Jennifer Babin-Fenske
	Jennifer Babin-Fenske was raised in Liverpool, N.S., a place she now enjoys visiting with her young family to experience the fresh sea air. She studied applied zoology at McGill University and discovered her passion for insects. She then completed an M.Sc. in biology (systematic entomology) and a PhD in boreal ecology (stress ecology/entomology) at Laurentian University. Her research included plants, forest insects and water invertebrates in the Sudbury area. She has received numerous research awards. Babin-Fenske has fallen in love with Sudbury with its world-renowned history and potential for natural growth, environmental initiatives and ecological research. As the co-ordinator of EarthCare Sudbury Initiatives,she enjoys promoting environmental awareness and tries to encourage sustainable behaviour at home, work and play.
Karen Hourtovenko
	Karen Hourtovenko, Nurse Practitioner, Certified Life, Facilitator for Life Success Corporate and business owner. Twenty four years experience in cardiac, intensive care, primary health care nursing and wellness counseling/coaching. She has utilized her knowledge to train student and staff nurses as well as the public and corporate on health/well-being and life/professional success strategies. She is the co-owner of a Riverside Cardiac Clinic Inc and Life Zone Coaching and Consulting. She teaches classes and seminars reflecting the principles for optimum health and well-being, and lifestyle management for health maintenance and life and business success. As a half marathon runner and black belt in Goju Karate, her passion of the principles in nutrition and health supports and ensures her sport success. She is married and has three children.
Darryl Lake
	Darryl retired in 2012as CEO of NORCAT. He has served on a number of committees and boards relating to technology. As a founding board member of the former Ontario Centre for Resource Machinery Technology, located in Sudbury, he is very much aware of the difficulties and opportunities for technological development in Northern Ontario. He was a member of the Premier's Ontario Science and Innovation Council (OSIC)( Mike Harris government) and is presently a member of The Leaders' Roundtable on Commercialization of The Conference Board of Canada and the Ontario Minerals Industry Cluster-Commercialization Working Groups. He is a member of the Premier's Jobs and Prosperity Council (Dalton McGuinty government) Darryl has been employed at Cambrian College for the past 35 years and held the following positions: Coordinator, Chemistry/Metallurgy/Physics, Chair, Chemistry/Metallurgy/Physics, Dean, Health Sciences, Trades and Technology, Director, Ontario Centre for Ground Control Training and the Northeastern Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Resource Centre. Darryl is also a member of the Executive Committee of the College. Darryl has also chaired and served on the Provincial Heads of Technology. He received The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for " Contributions to Community" in 2012 and the Community Builders Award for Economic Development in 2008.
Dean Lupini
	Dean Lupini graduated from the University of Waterloo in Mathematics, then moved back to Sudbury to finish his MASc. at Laurentian in Mining Engineering. Dean now owns Key Logic Software Solutions, a software development service provider in mining and engineering. He is former Chair of the Young Professionals Association and participates on other boards in the community, including the Healthy Community Cabinet and Learning City Initiative. In 2011 Dean was one of Sudbury's Top 40 Under Forty award recipients.
Helen Mulc
	A native of Sudbury, Helen is an Honours Bachelor of Commerce graduate (1990). She has since obtained a Masters in Municipal Management diploma and is currently completing her MBA. Her career started in economic and business development for the Greater Sudbury Development Corporation and the North Bay Economic Development Commission. In 1992, Helen led the development of the Sudbury Regional Business Centre. She later went on to serve as the Manager of Business Development and the Director of Economic Development for the City of Greater Sudbury. With over 20 years of municipal community, business and economic development experience, this past year, Helen opted to pursue a different path and now serves as the Director of the Regional Economic Development Branch for the Ministry of Northern Development & Mines. Helen has served on numerous Boards such as the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce, Science North, Ontario's North Economic Development Corporation and Sudbury Community Foundation. She is also a former Northern Ontario Business "40 under 40 "recipient.
Oryst Sawchuk
	Oryst Sawchuk is an architect, an artist and a musician, as well as an urban planner, and a business and community leader. He won the Community Builders Award for Arts Excellence in 2010. As an artist, Sawchuk captures Sudbury's proud history through the mediums of pen, ink and watercolour. He has created a legacy of heritage drawings and paintings that capture the spirit of determination upon which this city was built. His sketches for Northern Life delighted readers for more than a decade. In the mid-1990s, he established the Acorn Gallery on Oak (AGO). Sawchuk also works diligently to champion the preservation and restoration of heritage buildings as monuments to Sudbury's history.
Chris Sheridan
	Chris Sheridan HRF is a former businessman, successful and respected, in the field of play. Since his retirement, he has devoted most of his energies towards overseeing the two special foundations that he founded. The House of Kin (HOK) and the Greater Sudbury Sports Hall of Fame Foundation. Since the age of 13, he has volunteered on many committees and projects benefitting our community. He continues to chair the annual House of Kin Sports Celebrity Dinner that is in its 44th year of recognizing the efforts of our athletes both past and present and our community sports programs. He has been the recipient of many awards in recognition of his tireless effort in promoting our community and its activities.
Linda S. Wilson
	Linda Wilson is the former director of marketing and institutional relations at Cambrian College, where she provided executive leadership to Cambrian's marketing, institutional relations, student recruiting, alumni, communications, production, and publishing activities. Since her retirement from Cambrian College in 2010, she has balanced her personal time with volunteer activities. Currently, she is a member of the board of St. Joseph's Health Centre of Sudbury, a member of the board's executive committee, and chair of the board's quality committee. She was a co-chair of the education sector for the 2011 and 2012 United Way campaigns and is a past member of the board of directors of St. Joseph's Foundation of Sudbury.