Board of Mentors

The volunteer Board of Mentors support and protect the work of the Future of Hockey Lab by focusing on the conditions for its long-term success. Heterogeneity was important when establishing the FHL Board of Mentors. Diversity of gender, ethnicity, sectors, backgrounds, and geography means that the FHL benefits from fresh insights, being challenged, access to unlimited networks, and crucial skills and perspectives in their strategic guidance throughout implementation.

Mary-Kay Messier
Vice President, Global Marketing, Bauer

Mary-Kay Messier
Vice President, Global Marketing, Bauer

Marco DiBuono, PhD
President, Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities

Marco DiBuono, PhD
President, Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities

Justin Bobb
Director, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE)

Justin Bobb
Director, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE)

Marian Jacko
Children’s Lawyer for Ontario
(currently on leave), Acting Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Indigenous Justice Division, and President of Little Native Hockey League ("Little NHL")

Marian Jacko
Indigenous Justice Division, Children’s Lawyer

Arnie Farrell
Chair of the Board of Directors, Hockey Nova Scotia

Rob Knesaurek
Group Vice President, NHL

Dr Richard Norman, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow, Toronto Metropolitan University

Sonia Sennik
Executive Director, Creative Destruction Lab

Sonia Sennik
Executive Director, Creative Destruction Lab

Michael Bach
Author and SME on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Founder of Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion

Mike Tasevski
Vice President of Global Sponsorship & Events, Scotiabank

Imagine a welcoming environment where there is a safe place for everyone – a future that is better for every participant through sport. Sport leaders have wanted this for years but often get stuck on the “how”.

So we’re going for it. We’re discovering new.

BOARD OF MENTORS