Stan Curtis
Stan Curtis is founder of Blessings in Backpack and USA Harvest. Because of his hugely successful philanthropic programs Stan has been presented with various awards, including the America’s Award, also known as the Nobel Prize for Goodness, and the National Caring Institutes’ Caring Award. In addition, in 1997, President Clinton presented him with the United States’ most prestigious volunteer award, The President’s Volunteer Action Award in a rose garden ceremony at the White House.
Barry Segal
Barry Segal is a partner at Ogilvy Renault LLP, one of Canada’s leading law firms. Barry serves as the legal advocate for Blessings in a Backpack and helps build relationships between the charity and contributors in both the private and public sectors. You may also see Barry playing guitar with his band at the annual rock and roll fundraiser “Feed the Future” in support of Blessings in a Backpack.
Adam Markwell
Adam Markwell understands the power of education to transform a child’s life. An investment advisor at CIBC Wood Gundy, Adam has been a leading volunteer for organizations that benefit Toronto schoolchildren for over ten years. As a member of the Canadian board of Blessings in a Backpack, he is dedicated to the elimination of hunger in the daily lives of Canadian school-children, and is committed to raising awareness and raising funds in support of that goal.
Jaime Watt
Jaime Watt is Executive Chairman and Senior Partner of Navigator Ltd. and a Principal at Ensight Canada. He specializes in complex public strategy issues, serving both domestic and international clients in the corporate, professional services, not-for-profit, and government sectors.
He is a trusted advisor to business leaders as well as leaders of political parties at all three levels of government across Canada. Jaime has led ground-breaking election campaigns that have transformed politics because of their boldness and creativity.
Jaime is the president of the Canadian Club of Toronto, Canada’s oldest podium of record, and serves on the boards of many organizations including the Canada Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars in Washington, the St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation in Toronto, and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. As well, he chairs the Capital Campaign for Casey House, Canada’s pioneer AIDS hospice.
Deeply involved with efforts to promote equality and human rights issues, he was the inaugural recipient of Egale’s Lifetime Achievement Award and has been awarded the Queen’s Jubilee medal for service to the community.
A highly regarded speaker, Jaime appears regularly as a public affairs commentator in the media including weekly on both the CBC News Network’s popular Power and Politics programme, and its flagship news programme The National with Peter Mansbridge.
Loudon Owen
Loudon Owen is lawyer and venture capitalist. He co-founded McLean Watson Capital, which invests in and advises growth companies. He has served in numerous capacities as a volunteer with a deep commitment to health and education.
