Marisa graduated from York University majoring in French and minoring in psychology. Marisa began her career in finance after being accepted to TD's management training program. She left the bank to work under the tutelage of J. Richard Charlton where she acts as UDP responsible for the financial well- being of over 500 families and managing assets of over $1/2 Billion. Marisa has been in the financial services industry for over 25 years.
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With a career spanning nearly two decades and decorated with several awards, nominations and music certifications to her name, multi-platinum recording artist Fefe Dobson is a true renaissance woman within the entertainment industry.
Highly decorated, 2-time Olympian Renata Fast is part of the ice hockey team that took home Gold in Beijing 2022, Silver in PyeongChang 2018 and Gold at the Women’s World Championship 2021.
Jason created XP Gaming Inc. to better connect the video game industry and the amazing talented professionals in it through a combination of B2B events, education, and career development initiatives.
As a junior Tennis player Brian Smith was ranked # 2 in Ontario, and top 10 in Canada, in his last year of competition. Brian then attended the University of Texas from 1994-1998 on a full tennis scholarship.
Karena de Souza is parent to Andrew de Souza Harvard class of 2023 and founder of Tilt the Future. She is a Future of Work strategist, speaking to GenZ, educators and employers.