“It’s all about people.” That is how Michele Matthews sees her job – managing people in order to move forward a vision. It all harkens back to her marketing days, which took her to all sorts of different roles in her small organization as time went along. After all, in small start-ups, sometimes you have to do a job that you weren’t hired for – this fed into her curiosity and led to her career taking off in the human resources sector, as COO of AG Care and a board member at the Chartered Professionals in Human Resources (CPHR) of British Columbia & Yukon.

Greg Barnsdale is no ordinary author – his topic deals with death, based on his experiences in the funeral and financial planning industries. This has posed a challenge in reaching a target market, which he learned to tackle through writing courses. After that, it was just a matter of learning how to put a book together – literally.

Robert Barnard is the co-founder of Youthful Cities, which seeks to make our cities more youthful and dynamic. His path started as a human geography student, which fascinated him. As a self-described “serial entrepreneur,” his studies kept combining with his passion. Every step of the way, people kept asking, “What’s with all these young people?” Seeing a demand for governments and companies to market to young people led him to pivot his focus towards creating communities focused around youth and young adults.

A catalyst and connector – that is how Bob Stamnes sees himself in his work. He likes to work with companies that make the world better and connect opportunities with the business and nonprofit worlds. He helps businesses uncover what they want to do and rediscover their brand vision.