Endeavour Volunteer Consulting for Non-Profits is a registered non-profit corporation. Our Board of Directors consists of nine members who bring a diverse wealth of experience and knowledge from academia, consulting, industry, government and the non-profit sector to provide strong leadership to Endeavour’s activities.

Current Board Members

Chair: Ada Tsang, Deloitte

Treasurer: Azer Hann, CA, Deloitte

Secretery: Emily Murray, Pier 21 asset management

Alex Gill, Mendicant Group

Shain Widdifield, Department of Justice Canada

Jane Zhang, TechSoup Canada

Helen Seibel, AstraZeneca Canada

Ming Young Tam, MSW, Independent Consultant, non-profit and community sector

Steven Ayer, Senior Research Associate, Imagine Canada

Dave Nanderam,  President of Tapestry Builder

Ada Tsang, Vice-President, Board Relations Deloitte Consulting, National Health Services Ada has a keen interest in the not-for-profit and public sectors and have been actively involved in the community through various board positions and volunteer activities. Through her work at Endeavour, Ada looks forward to enabling more non-profit organizations to not only achieve their goals, but also make a lasting impact in the communities that they serve. As Vice-President, Human Resources, Ada is responsible for leading and managing the recruitment, development and retention of Endeavour’s volunteers. Responsibilities include volunteer management, advisor relations, and training and development. Ada also serves as the Chair of Endeavour’s Board of Directors. Ada currently works as Consultant, Patient Safety at the Ontario Hospital Association. Her previous experiences include working as a Consultant in Deloitte Consulting’s National Health Services practice, an Environmental Consultant for a major Canadian Financial Institution, and a Business Development Associate for a specialized engineering firm. Previously, Ada has served on various not-for-profit boards including the Canadian Hearing Society and the Sunnybrook New Leaders Board. She was also Co-President for the University of Toronto Consulting Association (UTCA) and a pro-bono consultant for their Volunteer Consulting Group. Ada has also volunteered for Global Youth Network and travelled to Peru in the summer of 2007 for a volunteer mission to help with community development projects and justice education. Ada holds a MHSc Health Administration degree and a Bachelor of Applied Science and Engineering (Engineering Science) from the University of Toronto.

Azer Hann, Senior Manager Deloitte, Enterprise Risk Azer is a Senior Manager in the Governance, Risk and Capital Markets Solutions Practice within the Enterprise Risk Service Line in Deloitte and active in the firm’s Global Financial Services Industry (GFSI) practice, particularly as it relates to Financial Risk and Capital Management. He has over 10 years of experience in servicing the financial services sector in Canada, the United States and Europe focusing on Banking, Asset Management and Insurance. Azer has significant experience advising clients on subject matters ranging from enterprise risk management (including risk identification, assessment and quantification), stress testing and scenario analysis, capital management, risk and control assessment, performance measurement and benchmarking, business process re-engineering and regulatory compliance reviews as well as methodology development and training. Azer is a Chartered Accountant (member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants) and holds a Masters degree in Law (LLM) from York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School. He also holds a Bachelors degree in Commerce from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.

Alex Gill

Principal, Mendicant Group
Faculty Member, Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility, Ryerson University
Affiliated Faculty Member, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University

Alex Gill is a social entrepreneur and university instructor who enjoys working with community activists, nonprofit executives, corporations and others who want to make a difference. He currently heads Mendicant Group, a consultancy that helps charities, nonprofit organizations and companies improve their social impact. Prior to founding Mendicant, Alex spent more than a dozen years as an executive at a number of large nonprofits and associations. Mendicant’s current clients include a diverse range of NGOs, including those from areas such as health care, child and youth development and the environment. Alex holds appointments in Ryerson University’s Department of Politics and Public Administration and the Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility, where he regularly lectures about nonprofit management, advocacy and corporate citizenship. In 2010, Alex co-authored AIM: Achieve, Inspire, Make a Difference, a book which helps people use proven executive coaching methods to develop their own ability to give back to others. AIM is available through Chapters/Indigo and Amazon online.

Jane Zhang

Program Director, TechSoup Canada
Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Information Technology Association of Canada

Jane Zhang has been involved in the nonprofit technology sector for over ten years. She is currently Program Director of TechSoup Canada and Director of Corporate Social Responsibility of the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC). Prior to this, she was Program Coordinator for Partnership Platform, an initiative of ITAC that has been instrumental in establishing cross-sector partnerships for nonprofits on technology projects. In addition, Jane has been an active participant in the Toronto technology community, helping to organize technology events such as DrupalCamp, Women in IT, and Software Freedom Day. Jane is currently on the board of The Regeneration House, where she is helping to oversee the development of its IT strategy and fundraising initiatives. She is also one of the founders of the Vancouver Chapter of DigitalEve, an international nonprofit organization aimed at helping women in the technology sector. During her time at DigitalEve Vancouver, Jane helped to grow their membership from five to over 3000 in its first year. Jane served for two years as the director of Community Online Development program at DigitalEve Toronto, a program staffed entirely by volunteers designing web sites for the nonprofit sector at no cost.

