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ALISON REDFORD
14th Premier of Alberta
ANDREA HORWATH
Leader of the Ontario NDP
ANNE LAWSON
Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, Regulatory Affairs at Election Canada
BETSY MCGREGOR
Author of "Women on Ballot"
CAROLINE XAVIER
Assistant Secretary to Cabinet, Priorities and Planning at the Privy Council Office
CELINA CAESAR-CHAVANNES, MP
Member of Parliament for Whitby, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development
CINDY TRIPP
Senior Financial Services Executive, Corporate Director
DIEDRE MCMURDY
Principal of Navigator Ltd.
GABRIELLE FAYANT
CEO and Founder, Assembly of 7 Generations
GAYEMARIE BROWN
CEO and Founder of Wintam Place Consulting
GIOVANNA MINGARELLI
CEO of M&C Consulting Inc.
GINA CONNOR
Strategic Joint Staff Legal Advisor for the Canadian Armed Forces
JASMIT KAUR DE SAFFEL
JD candidate at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law
JANE TABER
Journalist, The Globe and Mail
JENNIFER LI
Campaign Strategist at Crestview Strategy
JILL DUNLOP
Associate Minister of Children and Women’s Issues of Ontario
JOANNE PITKIN
Communication Manager at Canadian Association of Defense and Security Industries
JULIE LINDHOUT
President, NATO Association of Canada
KARINA GOULD
Minister of Democratic Institutions, Member of Parliament for Burlington
KATE PURCHASE
Director of Communications, Office of the Prime Minister
KATHLEEN MONK
Principal of Earnscliffe Strategy Group, Media Commentator on Politics and Public Affairs
KIM PATE, CM
Senator, Member of the Order of Canada, Advocate for Marginalized and Incarcerated Women
LAUREN MCDONALD
Director of Digital Public Affairs and Campaign Strategy at Proof Strategies
LINDSEY PARK
MPP (Durham)
MADELINE LUNNEY
Principal Consultant, Lunney Consultants
MAGGIE SHEPHERD
Royal Military College of Canada, Department of Management and Economics
MAYA SPOKEN
Spoken Word Poet, Founder of Tell 'Em Girl Art Showcases, Advocate for Gender and Racial Equity
NANCY RUTH. CM
Former Canadian senator, Founder of Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, Member of the Order of Canada
NEALA BARTON
Strategic Communications and Stakeholder Relations at CIHI
PAM HRICK
Lawyer at Stockwoods LLP
RACHEL PULFER
Executive Director, Journalists for Human Rights
ROSEMARY BARTON
Chief Political Correspondent for CBC News
SALLY ARMSTRONG, OC
Journalist, Documentary Filmmaker, Author, Member of the Order of Canada
SARAH LETERSKY
Chief of Staff at the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community, and Social Services
SARAH GOLDFEDER
Principal, Earnscliffe Strategy
STÉFANIE VON HLATKY
Associate Professor of Political Studies and former Director of the Queen's Centre for International Defence Policy (CIDP)
STEFANIE BECK
Assistant Secretary to Cabinet, Priorities and Planning at the Privy Council Office
TAMARA GOMES
Director of Market Intelligence at the Bank of Canada
YVONNE BOYER
Senator, Professor of Law, Lawyer