Brian Desgagnes

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA) is a national accounting organization representing over 220,000 CPAs at national and international levels. The non-profit company is based in Toronto, Canada. CPA Canada collaborates with provincial and territorial regulatory bodies to support the profession and promote transparency in financial markets. The organization contributes to standard setting and public policy and works with international bodies to build a stronger accounting profession worldwide. CPA Canada provides extensive resources covering sustainability, corporate reporting, standards, and audit issues. The organization champions best practices that benefit business and society and prepares its members for an ever-evolving operating environment featuring unprecedented change. Pamela Steer has been the CEO of the Canadian company since 2022.

GFG Resources (US), Inc. operates as a mineral exploration company. The company is headquartered in Reno, NV.

Founded in 2004, TD Securities (USA) LLC is a broker/dealer located in New York City with additional offices in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, London, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. The firm is a subsidiary of Toronto Dominion Holdings (USA), Inc. and their ultimate parent is Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD). TD Securities (USA) provides a wide range of capital market products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients in five areas of finance including: investment banking, debt capital markets, institutional equities, foreign exchange and money markets. Their services include the underwriting and distribution of new debt and equity issues, providing advice on strategic acquisitions and divestitures and executing daily trading and investment needs. The equity group provides research coverage of media and communications, technology, financial services, oil and gas, mining and metals, industrial products, forest products, technology, utilities and power, real estate, biotechnology, consumer products and merchandising and quantitative analysis strategy. The fixed-income group provides a full range of underwriting sales and trading products for Canadian, U.S. and European debt issuers and investors.

ACCION, New Mexico is a non-profit organization that provides access to business credit, makes loans and provides training which enable entrepreneurs for positive economic and social change. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Albuquerque, NM.

Tryniti, Inc. provides personal training and wellness services. It offers private, semi-private, and small group sessions by appointment without membership fees. The company was founded by Melanie Mason and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. (RBCDS) is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1901 and is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). RBCDS provides a full spectrum of brokerage services to retail and corporate clients.

Gearware, Inc. develops cloud-based order management and e-commerce software. The Canadian company was founded by Ewan D. Mason.

Professional Engineers Ontario operates as the licensing and regulating body for professional engineering in the province. It serves and protects the public interest by setting and upholding high academic, experience and professional practice standards for the engineering profession. The company was founded in June 14, 1922 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The Institute of Corporate Directors is a not-for-profit, member-based association that serves as a resource and voice for directors and boards. The non-profit company is based in Toronto, Canada, and has subsidiaries in Canada. The ICD provides thought leadership through various publications and is a unified voice for directors. The Canadian company was founded by Brian J. Gibson, and Rahul K. Bhardwaj has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

DMC Mining Services provides contract mining services. Its services include mine development, construction, shaft sinking and raise boring. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Vaughan, Canada.

Valley of the Sun United Way operates as a non-profit organization which focuses on health and human services. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Part of Northern Superior Resources, Inc., Canabrava Diamond Corp. mines for diamonds. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada. Canabrava Diamond was acquired by Northern Superior Resources, Inc. on November 27, 2003 for $5.08 million.

Niagara Ventures Corp. operates as a capital pool company. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

American Geophysical Union (AGU) is an international nonprofit scientific association with 60,000 members in 137 countries. The private company is based in Washington and welcomes visitors to the first net-zero renovated building in DC, which includes a state-of-the-art conference center. AGU promotes discovery in earth and space science for the benefit of humanity by providing career and educational resources, webinars, mentoring services, and support for students and professionals at all levels in earth and space science. AGU publishes award-winning books in topics of relevance to scientists in academia, government, and industry, as well as the larger earth and space science community. AGU also has a variety of honors that recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to earth and space science through scientific research, education, science communication, and outreach.

West Cirque Resources Ltd. is an exploration company. The principal business of the company is mineral exploration and development of precious and base metal projects in the Province of Canada & U.S. The company was founded on June 21, 2007 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

The Mining Association of Canada operates as a national organization for the Canadian mining industry. It engages in mineral exploration, mining, smelting, refining and semi-fabrication. The firm explores precious metals, uranium, diamonds, metallurgical coal and mined oil sands. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Ontario Bar Association operates as the voice of Canada’s legal profession. The firm represents lawyers, judges, notaries, law teachers and law students from across the province. It specializes in advocacy, practice area sanctions, professional development programs, and law reform and law amendment. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Toronto Lawyers Association operates as a law firm. Its legal Library provides an extensive collection of printed and electronic sources of legal information. The company was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The Law Society of Upper Canada engages in the provision of legal services. The company was founded in 1797 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

United Way of Central New Mexico, Inc. provides social services. It focuses on building financially stable families, preparing children to succeed, and creating a cohesive community. The organization was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Albuquerque, NM.

Klondex Mines ULC is a junior–tier gold and silver mining company, which engages in the mining, exploration, development, and production of mineral resources. It operates through the following segment: Fire Creek; Midas; Hollister; Aurora; True North; and Corporate and Other. The Fire Creek, Midas, Hollister, Aurora, and True North segments include the operations, development, and exploration activities of each respective segment. The Corporate and Other segment comprises of general and administrative costs of the company. The company was founded on August 25, 1971 and is headquartered in Couer d'Alene, ID.

Michael Garron Hospital operates an urban community teaching hospital. Its services include advance care planning, bioethics, cancer, outpatient clinics, diagnostic assessment units, diabetes, palliative and spiritual care, surgery, emergency, infection control, and surgicentre services. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Partners Behavioral Health Management operates a behavioral health care system. It offers services for people with mental health, substance abuse, intellectual and developmental disabilities. The company is headquartered in Gastonia, NC.

World Gold Council, Inc. is an investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm founded in 1987 and is a subsidiary of World Gold Council Ltd. in Great Britain. World Gold Council focuses on the global gold investment market globally. The firm works with institutional investors, pension funds, wealth managers, financial intermediaries and family/multi-family offices to present the case for gold as a foundation asset in portfolios, a portfolio diversifier and as a discrete financial and monetary asset class.

Corplex Management Services, Inc. provides advisory services. The company was founded by Larry E. Phillips and is headquartered in Canada.