Introducing the 2024 AFP Canada Board of Directors

FRANÇAIS

We are delighted that AFP members in Canada offered their overwhelming support for the 2024 AFP Canada Board of Directors. Congratulations to the following leaders:

Jennifer Johnstone – Chair
President & CEO
Central City Foundation
Vancouver, British Columbia

Ken Mayhew – Past Chair
President and CEO
William Osler Health System Foundation
Brampton, Ontario

Rea Ganesh - Chair-Elect
Vice President, Philanthropy
Scarborough Health Network Foundation 
Scarborough, Ontario

Katie Greene, CFRE - Treasurer
Executive Director 
United Way Newfoundland and Labrador 
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

Tanya Rumble, CFRE - Secretary
Executive Director, Development  
Toronto Metropolitan University  
Co-Founder, Recast Philanthropy 
Toronto, Ontario

Imoleayo (Ayo) Adeyeri,
Graduate Researcher 
Indiana University 
Indianapolis, Indiana

Laureen Bardou, CFRE 
Senior Director, Philanthropy  
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Foundation 
Montréal, Québec

Rebecca Dutton, CFRE 
President & CEO 
Janeway Children’s Hospital Foundation 
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

Megan Feltham, CFRE 
Campaign Strategist  
Good Works  
Ottawa, Ontario

Sofia Janmohamed, MBA, CFRE 
Executive Director, Development 
Simon Fraser University 
Burnaby, British Columbia

Olga Krochak, CFRE 
Founder / Lead Consultant 
4D Philanthropy 
Calgary, Alberta

David Love, CFRE
Principal
LOVEfundraising
Vancouver, British Columbia

Amy Pawluk 
Chief Operating Officer  
Blakely  
Aurora, Ontario

Nancy Perry Dossous, CFRE 
Director, Development 
McGill University Health Centre Foundation 
Montréal, Québec

Aaron Sanderson, CFRE, ACFRE
SVP, Advancement & Chief Development Officer
Kids Help Phone
Toronto, Ontario

Shamina Senaratne 
Consultant/presenter/coach 
Port Moody, British Columbia

Lisa Weatherhead, CFRE
Director of Development
Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Vincent Duckworth, CFRE – AFP Foundation for Philanthropy – Canada Board Chair
President & CEO 
ViTreo Group Inc. 
Calgary, Alberta

Mike Geiger, MBA, CPA 
President & CEO
Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Global 
Arlington, Virginia

Birgit Smith Burton - AFP Global Chair
Founder and CEO 
African American Development Officers (AADO)  
Atlanta, Georgia

These members will begin their new terms on January 1, 2024. Selections were made based on the following criteria:

• Leadership ability that demonstrates the skills needed to govern a professional association;
• Previous service to AFP, philanthropy and the community locally, nationally and/or internationally;
• Participation in AFP activities as a volunteer; and
• AFP membership standing (membership is required for board service).

Additional consideration was given to the following:

• Relevant professional certification, education or learning;
• Overall knowledge of AFP;
• Demonstrated inclusive leadership experience;
• Financial support of the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy – Canada;
• Ability to communicate in both of Canada’s official languages;
• Diversity of geographic location and of chapter size;
• Diversity of areas of professional practice; 
• Demographic diversity (e.g., people of different ages, races, religions, sexual orientation, etc.); and
• Other community perspectives needed by AFP at the time candidates were being considered.

AFP Canada, formed in 2017, was created to bring a Canadian perspective to AFP’s government relations and communications as well as to focus on priorities such as on Truth and Reconciliation. We represent over 3,000 fundraising professionals working to support causes and missions that help people from coast to coast to coast. We serve as part of the larger AFP Global network—the largest community of professional fundraisers in the world.

Guided by the AFP in Canada Strategic Plan, we focus on government relations and communications. Working in close partnership with 21 local chapters and the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy – Canada, AFP Canada strives to stimulate a world of generosity through ethical and effective fundraising.