luke Nares
Title: Leadership FacilitatorInteresting Fact: An aspiring singer/songwriter, Luke has toured his music across Canada and performed in venues from Toronto to Victoria.
E-mail: luke@metowe.com
Marianne Woods
Title: Director of Me to We SpeakersInteresting Fact: Marianne grew up in Cabbagetown not far from the present Free The Children head office in Toronto, Canada.
E-mail: marianne@metowe.com
Megan Sullivan
Title: Manager of Me to We TripsInteresting Fact: Megan started a school-wide food fight ... by accident!
E-mail: megan@metowe.com
Ryan Bolton
Title: Writer & Editor of Me to We BooksInteresting Fact: Ryan enjoys quoting himself. Ryan: "The hardest part about writing an autobiography is that you can never finish it."
E-mail: ryan@metowe.com
Sally Hakim
Title: Leadership FacilitatorInteresting Fact: In 2007, Sally received the Youth in Motion Top 20 under 20 Award for demonstrating exceptional leadership within her community and worldwide.
E-mail: sally@metowe.com
Scott Baker
Title: Ecuador Program DirectorInteresting Fact: During his university years, Scott had an unusual, but fun, summer job—keeping Canada geese off a family estate. A pacifist, he convinced them to move along by quacking like a duck!
E-mail: scott@metowe.com
Srimal Ranasinghe
Title: BC Leadership FacilitatorInteresting Fact: As a connoisseur of guitars, Srimal has collected an acoustic guitar named Bessie, an electric guitar named Jezebel and a bass guitar named Chloe. He even knows how to play them.
E-mail: srimal@metowe.com
Hannah "Banana" Feldberg
Title: Director of Me to We LeadershipInteresting Fact: When travelling in Turkey, Hannah almost extinguished the eternal flame found at the top of Mount Olympus with an unexpected upset stomach.
Elektra Simms
Title: Manager of International TripsInteresting Fact: Although neither Greek nor a vengeful assassin, Elektra gets her name from the mythological, comic book character of that description.
Simona Ramkisson
Title: Volunteer Now! Program CoordinatorInteresting Fact: Simona once hiked 5,000 vertical feet while in India to meditate in a temple that was more than 850 years old.
