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Keith.

Keith Monrose

Keith Monrose is a co-founder of Silver Sherpa Inc. and is the Executive Director of Seneca International where he leads global post-secondary initiatives. Keith held previous leadership positions in the post-secondary, health and technology sectors at McMaster University, Mohawk College, Merck Canada, Canada Health Infoway and Telus. Throughout his career, Keith has led or contributed to transformation initiatives focused on organization alignment, performance and growth strategies. He is a frequent speaker on the future of work and volunteers on a number of sector advisory groups, committees and boards.
Elizabeth.

Elizabeth Lea

Elizabeth Lea joins the Silver Sherpa team bringing insights and experience developed through her years in the public broadcasting, healthcare, electricity, and municipal affairs sectors. She has contributed to organizations in a number of roles, including senior Public Affairs practitioner, innovation strategist, and urban and regional planner.

With a focus on culture, literacy and education, Elizabeth currently serves as a member of the University of Toronto Press Board of Directors, and has served on the Board of A Cappella, a prevention and early intervention initiative that assisted young women who were at risk of leaving high school. She has also been a volunteer at the Art Gallery of Ontario and East End Literacy.

Elizabeth is a graduate of the School of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Waterloo.

Fred.

Fred C. Ryall CHS

Our loyal friend, advisor, mentor, and colleague, Fred Ryall, passed away in October 2023. For many years, Fred served as a trusted business advisor to Silver Sherpa Inc.  

Fred brought Silver Sherpa his 40 years of experience as an estate planner and as a member of ADVOCIS, an association for Insurance and Financial Planners. For over a decade, Fred focused his considerable expertise on families with special needs children, putting tremendous effort into ensuring each child was well looked after. 

For his work, Fred was featured and recognized across television, radio, and written media. He was invited to lecture to numerous not-for-profit organizations, including Cystic Fibrosis, Autism Ontario, Canadian Down Syndrome Society, Peel Public School Board, ALS Canada, and Alzheimer’s Society of Canada. 

Fred was passionate about making time to serve his community beyond the business world. In 2007, he received the Julia Award from Cystic Fibrosis for raising over $500,000. In 2012, he was awarded the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal of Honour. 

An avid believer in continual self-improvement and healthy ageing, Fred completed the Boston Marathon in 2008. We remember him fondly, and especially by these words, “The difficult we do immediately. The impossible takes a little longer.”