Judges

Jeff Hutcheson

Jeff Hutcheson is the Sports and Weather Anchor for CANADA AM, Canada's #1 national morning show. Hutcheson was an integral part of CANADA AM's broadcast team for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

Hutcheson's career began as college student when he accepted a job as the "good news" reporter for Toronto radio station 1010 CFRB in 1976. Shortly after graduation he started at CKCO-TV in Kitchener. During the next 20 years he worked as a sports anchor, a reporter, a producer, a program host and writer, moving to CANADA AM in a permanent capacity in 1998.

Frequently on the road for CANADA AM, Hutcheson has hosted over 250 remote broadcasts from destinations around the world including Paris, France, London, England, Dublin, Ireland and Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 2002, he helmed a cross-Canada RV adventure called "The Ultimate Road Trip," and in May 2009, he spent a week in Australia covering the extreme international job hunt "The Best Job in the World."

Hutcheson works in his community by supporting various charities and across Canada including Halifax's IWK Hospital and the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada.

In 2001, Hutcheson was inducted as a member of the Conestoga College Broadcasting Course Hall of Fame and Preston High School Hall of Fame in 2005. Hutcheson lives in Prince Edward Island and is an avid golfer. He is the author of two books, Best of Canada and Best of Atlantic Canada.

Tina Daenzer

Tina Daenzer started at Canada AM in 2000 as a story producer and in 2004 was promoted to Senior Entertainment Producer. During her time at Canada AM, she has overseen some of the biggest productions of Canada's most popular network morning program.

Tina created and produced the Canada AM Community Competition involving hundreds of communities across the country giving them the ability to share their spirit with the rest of the country. She has also produced Canada's favourite weather man, Jeff Hutcheson taking him across Canada and around the world.

She has put together many of the major concert events on Canada AM with guests such as Tina Turner, Shania Twain, Diana Krall and Keith Urban.

Sean Moffit

Sean is a well-recognized thought leader in company innovation, brand leadership, social influence marketing and online community building, marrying his passion for grassroots engagement, digital technologies and the brand. He has been an executive-level marketer, agency leader and consultant, in roles bridging the traditional and digital divide for over 15 years.

As an answer to business' future, Sean founded Agent Wildfire in 2004 (www.agentwildfire.com) – a leading marketing, media and research firm dedicated to customer advocacy and innovation, word of mouth, influencer marketing, online communities, social media and buzz-building. Located in Toronto, he now continues and expands that work for startups, Fortune 500s and executive teams by leading the Wikibrands consultancy (www.wiki-brands.com).

Sean has previously led the direction of Canada's best known brands at Molson, Guinness, Labatt, Procter & Gamble and others as a client and agency partner. He speaks frequently on the subject of new marketing and media, chairing national conferences, speaking internationally and commenting in national broadcast and top print media and lecturing at universities across a variety of topics. Sean is also an executive consultant to Don Tapscott's firm nGenera (http://www.ngenera.com/) and helps executive and brand teams power the collaborative enterprise.

Jean-Pier Gravel

Jean-Pier Gravel is from Abitibi, Quebec. Always involved in the student life, he won public speaking competitions and has even tested his general knowledge in the popular show Génie en herbe. Jean-Pier then continued his studies in ATM (Art and Media Technology) in Jonquière, where he distinguished himself by winning journalism awards and a mention for the Governor General's Award.

He first worked in radio, including Radio-Canada, CKOI and then worked for 2 years at NRJ 94.3. On television, he first worked on Flash then Salut, bonjour!, and then hosted the daily broadcasts of Star Academie in the last edition of 2009.

Jean-Pier Gravel joined the team of Salut, bonjour weekend! in June 2010.

Julie Toskan-Casale

Julie Toskan-Casale, Canadian business success story, and committed philanthropist, believes that as an individual if you have the ability to recognize an inequity, you have a responsibility to address it.

