SHANIN LOTT
Shanin partners with professional services clients, with a focus on law firms, to identify and develop forward-looking leaders. Based in Toronto and New York, she advises C-suites on executive searches, leadership assessment, team effectiveness, and culture analysis. Shanin brings extensive experience advising high-performance, client-centric professional services firms in deeply competitive landscapes.

Previously, she was the chief people officer for the Canadian region of Norton Rose Fulbright, and was instrumental in supporting the firm’s global people and culture strategy. In that role, she developed and executed the people strategy across functions, including talent attraction and development, performance, DE&I, culture and engagement, and HR operations. Shanin has also worked on extensive corporate culture audits. Before that, she led talent management and marketing and communications teams at Stikeman Elliott, a top-tier Canadian law firm. She has also practiced law in NYC and Canada ​Shanin holds a BA (hons) in English literature from the University of Windsor, and an LLB from the University of Ottawa. She is called to the bars of Ontario and New York.

DR. DEBORAH ROSATI, FCPA, FCA, ICD.D GCB.D, CCB.D
Deborah Rosati, an award-winning entrepreneur and corporate director, has been defined in three interconnected ways throughout her 35-year career – as a corporate governance champion, catalyst for change and community builder. As the founder and CEO of Women Get On Board Inc. (WGOB), a 900-member social-purpose company, Deborah is building a community of the next generation of women corporate directors. WGOB amplifies the voices of women leaders, board members and professionals across Canada through education, mentorship and allyship. It’s been called The Power of Three – one woman in the boardroom is a token, two is a presence, and three is a voice.

Deborah is a leading and serving corporate director, currently chairing the board of Profound Impact Corporation and has chaired many public company audit committees and nominating & corporate governance committees. In addition, Deborah has led and served on numerous special committees with various mandates (including going public, going private, M&A, restructuring and special investigations).

Deborah’s passion for good governance and board diversity is rooted in her board journey when she was often the only woman in the boardroom. These first-hand experiences cemented Deborah’s conviction that having more women on boards makes better business sense. Never satisfied with the status quo, Deborah always seeks ways to challenge expectations and drive change. She brings an environmental, social and governance (ESG) lens to every board she serves on, as she believes in the power and responsibility of business to change our world for the better.

As a visionary leader, Deborah recently launched Women Funding Women Inc. (WFW) with her cofounders, Sherry Shannon Vanstone and Lara Zink, to bridge the funding gap for female founders. Deborah’s commitment to sustainable change and empowerment, deep governance knowledge, financial expertise and dynamic personality have made her a sought-after thought leader and speaker. Deborah’s thought leadership on corporate governance, sustainability, EDI and social impact is profiled on her website, deborahrosati.ca.

CHANTELLE COURTNEY
Chantelle is a lawyer (Queen’s Law ‘95; ‘97 Ont. Call), Ivey Executive Coach and Certified Leadership Coach - recognized by the International Coaching Federation.

She provides talent management, leadership coaching and business development expertise to a range of clients, including several national law firms, Ivey Business School executive programs, the University of Ottawa and UBC and not-for-profit organizations. Chantelle is a leadership coach in the Women’s General Counsel University Program 2023/24.

With 14 years in talent management leadership roles at 7 Sister law firms, Chantelle brings deep expertise in high performance environments.

From 2014 – 2021, Chantelle served in senior advancement leadership roles at the University of Toronto. Most recently as Assistant Vice-President of Divisional Relations university wide. This role was responsible for strategic talent management of 400+ team members and a major gifts team portfolio delivering industry leading results.

Founding Inflection Point Coaching & Consulting in 2022, Chantelle has built a robust portfolio of remarkable clients. 

REBECCA BURROWS
Rebecca Burrows is the General Counsel of KPMG in Canada.  She is also on the Global General Counsel Steering Group of KPMG International, and a member of the Management Committee of KPMG Law LLP.  As General Counsel, Rebecca leads the Office of General Counsel, and has overall responsibility for all legal matters affecting the firm. Prior to joining KPMG in Canada, Rebecca was a litigation partner at a major Canadian law firm practicing corporate and commercial litigation. She has been recognized as one of Lexpert’s Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40, and a “Litigation Lawyer to Watch” in Lexpert’s 2013 Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada. Since joining KPMG, Rebecca was named as a finalist in the litigation management category of the Canadian General Counsel Awards.

Rebecca is a life-long volunteer, having served as a director on a number of non-profit boards, most recently with Youth and Philanthropy Initiative and The Elizabeth Fry Society (Toronto). She has served as  Chair of the In-House Practice Group of The Advocates Society, and is a frequent speaker at legal symposiums.

SAMANEH (SAM) HOSSEINI
Samaneh (Sam) Hosseini is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. Her practice focuses on commercial litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on complex contract disputes, class actions, securities litigation, shareholder disputes, and product liability. Sam has extensive experience representing clients in a range of domestic and multi-jurisdictional class actions, including areas such as product liability, securities law, franchise law and consumer protection. She regularly advises companies and their directors and officers in matters involving allegations of corporate misconduct, including internal and regulatory investigations.

Sam is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, the Ontario Bar Association, the Canadian Bar Association, The Advocates' Society, and an Officer of the Litigation Committee (Dispute Resolution Section) of the International Bar Association.