Keith Sjögren is a former Managing Director at Investor Economics, a leading provider of research and advisory services to the financial services industry in Canada. In his role, Keith was responsible for identifying and managing consulting and research engagements with a range of financial institutions and businesses. He retired at the end of 2021.

Prior to joining the consulting profession in 1995, Keith held a number of executive positions at CIBC, including Senior Vice President, Private Banking & Trust, and President, CIBC Securities. His banking career spanned retail banking, wealth management and international banking. He has lived and worked in the US, Iran, the UK, and Singapore.

Educated at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University, in Ottawa, and the University of Toronto, Keith is a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers and holds the Partners, Directors, and Officers qualification of the Canadian Securities Institute. He’s served on the SEAC committee of the Ontario Securities Commission.

Keith is the Chair of the Advisory Council to the MPNL program at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University, a current member and former Chair of the Investment Committee of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation, and member of a working group of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners responsible for the development of guidelines for the donor-advised fund sector.

He also recently served on the Campaign Cabinet of the Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation and continues to be an advisor to that foundation. A former member of the Board of Directors and Emeritus Council of the Canadian Opera Company Canada, Keith and his wife, Dorothy, are also supporters of the National Ballet of Canada and members of the Stratford Festival.

Keith is the author of a number of major reports and papers on issues such as Women and Philanthropy; Donor-advised Funds in Canada; Donor-advised Funds and Impact Investments; and the management of charitable sector investment assets.

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Linsey Sherman-Zekulin is a lawyer and nonprofit leader with more than a decade of experience working with families in conflict. In 2019, she co-founded , an Ottawa-based charitable organization dedicated to doing philanthropy differently and with a specific focus on infant and early childhood mental health. Since 2020, through relationship-building and trust-based partnerships, Happy Roots has invested over $2 million into early childhood mental health in Ottawa, supporting community programming, research and the launch of an infant and early childhood mental health clinic — the first of its kind — at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.

As a writer and speaker, Linsey is a long-standing advocate for gender equality, family justice reform and innovative approaches to philanthropy. In 2023, she spoke about personal and observed experiences of women philanthropists during an MPNL panel, The Power of Women in Philanthropy.

Linsey also co-founded , a femme-focused social enterprise with a mission to use the power of travel to advance gender equality and fight gender-based violence; she exited the company in 2024 but remains an ardent champion of its work and leadership. She holds a Master’s degree in Nonprofit Management from Columbia University, a law degree from the University of Ottawa, and an undergraduate degree from ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University. She’s a Member of , a global network of philanthropic funders across 22 countries, and Co-Chair of the Board of Directors at .

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