After being actively involved in the success of M.A.C Cosmetics, and its charitable arm, M.A.C AIDS Fund, Julie wanted to practice an engaged form of philanthropy and was determined to build a philanthropic venture with a strategic underpinning. In 1999, Julie became the first Canadian to graduate from the renowned Rockefeller Foundation's Philanthropy Workshop. In 2001, Julie founded the Toskan Casale Foundation, and through the creation in 2002 of the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI), has applied her resources to making positive change for individuals in local communities across Canada, and internationally. To date, YPI has provided over 79,000 high school students with a reality experience through a school-based, community-focused philanthropy program. Since its launch, the program has enabled young philanthropists to donate over $3.6 million to local, grassroots social service charities.

Julie lives in Toronto with husband Victor, and their three sons.

Craig Kielburger

Craig Kielburger is the co-founder of Free The Children, a unique international development and youth empowerment non-profit organization. Since its founding in 1995, Free The Children has become the world's leading youth-driven charity, inspiring an entire generation to stand up and have their voices heard.

With the involvement of more than a thousand Youth in Action groups, Free The Children has built more than 500 schools throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America, providing daily education to more than 50,000 children. Through its Adopt a Village development model, it has established more than 23,500 alternative income projects to assist women and their families in achieving sustainable incomes. The organization has also formed successful partnerships with leading school boards across North America and Oprah's Angel Network.

Free The Children's latest initiative is an annual event called We Day. Akin to a rock concert for social change, We Day brings some of today's top social issues speakers, musicians and social activists to the stage, in front of a roaring audience of thousands of young people, eager to change the world. The event is broadcasted live on CTV.com and featured in a one-hour TV special on CTV.

Craig is also the co-founder of Me to We, a social enterprise that encourages ethical living and global citizenship through socially responsible products and choices, while also helping Free The Children achieve financial sustainability. Me to We includes international volunteer travel programs, a publishing house, a music label, leadership workshops, a speakers' bureau and a clothing line. Last year alone, Me to We worked with more than half a million people and some of the best-known companies in the world to make social change as easy as buying an organic, fair-trade T-shirt. Through donations and in-kind contributions, Me to We is designed to help bring Free The Children's already low administrative costs to zero while, at the same time, encouraging people to change the world with their daily choices.

Craig has a degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Toronto, is the youngest-ever student in the Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA program and has received four honorary doctorates for his work in the field of education and human rights. He has travelled to more than 50 countries, visiting underprivileged children and helping with humanitarian projects and development initiatives.

Craig is also the author of Free the Children and the co-author of national bestsellers Take Action!: A Guide to Active Citizenship, Take More Action, the New York Times bestseller Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World and The World Needs Your Kid. Together with his brother Marc Kielburger, Craig is a syndicated columnist carried by the Toronto Star, Vancouver Sun and Huffington Post, as well as Canada's most widely-read women's magazine, Canadian Living.

Craig has been awarded many national and international awards for his work, including The Roosevelt Freedom Medal, The World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child (also known as the Children's Nobel Prize) and he is one of the youngest recipients of the Order of Canada. Craig's work has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, 60 Minutes and The Today Show, and in People, Time and The Economist.

Bruce Sellery

Bruce Sellery is the Founder of Moolala, a personal finance training company focused on inspiring people to get a handle on their money. He is also the co-host of "Million Dollar Neighbourhood" set to premiere on Oprah Winfrey Network Canada in early 2012.

Sellery's first book is titled "Moolala: why smart people do dumb things with their money (and what to do about it)" and was published by McClelland & Stewart. He is a sought after keynote speaker on issues related to money, in addition to appearing frequently in the media.

Sellery spent the last decade as a financial journalist with CTV's Business News Network (BNN), both as an anchor based in Toronto and as BNN's Bureau Chief in New York City. Prior to his move to broadcasting, Sellery worked as a Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble.

