Presented By:
Meet the Speakers
Keynote Speaker: Eddie LeMoine
Author | Leadership Strategist | Workforce Capacity Expert
Eddie LeMoine is an award-winning Canadian speaker, author, and workforce strategist with more than four decades of experience helping organizations strengthen leadership, improve engagement, increase productivity, and build healthier workplace cultures.
Known for his practical style and engaging delivery, Eddie works with business owners, executives, HR professionals, and industry leaders on the issues shaping today’s workforce. His presentations focus on helping organizations attract and retain talent, develop stronger leaders, improve employee engagement, and use technology in ways that support productivity and long-term capacity.
Eddie is the author of Beyond Headcount, a practical guide for organizations seeking to build workforce capacity amid labour shortages, demographic change, and rapid technological advancement.
His message is straightforward: the future belongs to organizations that can bring together people, leadership, and technology to create capacity for growth.
Maureen Mills
Salesman Consulting
Maureen is the founder of Salesmen Consulting, a Thunder Bay-based business offering fractional admin and project management support to small businesses and not-for-profits across the region. Since launching in 2023, Maureen has worked with a wide range of local organizations, helping them move projects forward to completion. Her work spans administrative support, grant writing, event coordination, and strategic project management, with a focus on giving lean teams the capacity they need without the overhead of a full-time hire. Maureen is passionate about strengthening local organizations and believes that when we support local businesses, the whole community benefits.
Jayna Dawd
CEDC
Jayna is the Information and Marketing Officer at the Thunder Bay CEDC, where a key part of her role is managing the Thunder Bay Lifestyle brand. Through this platform, she’s had the honour of showcasing her hometown in the digital space—helping to position Thunder Bay as the destination for people to thrive! Under her direction, Thunder Bay Lifestyle has grown a dedicated following of over 22,000, becoming a powerful attraction tool that inspires others to see the value in choosing Thunder Bay as their place to live, work, and learn. Jayna’s passion lies in content creation and social media—she’s always on the pulse of new trends, finding fresh and engaging ways to connect with audiences!
Ashley Pugh
Generator
Ashley has been part of the Generator team for the past four years, serving as the Account & Digital Marketing Coordinator. She specializes in developing and managing integrated marketing campaigns across a wide range of objectives, audiences and budgets. With experience spanning paid digital media, traditional advertising and communications strategy, Ashley helps clients make the most of their marketing investment by aligning the right channels and tactics with each campaign’s goals.
Donna Smith
Bain Smith Consulting
Donna Smith, CPA, CA, CBV is President of Bain Smith Business Valuation + Consulting Inc. and has over 25 years of experience helping businesses and organizations make informed strategic and financial decisions. She works with small businesses, not-for-profits, municipalities, and First Nation organizations to develop strategic plans, business cases, feasibility studies, and financial projections that support sustainable growth and long-term success. Donna is known for helping leaders move beyond day-to-day operations to think strategically about future opportunities, risks, capital investment, succession, and changing economic conditions. Through her practical, analytical approach, she helps organizations turn big-picture vision into clear, actionable plans.
Join Us On
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
9:00am – 4:00pm
Superior Inn Thunder Bay, ON
Members $85 + HST
Non-Members $105 + HST