Our Board of Governors

Angela Grace Macri, Chairperson

Angela Grace Macri lives a service-oriented life. Subsequent to teaching French to adolescents and adults in a rural Ontario community, Angela familiarized herself with the family business, property investment and management, of which she is now President. Encouraging philanthropy, Angela, along with enthusiastic employees of Haulover Investments Ltd., adopts families and individuals in need and is significantly involved with Providence Centre, a leading Toronto rehabilitation facility, as well as other charitable endeavours. She was a founding director and President for 7 years, of Northern Centre for Enrichment, a non-profit organization dedicated to community outreach. For several years, Angela owned and co-edited the cultural and entertainment Hollywood Canada Magazine; owned and managed The Bayview Playhouse, a live Toronto theatre, and produced film productions and live theatre in Toronto and off-Broadway. Her interests include piano, languages, cottage life, travel, the elderly and fitness. Angela lives with her partner Roger, and daughter, Grace (6), and is mother to Mary Anne (18) and Herb Guy (23) at universities in Toronto and Manchester, respectively.

Gary Bosgoed

Gary Bosgoed, P.Eng. is an Industrial Systems Engineer (B.A.Sc.) with twenty-eight years experience in project management, management consulting and consulting engineering.

After serving for thirteen years as President of Bosgoed Project Consultants Ltd. in Regina, Gary took on a senior management position in the Edmonton office of Colt Engineering Corporation in 2005.

Mr. Bosgoed has successfully developed and led several business expansions in EPCM, industrial engineering, environmental consulting, geographic information systems and telecommunications. He was a also founding Director of Circle Energy, a publicly traded oil and gas company. Over the past decade, Gary has also brokered unique sector-focused partnerships with private and public sector corporations to undertake innovative projects.

Mr. Bosgoed is a well-known public speaker, community leader and business coach. In 2003, he was the recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award in Business and Technology. In 1999, he was selected as the University of Regina Alumnus of the Year and as a Prairie Finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. In 2005, Gary also received the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal.

Gary and his wife Cheryl reside in Edmonton and have three children; Aaron (29), Morgan (11) and Jillian (9). Gary’s hobbies include fitness, sports, reading and community.

Our Advisory Board

Judy Bartel

Judy recently retired after a 25 year career as a Student Advisor and Director of Student Services at Assiniboine Community College in Brandon, Manitoba. "Retirement" has not meant that life is less busy - only that there is a modicum of flexibility and liberty in how that life is spent. Education, in its many forms, is still a primary interest, along with an interest in international development and cross-cultural communication. In addition to some consulting work, she volunteers with several community organizations including Director and committee member and volunteer for the Marquis Project, a local Manitoban NGO whose mandate is "connecting Manitobans with the developing world". A trip to visit a Marquis' partner project in Tanania served to cement Judy's view that the absence of quality education (particularly for women) is the most critical single factor that limits social and economic development in the world's poorest countries - hence her interest in the work of Amarok Society.

Gordon Kirkby, BSc, LLB

Gordon practices law in Prince Albert, SK, as a defense attorney in criminal cases. He was a Member of Parliament for the Prince Albert- Churchill River electoral district from 1993 to 1997 and before that was a mayor for his home town of Prince Albert from 1988 to 1993.

His political career was particularly distinguished by his engagement of, and advocacy on behalf of, disadvantaged and disenfranchised groups.

He is the father of one son, Levi.

Ihor Zalubniak

Ihor is actively involved in his community of Pitt Meadows, and is a realtor with RE/MAX. He has two wonderful teenage sons.

James Muckle

James Muckle is a specialist in learning – with the brain in mind. He uses our growing knowledge of how we learn, think, remember, and make decisions to help individuals and teams to expand and leverage their capacity – to be more productive and effective, and to live healthier for longer.

His academic studies have included economics, mathematics, and business. He is a Certified Professional Facilitator, and a Lifetime Member of the International Association of Facilitators. He is professionally certified in Applied Educational Neuroscience.

He has more than 40 years of domestic and international learning and leadership experience. As a logistics officer in the Canadian Air Force, he supported Canadian troops in the far north, Europe, and the Middle East. As a civilian with National Defence, he worked with other federal departments, NATO allies, and Canada’s interests in the Pacific Rim.

James is author and editor of several practical workshop handbooks on effective learning, memory, speed reading, tools for the knowledge professional, capacity building, stress management, leadership with the brain in mind, creating psychosocially healthy and productive workplaces, longevity, brain fitness – including for aging brains, and other aspects of human performance. He has recently co-authored a 3-part DVD on Learning Faster & Better with Howard Berg, the world’s fastest reader and learner. His biological age is 14 years younger than his chronological age.

He and wife Nancy share their interests in health and wellness. They enjoy exercise classes, downhill skiing, cycling, and traveling to visit with daughter Kate and son Tony in their sometimes exotic living and working locales.

Douglas G. Crowe, BSc, MBA, Toronto

Douglas Crowe is all about helping people. He has worked for 20 years in business as Plant and General Manager of small to medium sized manufacturing operations in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Canada. His 8 years of consulting experience working with NGOs concentrated on micro business development programmes in the Dominican Republic, Columbia, Romania and the Czech Republic both on a volunteer basis, for the US Agency for International Development and other oganisations. For the past 10 years, his work has focused on effecting change for poor people through Save the Children in Bolivia.

Currently, Douglas is working with the not-for-profit sector in Toronto in the areas of management, organization, strategic planning and marketing.