Sellery places a high value on community involvement. Since 1995 he has volunteered his time to coach a 12-week community leadership training program where participants take on projects designed to make a difference in their neighborhoods, workplaces and schools. He was also a member of the Nunavut Study Group for the Governor General's Leadership Conference in 2008 and founder of the "Friends of Adoption Options" Board. Sellery's other activities have included serving on the national Alumni Association of Queen's University, peer counseling for a distress hotline, and being on the board of a contemporary theatre company.

He is based in Calgary, Alberta.

Ruth MacKenzie

Ruth MacKenzie is President & CEO of Volunteer Canada, a national not-for-profit, charitable organization with a 30-year history in supporting, promoting and celebrating the volunteer experience in Canada.

Ruth joined Volunteer Canada in 2001, bringing extensive experience in the field of volunteer engagement and development. She led the implementation of the Canada Volunteerism Initiative and has played a key role in establishing national relationships and alliances with all sectors. As President & CEO, Ruth has seen the organization through significant change, establishing partnerships and alliances and developing new programs and initiatives to achieve Volunteer Canada's mission and sustain its future vitality.

Ruth has worked in the voluntary sector for over 25 years, at the grassroots, provincial and national levels and has a life-long commitment to voluntary action.

Prior to joining Volunteer Canada, she worked at the Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division, and later the Nova Scotia Division, as Director of Volunteer Development. In between those two positions, she established and ran her own micro-brewery, receiving recognition for her business acumen by being selected as an Entrepreneur of the Year.

Ruth believes that volunteering is more than something we do; she believes it is intrinsic to who we are, as individuals and as caring Canadians. She has been involved in countless volunteer opportunities, from front-line service delivery to community-based activist work and at the leadership level through a variety of boards, committees and advisory groups.

Ruth currently sits on two volunteer Boards: the international Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration and the International Association of Volunteer Effort.

Sarah Newman

Sarah Newman is an Account Executive on Aviva Canada's Business Development team in Vancouver, British Columbia and has been with Aviva since 1997.

Sarah is no stranger to giving back and volunteering. She's involved in many initiatives during the year, including her participation in the RBC Whistler GranFondo, as well as various events held by the B.C. Lung Association such as: Trek For Life, Stairclimb for Clean Air and The RUSH (Race and Urban Scavenger Hunt). She also plays an active volunteer role with Thinkfirst B.C., a non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention of brain and spinal cord injuries.

As a member of Aviva's Environmental Action Team, Sarah is always searching for new ways to reduce Aviva’s corporate carbon footprint. She even volunteers for the Insurance Institute of B.C. as a Career Ambassador and is a member of its Seminar & Education Committee.

An avid outdoor enthusiast, Sarah spends the spare time she has in the mountains, running, hiking, biking and snowboarding.

Sarah has been an avid promoter of the Aviva Community Fund from the very beginning three years ago and she's excited and honoured to help give away $1 million to well-deserving community projects and ideas.

Eli Aaron Bronstein

Eli Aaron Bronstein is a broker with AGR Insurance Brokers in Ottawa, Ontario.

A native of Montreal, Quebec, Eli had the benefit of a bilingual education. He began his career as a paralegal and worked as a court clerk for different levels of governments. He found his way into the insurance industry and now there's no stopping him on his new career path - he's already tackling the Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) courses!

Eli gained valuable experience volunteering for different community organizations through the years, including organizations with programs helping new immigrants to Canada; adults with intellectual challenges and the homeless population. His most rewarding experience was as a Crime Prevention Counselor in which he worked with children of all ages and social backgrounds, teaching them about safety and security in various settings, such as: on the road, using the internet and in school.

Eli lives in the Ottawa/Gatineau region with his spouse and two adopted sons. He is very excited to have the opportunity to participate as a judge in the Aviva Community Fund competition and help select who will share in the $1 million fund.

R. Groulx Insurance Inc. was founded in 1954 by Roland Groulx in Gatineau, Quebec. Renamed AGR Insurance Brokers, the company remains a family-owned business enjoying continued success and expansion, with branches located in Ottawa, Hull, Montreal and Toronto. Also a national player, AGR works with affiliated brokers across Canada offering nationwide home and auto insurance.