OTTAWA—The Broadbent Institute today announced its first Leadership Fellows -- a talented and diverse group of 18 leaders from across Canada who will share their expertise and experiences with the next generation of Canadian leaders.
“Together, the Leadership Fellows will strengthen the Institute’s ability to support the growth of the progressive movement in Canada,” said Graham Mitchell, the Broadbent Institute’s Director of Training and Leadership.
The inaugural group of Leadership Fellows, part of the expansion of the Institute’s Training and Leadership Program, are:
- Tzeporah Berman, strategic advisor for environmental organizations
- Tsering Dolma, Community Outreach Coordinator of the Toronto Environmental Alliance.
- Lois Corbett, environmental consultant
- Judy Duncan, head organizer and Executive Director of ACORN Canada
- Sara Ehrhardt, policy expert and public campaigner
- Bob Gallagher, head of communications and political action for the United Steelworkers, LGBTQ activist
- Raymond Guardia, campaign manager and current Deputy Chief of Staff for Projet Montréal
- Jennifer Hollett, award-winning broadcast journalist and digital expert
- John Laschinger, veteran campaign manager and author
- Brad Lavigne, consultant, media commentator, author and former campaign manager
- Allan Gregg, leading research professional and social commentator
- Trevor McKenzie-Smith, campaigner and electoral geographer
- Gillian McEachern, environmental campaigner
- Kevin Millsip, co-founder and director of Next Up
- Tracey Mitchell, community-based facilitator, writer and activist
- Jason Mogus, digital strategist and campaigner
- Bob Penner, pollster and leading research professional
- Robin Sears, consultant, media commentator and former campaign manager
"They have experience as campaign managers, strategists, tacticians, communicators, innovators, pollsters, public servants, and much more," added Mitchell. "Their work on a variety of issues has made this country a better place, so we’re excited about sharing their expertise with a new generation of campaigners.”
The Broadbent Institute's first Leadership Fellows are also joined by five new Policy Fellows, who join an already impressive roster of leading academics and policy experts that help inform the Institute’s research and policy agenda.
The biographies of Leadership Fellows are available online at https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/en/training-leadership/leadership-fellows. The full list of Policy Fellows is available at https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/en/about/fellows/policy-fellows
From March 28-30 in Ottawa, the Broadbent Institute is holding its first annual Progress Summit. Learn more at www.broadbentinstitute.ca/en/summit. The Institute is also holding a pre-summit Training and Leadership session in Ottawa with Mitch Stewart, founding partner of 270 Strategies and Battleground States Director for the Obama for America campaign in the 2012 presidential general election.
