The GIRL TALK Advisory Board is the central committee overseeing the vision, mission, and direction of the GIRL TALK Empowerment organization. The Board consists of a small team of outstanding community leaders and business executives who are committed to empowering the future generation of female leaders. The Advisory Board members seek to use their talents, network, and experiences to help shape the successful growth and development of the our organization on a local and international level.
Suzette Lewis
Suzette Lewis is proud to be the Chairperson of the Make Your Mark & GIRL TALK Empowerment Advisory Board. Outside of GIRL TALK, Suzette is the Executive Director of Community Justice Alternatives where she oversees many programs including: Durham Community Mediation Program, Youth Justice -Victim Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) and Conflict Anger, Learning Communication and Mediation (CALM). She is dedicated to improving the lives of young people on both a local and global level.
Rick McCutcheon
Rick is a Dynamics Customer Relationship Management (CRM) MVP with expertise in Sales Process Design, Social Selling and CRM Strategies. Rick has been involved with the CRM Industry since 1990 as a Company Founder, Senior Executive, Reseller, Board Member, Educator, Consultant and Professional Speaker. He is an active member of the community and is proud to lend his business acumen to a growing social enterprise.
Donna Karjalainen
Donna is the Ontario Sales Manager at Nutrisoya Foods Inc. and is passionate about promoting healthy lifestyles for young people. Some of her interests include cooking, travel, art, Zumba and yoga. She has been an active volunteer and leader in her community for many years and when asked by Katie if she would like to help empower girls she replied with a “100% yes!”