YOUTH CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL
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Our BOARD
Marion Younan - Chair and President
Marion is an HR professional and the Vice-President of Human Resources at Canadian Bearings Limited.

Mark Towhey - Vice-Chair
Mark is an international consultant specializing in strategic influence and crisis management. He is President of Towhey Consulting Group Inc.

Stephen Brown – Secretary
Stephen is a management consultant and partner with Deloitte Consulting, where he specializes in supply chain and logistics strategy for Fortune 500 companies.

Steve Cornish - Board Member
Steve has spent over a decade working with humanitarian organizations including Médecins Sans Frontières, the Canadian Red Cross and CARE Canada - where he is currently serving as Policy and Advocacy Advisor. He was a group leader for YCI in Costa Rica in 1994-95.

Steve Gilbert
Steve is a management consultant specializing in international development assistance. He is formerly the VP of International Operations at CARE Canada and he got his start in international development as a YCI participant in Costa Rica in 1991.

Shauna Holton
Shauna is a consultant with DECODE, a strategy & innovation firm with an expertise in youth, young adults and young families. Shauna was also a participant in Costa Rica, Group Leader in Guyana and worked at YCI as the Youth Program Manager.

Smeeta Khoosal
Smeeta represents the recently returned youth volunteers on the board. She went with YCI to Grenada in 2006 and is currently studying for a B.Sc. in Microbiology at the University of Western Ontario.

Kevin Thomason
Kevin has a diverse background in marketing, technology, and the environment. He has recently co-founded AideRSS, a successful Web 2.0 company helping people manage information overload. He has been involved with YCI in a variety of capacities since going to Guyana as a participant in 1991.

Sharon Vogel
Sharon is a lawyer and a partner with Borden Ladner Gervais in Toronto.