Meredith Brown, B.A., J.D.
Strategist, CALIBRATE

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Meredith Brown is a Canadian justice sector leader and change maker with over 20 years of experience working locally, nationally and globally to bring positive change to human rights and system transformation challenges. She is a principal at CALIBRATE, a systems-change consultancy that works collaboratively with clients across the globe. It’s team of experts help institutions, civil society organizations and governing bodies build capacity, break down barriers, and transform. She specializes in gender equality, governance and justice sector systems transformation.

Meredith is an expert trainer on healthy and respectful workplaces and provides executive coaching and strategic planning to support organizational health. She specializes in developing a strategic approach to problem solving, stakeholder and public consultation, and delivering successful change to her clients. 

Meredith has a bachelor’s degree with a Specialist in International Relations and a Juris Doctor in Law. She spent 17 years with the Ministry of the Attorney General for Ontario as a labour and employment lawyer and in court administration to tackle the challenges facing that system. She served as Chief Legal Counsel to three Deputy Attorneys General. She was the Executive Director of MAG's Innovation Office introducing a culture of transformation and delivering successful change by working creatively with private sector, judicial, community representatives. 

Rhonda Leeson, M.A, B.A.
Director of Strategic Operations, CALIBRATE

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For the past 20 years, Rhonda has dedicated her professional and personal time to community impact strategies, with a particular focus on fighting poverty, housing issues, and addressing violence against women. 

As Director of Strategic Operations with CALIBRATE, Rhonda brings her strategic leadership and management experience to work with non-profit organizations, to develop sustainable approaches to strategic planning, programming, and funding.

Before joining CALIBRATE, Rhonda spent over sixteen years with United Way Greater Toronto, where she led the team responsible for transforming the organization’s community investment model and partnerships with funded agencies. Later as Senior Director of Community Investments with UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, she was responsible for leading an innovative cross-agency partnership focused on community-based pandemic supports.

Rhonda has an MA in Anthropology and International Development from the University of Guelph.