Women On Board

Women On Board is a not-for-profit society that promotes the appointment of women to corporate boards in Canada. Patrick O'Callaghan and Associates, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, and Korn/Ferry International are Women On Board's Founding Sponsors - each having played unique and integral roles to the formation of Women On Board. Patrick O'Callaghan is the Board Chair of Women On Board.

The Women On Board Mentoring Program, operated by Women On Board, gives senior executive women with high potential for board membership the opportunity to be mentored by leading Canadian board chairs and experienced directors. It aims to develop a cadre of women to add to Canada's talent pool of potential director candidates, to facilitate the appointment of Women On Board mentees to Canadian corporate boards and to reinforce the commitment of leading Canadian companies to the value of gender diversity on boards.

Launched in 2007 with five mentoring pairs, Women On Board continues to grow, adding fifteen new pairs every year. All current mentoring pairs and alumni are available for viewing on the website. As part of its commitment to advancing its mentees and alumni, Women On Board also hosts annual events, and gatherings of participants.

Women On Board is able to provide this important program because of the invaluable contributions of its mentors and the generous funding and support of all its sponsors.

Further information about Women On Board can be found at www.womenonboard.ca or by contacting:

Thea Miller, Managing Director
thea@womenonboard.ca

Women On Board
Suite 3300, Four Bentall Centre, 1055 Dunsmuir Street
PO Box 49206, Vancouver, British Columbia, V7X 1K8

Phone: 604-685-5277
Fax: 604-684-1884
Email: info@womenonboard.ca



Friends for Zambia

The Twitti School Project

In 2006, Patrick and his wife, Shelley, founded a Canadian charity, Friends for Zambia Society, to raise money to build a school in Zambia.

Patrick and Shelley had taught in Zambia in the early 1970s (with CUSO) and had kept in touch with their Zambian colleagues. Two of these colleagues, Simon and Lydia Maonde, retired to a community with no school, and started taking children into their home. By 2006, 200 children were being taught in the Maonde's home in shifts, from preschool to grade 7.

The Maondes asked for help to build a school for these children. Patrick and Shelley are committed to funding construction of the school buildings, so that these children can move from the Maonde's house into their own school, and to providing a legacy for the community.

The new school will consist of a water well, three classroom blocks (each block with three classrooms), washroom facilities, and a library and administration building. When construction ends, the current school population of 200 pupils will increase to approximately 350 children, pre-Kindergarten to Grade 9. The school is nearing completion with the official opening of the school slated for July 2012. More information can be found at www.friendsforzambia.org. On-line donations can be made on the home page of the website.