About the Panel 

Jennifer Beyers

Jen has spent two decades working and volunteering with the non-profit sector at operational, governance, and systemic levels. From program design and delivery and strategic and operational planning to governance processes and team and partnership development, she’s worked on it all.  

Jen comes with strategies and passion for tackling the complex challenges we face through transformed policy development and community service delivery informed by collaborative dialogue that includes everyone, centres equity-deserving people, and builds true allyship with Indigenous Peoples. 

David Feldman

David Feldman, B.Sc., M.A., PMP, Q. Med., is the Director of Learning and Development at ECVO. For almost 20 years, David has worked with nonprofit, project management advisory, and family business boards on a range of projects, challenges, and growth.

As a mediator, he helps support boards find common ground and a shared vision to bring their organization together, unite, and move forward. David has taken an interest in the deconstruction of the orthodox beliefs and traditions in governance to explore how we can change the design of our governance models to empower better governance and increase engagement in our organizations.