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Send us Fan Mail Jeff LeDrew founded Jumping Bean Coffee as a full service coffee roaster, grocery wholesaler, and cafe system. They import the finest single origin and blends from around the world and roast them with a unique ECO2Roast process at their facility in Atlantic Canada. Their coffees are shipped out across around Eastern Canada, from the Maritimes to Ontario, at major and independent g...

Send us Fan Mail William C. Malone was born in the central Newfoundland town of Buchans. He spent his formative years in Mount Pearl and upon graduation from high school he attended St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia graduating in 1987 with a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree. In 1988 he joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and served in the provinces of N...

Send us Fan Mail Maria French is the Founder and President, of Terra Nova Solutions . She is well-known and regarded in the health information management field, having served nine years as an elected Director of the Clinical Documentation Industry Association (CDIA). Gender equality and women empowerment are the very core of her principles. She is a member of the Women’s Executive Network (WXN), W...

Send us Fan Mail Gill Whelan has been coaching for 25 years. Her work in coaching clients in the fitness and wellness realm first began about 11 years ago. She studied under and trained with experts in fitness, health, nutrition, mindset and overall wellness, all over the world. Whelan Wellness Virtual Bootcamp is an online wellness-focused program, with a comprehensive 360-degree approach to well...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Heather Morrison was appointed Chief Health Officer for PEI in July 2007. As PEI's first female Rhodes Scholar, she completed both a Master's and Doctorate degree at University of Oxford in Comparative Social Research and Social Policy with a thesis dissertation in health policy decision-making. Dr. Morrison returned to Canada for her medicine training, completing he...

Send us Fan Mail Elias Kanaris is an author, professional keynote speaker, executive coach, leadership trainer, and entrepreneur. He has been a regular keynote presenter and he has frequently spoken to audiences in the I.T., telecommunications, insurance, financial services, real estate, and education sectors across thirteen countries on four continents. Since the early 1980s, Elias has been using...

Send us Fan Mail Larry Pittman, is very proud to have served his country, as a uniformed military officer at the military base in Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada for a three year posting in the early 1990’s. Larry was the CEO/Airport Manager at 5-Wing Goose Bay Airport on September 11th, 2001. Goose Bay Airport had to make quick, tactical decisions to house and accommodate 1000 stranded passengers in...

Send us Fan Mail Kevin Tuerff's experience as a 9/11 stranded airline passenger in Canada inspired him to develop Pay it Forward 9/11 in 2002, and it has been growing each year. Today he serves as founder and volunteer president of Pay it Forward 9/11, Inc. His 9/11 story is one of the true stories inspiring the Tony-Award winning Broadway musical Come From Away. The character 'Kevin T&a...

Send us Fan Mail Born in a small town in the Rhondda Valleys of South Wales. At the young age of 16 he joined the British Army where he completed a 22 Year distinguished career, seeing service all over the Globe including Operational Service in Northern Ireland, Eastern Europe, Africa, The Middle East, Iraq and Afghanistan before retiring in December 2013. He moved to Newfoundland in 2013 and fell...

Send us Fan Mail Corina is a certified coach, author, speaker, and the CEO of Shift People Development Inc. Throughout  a 12-year career she designed creative learning solutions to solve problems for clients and stakeholders. In 2013 however, she found herself at a crossroads. The organizations she worked for didn’t always have an appetite for bigger thinking or new ideas. So, after 12 years of gi...

Send us Fan Mail In 2017, mother-daughter duo, Kim Hickman and Katie Thompson saw that there was a gap in the market when it came to a sleek, professional, functional backpack for women. Their problem was simple: most women’s bags suck.  Immediately they got to work. Surveying over 400 women both online and in their home about what makes a ‘perfect backpack’. These ‘backpack yaks’ as they called t...

Send us Fan Mail On July 16th HMCS Oriole visited St. John's and #GaleForceWins went aboard to chat with the captain and some of it's crew. New episodes every Tuesday evening on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also visit www. GaleForceWins.com To message Gerry visit: www.linkedin.com/in/gerrycarew/ To message Allan visit: www.linkedin.com/in/allanadale/ Gale Force Wins...

Send us Fan Mail Jay Gallagher worked in construction in Ireland with his dad at the age of 14. Sadly his dad passed away when he was a teenager but his incredibly strong mom kept the family together and instilled a work ethic that serves him well to this day. During university Jay and his brother, while still teenagers started a second hand import auto parts company in their mother's garage....

