The Ci Team
Charity Intelligence’s most important asset is its people. Ci's team is a passionate cadre of professional analysts. Many on Ci's team have over 10,000 hours experience in the “for-profit” sector in different professions – investing, management consulting, and public relations. We all volunteer extensively with charities, and we are donors ourselves.
In 2006, one off-hand comment “just doing what I can” triggered us to think differently. We hadn’t seen our investing skills as applicable to Canadian charities. Yet doctors give their medical expertise; lawyers work pro-bono on worthy causes. At the same time, we were also digging into our personal giving trying to be better donors. Would our perspective, our independent work, be helpful to others?
Apparently so. The spontaneous responses from hundreds of thousands of donors from across Canada have guided our work. For those donors that have questions, we hope our research and reports provide answers. We hope our work gives you new insights and helps you give intelligently. And, please, keep emailing and calling in your questions. Since our beginning, your questions have driven our work forward.
Board of Directors
Kate Bahen, CFA Managing Director Retired equity analyst
Graeme Hepburn Chairman Dufferin Gate Capital
Greg Thomson, MBA Director of Research
Angela Wang, Impact Analyst
Katie Khodawandi, Research Analyst and Results Reporting Outreach/Coaching
Cory Eybergen, Impact Analyst
Advisory
Dr. Terrence Colvin, Founder of DMPE Foundation
Ben McNamee, Director Ajah
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Public Relations
Patrick Gossage, Public Relations, Media Profile
Martha Grant, ProPublic
Ken Evans, APEX Public Relations
Joni Avram, Principal, Cause &Effect Marketing, Marketing & Communications (Alberta)
Design & Production
Myrna Forsythe Editor
Stuart Thurby Stack Creative
Stephen Thursby Design, Principal, Thursby &Associates retired
Rachel Greiner Production & Design
Paul Wang Website
Anna Hermansen Digital Project Manager at Blockchain Research Institute
Auditors
BDO Canada
Summer Analysts
Eric Zhao, 2020 University of Toronto
Eric Jose, 2020 Queen's University Commerce
Tenzin Shomar, 2020 Queen's University Commerce
Madi Kerr, 2018 & 2019, University of Toronto Law School
Lauren Chin, 2019 Queen's University Commerce
Caroline McKenna, 2019, Medical School, Western University
Parker Thomlinson, 2019, Ivey candidate Western University
Stephan Tetzlaff, 2019, Western University Commerce
Derek Houlberg, 2018 Queen's University Commerce now Associate PwC Canada
Joeyanne Cheung, 2018 Ivey School, Western University now Investment Banking Analyst at RBC Capital Markets
Juliana Badovinac 2017 analyst at Innovation Research Group
Josh Lam 2017, Queens University Commerce, now Senior Accountant Ernst & Yonge
William Rooney, University of Toronto Law
Claudia Desanti, policy analyst, Ontario Chamber of Commerce
Bronwyn Smith, MBA, management consultant Bain & Company, now Head of Merchant Experience, Shopify
Yash Ahuja, 2015 Summer Research Analyst, MBA candidate Rotman School of Management, now Sr. Manager Performance Analytics Tim Hortons
Zoe Best, 2015 Summer Research Analyst, Queen's University Commerce, now Associate Climate Innovation Capital
Harsha Gadiyaram, now Senior Associate Portfolio Manager at BCI
Rohan Bhargava, 2015 Summer Research Analyst, MBA candidate, now Associate Analyst, Corporate Finance Group, Moody's Investment Services
Daniel Binnette, 2013 & 2014 Summer Research Analyst, Harvard Law School, now Associate at Clearly, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
Mikhil Mahore, CFA 2015 Summer Research Analyst, now TD Senior Analyst, Market Risk Analysis
Zain Jafry, CFA, 2012 Ci Research Analyst, Investment Manager at Starlight Investments
Aswani Pulipaka, 2012 Ci Research Analyst, now at Scotiabank, Associate Director, Group Treasury
Ankit Singhal, CFA 2011 now Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Grayhawk Investment Strategies
Adam Heller, 2011, Summer Research Analyst, Davies Ward and Beck
Former Research Analysts, colleagues who contributed so much to what Charity Intelligence provides donors:
Roland Bertin, Ci Top Picks Committee, Retired Director, Burns Fry Research
John Grandy, TD Investments Research (retired), Environment charities analyst
Chris Murphy, CFA, CIBC Wealth Management, Ci Food Bank Analyst
Indi Gopinathan, MBA, Investor Relations, Rainy River Resources Food Banks Analyst
Hanny Elsayed, CFA, Food Banks Analyst
Ben Gardent, MBA, RBC Capital Markets, Animal Welfare Analyst
Zoe Young, Social Results Reporting Analyst
Karen Greve Young, MBA, Cancer Analyst, Director, formerly Strategic Initiatives at MaRS Discovery District
Michael Phillips, CFA, Education Analyst
Nancy Carss, CFA, At-Risk Youth Analyst