TEARFUND - Key Persons
Andrea Leung serves as a Director on Tearfund Canada's board. She is currently studying law at the University of Ottawa and hopes to practice in the area of employment and labour law. Before law school, Andrea completed a Bachelor of Arts in International Development Studies at the University of Toronto. As part of her studies, she spent a year working in rural India with a community development organization focusing on women's empowerment. After graduating she worked at Tearfund Canada in administration and fundraising for two years.
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- Program Manager ( East Africa & South Asia )
Arden is a Director on Tearfund Canada's Board and serves as lead Pastor of Norquay Evangelical Covenant Church in Saskatchewan. Formerly, he was a Board Member of Paul Carlson Partnership as well as Covenant Bible College. Arden is a proud farmer, volunteer firefighter, husband and father.
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- Donor Relations Coordinator
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- Church Relations Director
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- Fundraising Operations Manager
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- Graphic Designer & Digital Media Specialist
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- Chairman of the Board
- Director of Business Development at Fairtrade Canada
Helen is the Director of Business Development at Fairtrade Canada and holds the position of Chair on Tearfund Canada's board. Before taking her current position at Fairtrade, she was the Founding Executive Director of Christians Against Poverty in Canada.
Lyle Kozloff serves as a Director on Tearfund Canada's Board. He and his family live and volunteer as resident assistants at New Hope, a non-profit that provides housing and support services for refugee families as they transition into life in Canada in Surrey BC. He has also worked for several non-profit organizations in overseas locations including Benin, Japan, and Cambodia. Lyle enjoys technology and helping, which are assets in his day job managing a technical support team for a software company.
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- Director
- Member of Ellerslie Road Baptist Church
Maher is a soon-to-be-retired professional engineer with 40 years of experience in consulting and research. Born and raised in Egypt, Maher moved to Canada in 1979. He has a BSc from Cairo University and a PhD from the University of Calgary.
Maher has worked for the same not-for-profit company for the last 32 years, where he held senior management positions including President and CEO. He has been involved in pipeline standard development, published many research papers, and lectured widely on pipeline risk management. He is a member of the Canadian Standard Association and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.
Maher is a member of Ellerslie Road Baptist Church where he served for many years as a Sunday school and ESL teacher. He is married with three married children and two grandchildren.
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- Marketing & Communications Director
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- Director
- Member and Board Chair of Trull 's Road Free Methodist Church
Nora is a Director for Tearfund Canada. Nora is an active member and Board Chair of Trull's Road Free Methodist Church. With a huge heart for the poor, Nora brings a strong financial and strategic mind that loves to think outside of the box. Along with her husband, she owns a Optometrist practice in Newscastle, Ontario. Together they have 4 children.
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- Program Manager ( South Asia )
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- National Director of Development and Mobilization
For questions regarding fundraising (private, foundations, corporate) activities across Canada, church partnerships and speaking engagements, connect with Philip.
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- Program Manager ( East Africa )