About the Author

Sherry Ferronato

Sherry Ferronato's experiences with boards over the past twenty years have convinced her of the impressive impact that a small group of dedicated leaders can have. She has enjoyed contributing to boards in many capacities, including as a board member, a committee volunteer, an agency reviewer, a non-profit staff member, an Executive Director, and now as a consultant.

Sherry currently works in her own Calgary-based consulting practice, specializing in such areas as, organizational, board and program development, mentoring, mergers and leadership. Before establishing her consulting practice, she led Big Sisters and Big Brothers of Calgary and Area for over eight years, as a Co-Director and later the Executive Director. Prior to this, she was the Executive Director of Aunts at Large, one of the three organizations that merged to form Big Sisters and Big Brothers of Calgary and Area. Sherry has also held a variety of other non-profit, public and private sector positions.

Sherry's educational background is in Social Work, having completed her Bachelor of Social Work degree at the University of Western Ontario, and her Master of Social Work degree at the University of Toronto.

Sherry was honored to receive a Muttart Foundation Fellowship Award in 1998. Her Fellowship project involved writing articles on a number of issues of current concern to the charitable sector, such as the impact of the New Economy on charities, non-profit mergers, demographic trends, and accountability in the sector.

If you would like to speak with Sherry, she can be reached at:

Ex Animo Consulting
(403) 275-1013
exanimo@telusplanet.net

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada is a national organization comprised of 190 member agencies servicing more than 300 communities across the country. Each Big Brother/Big Sister agency provides direct service to children by matching adults and children in quality mentoring relationships. The agency staff members are experts at screening volunteers and matching them with a child having similar interests.

The national organization provides services and programs to member agencies to assist them with their hands-on work with parents, children, and volunteers. Ranging from staff training workshops to Big Brothers Big Sisters' leading Child Safety Program, which includes an emphasis on sexual abuse prevention, the organization works diligently to ensure that program quality is superior in all parts of the country.

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Web Foundations

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