Rob Way

Board Chair

Rob Way is currently CEO of Swiftspace Inc. and is a chartered professional accountant. Rob has established several multi-million dollar businesses demonstrating the ability to help organizations successfully develop plans to allow them to continue to grow. Rob also has been an active volunteer in the Waterloo Region for a number of years serving as Chair of the Board for a number of organizations. He has been a member of the Waterloo Region Hockey Helps the Homeless Committee for eight years and currently is Committee Chair. As Chair of the National Hockey Helps the Homeless Board, Rob is excited about helping the organization continue to expand the impact it has on homelessness across Canada.

Ted Jarvis

Director

Ted has extensive marketing experience in with various Fortune 100 organizations including Kellogg's, Frito-Lay, Wrigley’s and Rogers Cable. Ted is the president of Flow Marketing – a boutique firm servicing Canadian corporations in the area of sports and entertainment sponsorship, promotion and event marketing. Flow Marketing clients include Cadbury, Energizer, Scotts and Running Room. Ted joined Hockey Helps the Homeless in 2007, where he lends his significant energies, enthusiasm and marketing expertise to the cause.

David Farnfield

Director

David has 35 years of commodity/equity/financial markets experience. He served as Vice President and Officer at George Weston Limited, the parent company of a large food manufacturing and food/pharmacy distribution business including Weston Foods, Loblaw and Shoppers Drug Mart. He built a strong reputation for cost management innovation and systems improvements, including negotiating material supply agreements on behalf of key operating companies and their respective suppliers. David also runs a hockey league called the Impact Hockey League (“IHL”) which donates significant resources to people and community groups in need. David graduated from Yale University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics.

Dana Turner-Ryan

Director

Dana is a partner at Smiths IP, a boutique intellectual property law firm in Vancouver, where she practices in all aspects of IP law, with a special interest in sports-related patents and trademarks.  She was born in Edmonton and grew up in Winnipeg, before returning to Alberta to obtain her metallurgical engineering and law degrees from the University of Alberta.  She plays hockey, dragonboats, does yoga and watches pretty much every sport either live or on television with her husband John.  She has been involved with Hockey Helps the Homeless since 2012.

Gianni Crivello

Director

Gianni has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. He joined Hockey Helps the Homeless in 2010, and, is also the co-founder of the Cure Scleroderma Foundation, in conjunction with his spouse and the Montreal Jewish General Hospital. He has been very involved in his local community, and recently held a 3 year mandate as President of Hockey Saint-Laurent/Versant Ouest. With the support of 125 volunteers, he helped oversee the development of over 1000 young Minor Hockey players. Gianni founded La Ligue de Balle Molle des Camarades de St-Leonard, in 1991, a 10 Team Softball League. For their involvement in the community, the Crivello family was awarded 'Family of the year' for Ville Saint-Laurent Qc. in 2006.

John Lavorato

Director

John was one of the founding organizers of the HHTH Calgary tournament. He currently runs Punting Limited, a privately held investment firm in Calgary. John has an MBA from Northwestern and brings strong finance acumen to the HHTH board. John lives in Calgary with his wife Dina and his 2 boys, Michael and Jack.

Richard Lee

Director

Richard has many years of professional experience in both public and private sector, including the Canada Revenue Agency. He is currently the Director of Tax for Canada with The Nielsen Company and has also served in management positions with corporations such as Kraft Foods and Cadbury. Richard is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto. Richard enjoys spending time with his wife, Rachel, and two children. He also enjoys giving back to the community by volunteering his time and resources through sports and other activities.

Hari Sihvo

Director

Hari has 25+ years of experience in the Sports & Entertainment industry. As Director of Partnerships at Molson Coors Canada, he oversaw the company’s involvement in properties ranging from professional leagues and teams in the NHL, NBA and CFL to grassroots music festivals from coast-to-coast. His background also includes Licensing and Media/ Agency experience on clients such as Mazda, General Mills and Pizza Hut. Hari sat on the board of the Sponsorship Marketing Council of Canada (SMCC) from 2008-2018, and has been involved in various charities including Princess Margaret Golf to Conquer Cancer. He joined Hockey Helps the Homeless in 2020 to lend his background to the cause. 

Sarah Schroeder

Director

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