Emily Murray Senior Vice President and Officer, Pier 21 Asset Management Emily Murray, CFA is Senior Vice President and Officer at Pier 21 Asset Management, responsible for Marketing and Client Relations. Previously, she was a Director at CIBC Global Asset Management, responsible for Marketing and Communications for the institutional market place in Canada and the US. She has been working in the investment industry since 1998, and has cross-functional expertise in institutional sales and servicing, marketing and communications, investment analysis and business management. Throughout her career, Emily has demonstrated skill in strategic decision-making, creative problem-solving, and delivering results with limited resources. Emily holds a Bachelor of Public Relations from Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, and was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2006.

Helen Seibel

AstraZeneca Canada

With more than 13 years of experience working in the field of corporate citizenship and social responsibility, Helen Seibel’s career has spanned the sectors. While communications was her starting point, Helen quickly caught the social change bug when she moved into a position managing a global social marketing program for Ericsson telecommunications. Designed to encourage nonprofits from around the world to use Internet and communications technology to achieve their mission, the program introduced Helen to the challenging and immensely rewarding process of working between the sectors, building partnerships and developing sustainable solutions that deliver value to both the business and the community. From there, Helen spent several years with the Imagine Caring Company program, directing communications and member relations for Canada’s corporate citizenship standard of excellence as it was redesigned to respond to the changing reality of corporate programming and needs. Helen then moved into a consulting role with GrantStream, a Canadian company that provides consulting and technology solutions focused on community investment and was able to apply her experience with building signature initiative programs with a firm knowledge of the Canadian non-profit sector.

Today, Helen manages Corporate Responsibility at AstraZeneca Canada and looks after responsible business initiatives as well as the company’s community support programming. As a mother of two little kids, there isn’t much that scares Helen these days. Except perhaps bedtime.

 

 

Ming Young Tam

MSW, Independent Consultant, non-profit and community sector

Ming-Young Tam, MSW Ming-Young Tam has been involved with Endeavour since 2009 as a project advisor. She has worked with non-profit sector and community-based organizations for over 10 years, and is experienced in program development and evaluation, stakeholder relations, policy research, and strategic and operational planning. As she is a generalist at heart, Ming-Young has worked with a variety of social issues, including newcomer settlement, child and youth development, violence against women, community health, grant-making, and non-profit management. Her professional experience includes a variety of social policy and public administration positions with organizations such as the United Way Toronto, City of Toronto, Laidlaw Foundation, and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. As a freelance consultant, Ming-Young supports community and social service agencies to increase impact, build capacity, and measure outcomes. She is also an active volunteer, and has recently been involved as: facilitator for an immigrant settlement program, board member with a research organization, scholarship application assessor for a national awards program, and executive team member with a youth policy engagement network. Ming-Young is a graduate of Queen’s University at Kingston, and has a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Toronto.

 

 

Steven Ayer

Senior Research Associate, Imagine Canada

Steven Ayer is a Senior Research Associate at Imagine Canada. He is a co-author of the report Corporate Community Investment Practices, Motivations and Challenges: Findings from the Canada Survey of Business Contributions to Community, believed to the most comprehensive study of corporate contributions to non-profit and charitable organizations ever conducted in North America. Steve is also an author of the 2007 Highlights report for the Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering, and Participating, the largest study of individual giving and volunteering behavior in Canada. He has also written reports on fundraising costs for charities in Canada. Previously, Steve was a Research Manager and Research Associate at the Institute for Sport Marketing, where he managed an array of research and consulting projects related to marketing and sponsorship. Steve holds an MBA from Laurentian University and is a recipient of the Social Science and Humanities Research Council’s Canada Graduate Scholarship. In his spare time, Steve is an enthusiastic volunteer and an equally enthusiastic mediocre athlete.

Dave Nanderam

President of Tapestry Builder

Dave Nanderam is President of Tapestry Builder, a human capital consulting firm which focuses on managing risks associated with human capital assets. Dave assists clients with leveraging their corporate citizenship initiatives to address talent management and employee engagement priorities. Prior to founding TapestryBuilder, Dave worked as a Senior Consultant with two international human capital consulting firms. Additionally, he has held various management and leadership roles in three of Canada’s largest financial institutions and one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organization. Dave has over 15 years of consulting experience delivering human capital solutions for varied private sector industries - including finance, pharmaceutical, retail, telecommunications and manufacturing - as well as public and non-profit organizations across Canada.  Dave holds a Ph.D in Organization and Management from Capella University in Minneapolis where is research focused on the relationship between corporate social responsibility and employee engagement. Dave is a member of the Academy of Management and is affiliated with their Human Resources, Social Issues in Management, and Public and Nonprofits divisional interest groups.