Send us Fan Mail Bill Butler started his career in traditional media advertising with The Telegram in St. John's. While working there he came across an opportunity to pursue self employment with his own company www.oilfiltrationsolutions.com in 2002 by representing an emerging Oil Filtration technology that reduces oil consumption and waste. Bill has continued to grow his customer base and ha...

Send us Fan Mail Bev is an award-winning advocate, a best-selling author, an entrepreneur, a former model and fashion designer, and most importantly, a loving mom and wife. But once upon a time, she was an innocent little girl living a life of abuse and torture in a “perfect” house behind a white picket fence. For more than a decade she was sexually, physically, and mentally abused by her adopted...

Send us Fan Mail As CEO of Genesis, Michelle leads the management team in handling day to day operations of the Genesis Group and establishes long-term relationships with key stakeholders in the community. With the leadership of the Board of Directors, she develops and implements the Genesis Group strategic plan. With more than a decade of experience advising technology companies, Michelle is pass...

Send us Fan Mail Kelly Sandoval is the Executive Director of Rainbow Riders - Therapeutic Riding Newfoundland and Labrador . Kelly tells us about her journey to her current leadership role and about the wonderful organization she leads. The Rainbow Riders Mission is to facilitate the development and potential of youth and adults with special physical, cognitive, and emotional needs through therape...

Send us Fan Mail June Tavenor, a Registered Nurse from St. John’s, Newfoundland, founded www.catalysthealthsolutions.ca as an innovative way to provide access and innovation in health care. June graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 2005 with a Bachelor or Nursing degree and a passion for emergency nursing. She immediately began working at Level One Trauma Centre in downtown Toront...

Send us Fan Mail Join us as we chat with an outstanding young leader, 2018 Sailor of the Year, Master Seaman of the Fleet, NAVRES / Divisional Petty Officer – Naval Communicators, HMCS Star / Training Co-Ordinator – Operations Department Royal Canadian Navy She/Her. New episodes every Tuesday evening on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also visit www. GaleForceWins.com To message...

Send us Fan Mail Kevin holds a Bachelor of Arts from the College of the Holy Cross, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Ottawa, and a Masters of Law from the University of Turin. Kevin has been with Plian since 2014 and as Executive Director oversees PLIAN’s activities while ensuring access to justice in and legal education in Newfoundland and Labrador, and more broadly across Canada. He is t...

Send us Fan Mail A 39-year veteran of uniformed service to Canada, Mark Norman retired from the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in the rank of Vice-Admiral (VADM) in 2019. VADM Norman rose through the ranks to be the Vice-Chief of Defence: the second-highest appointment in the Canadian Armed Forces. Currently a Senior Defence Strategist at Samuel Associates, VADM Norman helps clients achieve their full...

Send us Fan Mail After performing together for many years in Folk and Bossa Nova projects, Ana Luísa Ramos and Eric Taylor Escudero have created a concert with the best of the two worlds. The partnership started as Ana was featured in Eric´s folk-rock project. In 2016 Ana released her debut album “Um”, with original songs written by Eric and covers of traditional Brazilian songs and a Gershwin bro...

Send us Fan Mail Peter is Counsel at McInnes Cooper's Halifax office. Leveraging his public service and legal experience, Peter collaborates with McInnes Cooper professionals to bring strategic value to business and public sector leaders within and outside of Atlantic Canada. Peter served in the Parliament of Canada for over 18 years as a cabinet minister in high-profile portfolios, including...

Send us Fan Mail It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our mother Elizabeth Carew at 2:30 Halifax, Nova Scotia time. We were given the gift of time with her that we were not with our dad. At the age of 44 she became a widow. Left with three children she worked every day to provide a stable household for us. She showed perseverance, tenacity and a downright dogged determinatio...

Send us Fan Mail LCdr Pelton enrolled in the Naval Reserve on 24 April 2001 in HMCS CHIPPAWA in Winnipeg, MB as a Naval Cadet. He commenced his Basic Training that summer at NOTC VENTURE and completed his MARS Officer training in the spring of 2003 in HMCS SASKATOON and was awarded his Bridge Watch Keeping certificate. As Combat Officer in HMCS CHIPPAWA from 2003-2005, LCdr Pelton completed his un...