Jonathan Bennett, C.Dir. Jonathan provides sought-after executive coaching, trusted advice, strategy, branding and training to leaders, teams, and boards across North America. With experience in urban, rural, remote, and First Nations communities, Jonathan’s expertise is in strategic planning, governance, brand, change management, and communications. He was the Founder and CEO of Laridae, a proud B Corp, which he grew into a leading management consulting and training firm for non-profits. He sold the firm in 2021. Before founding Laridae, he held C-Suite leadership roles (communications, public affairs, marketing, branding) at a large regional hospital, as well as education, arts and culture, and social services organizations. Jonathan has led well over 50 strategic planning processes for non-profit and public sector organizations of all sizes. He began his career in book publishing. A writer of seven literary books (ECW Press) and a member on the Professional Advisory Council – Honours Bachelor of Creative Writing and Publishing at Sheridan College, Jonathan is also a Special Graduate Faculty member in Trent University’s M.A. Sustainability Studies Graduate Program. An experienced director, he has served terms as Chair of the Board of Directors of Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) and Chair of the Kawartha Haliburton CAS. He began his governance journey (2002-07) as a board member and author committee chair of the Writers’ Trust of Canada. He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and earned a Chartered Director (C.Dir.) designation in 2017 through McMaster University. He now serves on three privately held, social-purpose corporate boards, Accerta (ON), OwlCrate (BC), and CashCo Financial (AB). He is also the Board Co-chair of the non-profit Peterborough Community Health Centre. His undergrad is from Western. Jonathan lives with his family in Peterborough, Ontario. He’s passionate about many issues, including corporate social responsibility and governance, mental health, neurodiversity acceptance, and Canadian literature.