J. Denise Castonguay
Executive Director and Founder

Canada Gives is the culmination of Ms. Castonguay's experience in financial services management and a strong personal conviction that helping people to give in a structured, easy to manage format, will enable them to give more generously. Denise entered the financial services industry with a leading mutual fund company, where she was a Senior VP, working with all channels of retail and institutional distribution both domestically and offshore.  She left Trimark to start her own hedge fund company, and subsequently provided consulting services to the investment counsel industry.

Canada Gives provides Denise the lifetime satisfaction of combining industry skills with personal values.

Brent Babcock
Board of Directors

We are so pleased that Brent has joined our efforts at Canada Gives. Brent Babcock brings extensive experience both from the wealth management business and the not for profit sector. In addition to Canada, Gives, Brent operates Babcock Agencies Inc. which specializes in connecting private and institutional capital with private equity opportunities.

Previously, Mr. Babcock was the President and COO of a downtown Toronto boutique wealth management firm that focused on the integration of wealth management and philanthropy in the financial planning for their clients.Brent further adds insurance expertise to our team, expanding planned giving opportunities for donors and their advisers.

Brent serves on a number of for profit and not for profit boards and is passionate about life, his family and golf. His personal mission statement "impacting lives for eternity of those I meet" speaks of wanting to make a difference in all aspects of his life.

Dr. Sandra Carrigan
Board of Directors

Dr. Carrigan is a seasoned professional in human resource development with exceptional academic qualifications and professional skills. Her expertise includes strategic and tactical leadership and communication skills applied to both individuals and teams. She excels as a facilitator, speaker and coach.

Canada Gives is extremely fortunate to have Sandra on the Board, as we develop and enhance our services to both individual and corporate donors.

 Robert J. Clark
Board of Directors

Throughout Bob’s 30 year career in the moving industry, he has trained thousands of moving consultants and helped hundreds of agency owners improve their business practices and profitability. He participated in one of the largest moves in Canadian history when Imperial Oil moved their headquarters from Calgary to Toronto in 2005,  managing the Atlas team who moved more than 500 families and over 100 tractor trailers of office furniture during the busiest time of the moving year. In 2008 Bob was promoted to President and COO of Atlas Canada.

Bob is the past Chairman of the Ontario Club, a former Director of Child Find Ontario. Bob and his wife Janice are long time residents of Oakville and are active members of St. Jude’s Anglican Church.  

Our Board is significantly improved with the addition of Bob and his expertise and insights from both the corporate and not-for-profit industries.

Larry Levine
Board of Directors

Larry J. Levine, Q.C. is a specialist in civil litigation and a practicing lawyer since 1972.  He is presently a senior partner with a law firm that he established in 1990.  He actively represents clients in the Superior Court of Justice on a regular basis and was successful counsel on a leading case in the Supreme Court of Canada on the enforcement of foreign judgments in this country. Larry is an active fund raiser, volunteer and Board member of several charitable organizations.

Mack Rogers
IT/Education Project Manager

Mack Rogers brings a unique skill set to Canada Gives, with his project management experience in database and website development and information architecture as well as his focus on communications for both marketing and educational formats. 

Mack has a strong commitment to both social and educational development . As well as  Canada Gives, Mack serves a number of corporate clients in both the for profit and not for profit sector through his consulting firm, WedED Inc.

We are fortunate to have Mack working with us at Canada Gives as we creatively approach our information and educational support services for both donors and their professional advisers in the growing area of strategic philanthropy.

Simon Segall
Board of Directors, Chair Investment Committee

Simon Segall is the CEO of BNP Paribas Investment Partners Canada in Toronto. He has worked in the Canadian investment and pension industry for over 25 years. Simon is also a faculty member at the Humber College Centre for Employee Benefits, where he lectures on pension fund investing. Until recently, Simon was a Board member at the Distress Centres of Toronto, and he has also served as a member of the pension sub-committee at the Ontario March of Dimes.

As head of the investment committee, Canada Gives is well served with Simon's professional analytical skills as an actuary and his senior level investment industry background. We appreciate your involvement, Simon as well as your marvelous sense of humour.

Marjorie Wallens
Public Relations & Marketing Specialist

We are pleased to have Marjorie Wallens as a key member of our strategic marketing and management team.

 Marjorie is an experienced communications professional and brings her specialized expertise in media and public relations to Canada Gives, along with her expertise with emerging companies.   Marjorie has worked at senior executive levels and with high profile companies in a variety of sectors including broadcasting, transportation, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, health, education and financial services.  As a former broadcast journalist, her media contacts are wide-ranging.

Marjorie established MJW COMMUNICATIONS in 2001 and works with leading organizations on both a national and global level.