Governance Groups
Common Approach is a set of four impact measurement standards that are created for – and governed by – social purpose organizations. This is an inclusive approach to building a standard.
The governance of Common Approach is structured to be community-driven.
Board of Directors
Béatrice Alain
Executive Director of the Chantier de l’économie sociale
Anouk Bertner
Managing Director, Future of Good
Charles Buchanan
CEO, Technology Helps
Tamsin Chen
Social Impact Manager, International Foundation for Valuing Impacts
Melek De-Wint
Independent consultant
Dan Kershaw
Executive Director, Furniture Bank
Shivam Kishore
Senior Advisor of Digital Transformation & Sustainability, UN Environment Programme
Zahra Qureshi
Founder, Optinum Professional Corp
Mike Ronchka
Director of Social Impact Measurement, Sun Life Canada
Kate Ruff
Executive Director and Head of Research, Common Approach
Bryn Sadownik
Senior Manager of Research and Evaluation, Vancity Community Foundation
Jenelle Sobey
Co-Founder and CEO, RIDDL
Varun Srivatsun
Senior Advisor, Indigenous Access to Capital, NRCan
Heather Tanaka
Investment Principal, InBC Investment Corp.
Mike Toye
Executive Director, Canadian CED Network
Social Purpose Organization Council
Ian Capstick
Chief Impact and Communications Officer, Animikii
Elizabeth Chick
CEO, Buy Social Canada
Colin Corcoran
CEO, Community Sector Council Newfoundland Labrador (CSCNL)
Julia Grady
Executive Director & Co-Founder, 10C Shared Space
Mohamed Huque
Director of Community Impact, Toronto Foundation
Dan Kershaw
Board Representative
Jerry Koh
Principal, Nice Futures Corporation
Lynette Nduta
Research Coordination Lead, 60 Decibel
Tristan Smyth
Chief Impact & Strategy Officer, Warshield
Technical Committee
James Arruda
Senior Impact Measurement Specialist, Indigenous Youth Roots - IYR
Chantal Buard
Co-Founder & CEO, Impact Atlas
Sylvain Carle
Director, CI/VIC: Canadian Impact / Venture Investment Coalition
Mark S. Fox
Professor of Industrial Engineering and Computer Science, Distinguished Professor of Urban Systems Engineering, Founding Director, Centre for Social Services Engineering
Bart Gajderowicz
Executive Director, University of Toronto Urban Data Centre
Murat Kantarcioglu
Ashbel Smith Professor of Computer Science, The University of Texas at Dallas
Dan Lammot
CEO and Co-Founder, threshold.world
Art Law
Manager of Impact Strategy and Measurement, TAS_Impact
Alexandra Pittman
Founder and CEO, ImpactMapper
Daniela Rosu
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto
Liz Wilson
Founder and Co-Director, Metataxis NZ Limited
