Mark Adams. As Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for AGF Management Limited (a Canadian-based, global investment management firm), Mr. Adams is responsible for all legal, corporate governance and compliance matters in Canada and abroad. His areas of expertise include corporate/commercial, corporate finance & securities, investment funds and financial services. Prior to joining AGF in 2004, he worked in private practice as a securities lawyer with McMillan LLP in Toronto, Canada. Mr. Adams obtained his undergraduate degree (Political Science, 1993) from the University of Western Ontario and his LLB (1998) from Dalhousie Law School. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 2000.

Franco Boni. Franco has led The Theatre Centre as General & Artistic Director since 2003. Franco is a recognized cultural innovator, facilitator and community builder with a demonstrated track record of restoring financial stability and artistic credibility to local arts organizations and festivals for over two decades. He has served as Festival Director of the Rhubarb Festival and Artistic Producer of the SummerWorks Theatre Festival. He is the inaugural recipient of the Ken McDougall Award for emerging directors, was awarded the Rita Davies Cultural Leadership Award, for outstanding leadership in the development of arts and culture in the City of Toronto, and in 2013 he received the George Luscombe Award for Mentorship in Professional Theatre.

Laura Nanni. is a Toronto-based curator, producer and artist.  She recently completed her 4th season as Rhubarb Festival Director for Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and is currently serving as Associate Producer for the Luminato Festival.  Previously, Laura was Curator of HATCH: emerging performance projects residency and mentorship programme, Artistic Associate of World Stage and Producer of The Culture Congress for Harbourfront Centre.  Her performance and installation work has been presented across North America, the UK and Europe.

Stacey Norton. is a Toronto based theatre producer and General Manager for Theatre Smash. Inspired to create a new model for professional development within the arts administration sector, Stacey studied Human Resources at University of Toronto with a focus on leadership, training & development. Stacey is also a graduate of the Queen’s University Drama and English & Literature Programs (BAH). Stacey also works as an Administrator in the Department of Professional Practice at KPMG.

Byron Wong. . is a Toronto and Los Angeles-based producer, musician, director and entrepreneur. He founded Random Media Core Inc, in 1993, a Canadian company dedicated to music, design, marketing, and new media.

Mark Aikman . is a consultant, producer, and generally artsy bon vivant. He is currently the Artistic Producer at Birdtown and Swanville and the Director of Development and Communications at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, where he also sits on the steering committee for the ARTATTACK! live art auction. He has done lots of other things too: stage managed a couple dozen dance and theatre shows, managed a few tours, won a game of DreamPhone after being tricked into performing at The Rhubarb Festival, and wore a giant, sweaty vinyl record costume when he was once again ticket into performing – this time at Summerworks. He spent four years as the resident production/stage manager for The Dietrich Group, and another four years producing and publicizing at Crow’s Theatre. Among the things he’s been least qualified for, but still rocked, include producing a drag queen beauty pageant at the Courtyard Marriott, being a web designer, and spending a brief stint as a kind of archivist at VideoCabaret. He is currently working on a coffee table book, and a collection of artisinal stuffed animals..