Atlantic Canada Community Board in action

Our Atlantic Canada Community Board donated $7.2 million since 2009 to 617 grassroots projects, charities and organizations.

How we made a difference in 2023

$500K

Budget allocated

36

Local charities
Patrick Sullivan

Patrick Sullivan (Chair)

President & CEO, Halifax Chamber of Commerce

Patrick Sullivan is the President and CEO of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. He leads his team in representing 1,750 member businesses in the HRM. He meets with all levels of government regularly to advocate on behalf of businesses and continuously improves membership offerings to support the business community.

In March 2020, in response to the pandemic, Mr. Sullivan created and chairs the Nova Scotia Business and Labour Economic Coalition to become a point of contact for government as they make rapid decisions, to advocate for business and their employees at this challenging time, to ensure all Nova Scotians are heard and supported, and to assist in the development of a recovery plan. The group represents over 5,000 organizations and over 200,000 people in Nova Scotia.

A passionate advocate for blending business and community, Mr. Sullivan sits on several boards: the Advisory Board for the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University, the Mount Saint Vincent University Board of Governors committee for Advancement and External Relations and is current Chair of the TELUS Community Board. Recently, Patrick and his wife raised two CNIB guide dog puppies.

He began his career at Procter and Gamble and held several senior positions in marketing at McCain Food Ltd., Moosehead Breweries Ltd., Upper Canada Brewing Company, Indigo.ca and Workopolis.com.

Mr. Sullivan enjoys running and has run half/marathons, marathons and in October of 2011 completed a 250km run across the Sahara Desert. This run helped raise over $100,000 for the National Advertising Benevolent Association or NABS. He is a proud MSVU alumni with a Bachelor of Administration.

Andrew Ross
Andrew Ross (Vice Chair)

Director - Sales, Commercial Sales, Quebec & Atlantic, TELUS

Rebecca Bailey
Rebecca Bailey

Senior Program Manager, TELUS Health

Rebecca Dutton
Rebecca Dutton

President & CEO, Janeway Children’s Hospital Foundation

Geoff Eaton
Geoff Eaton

President & CEO, Young Adult Cancer Canada

Brea Giffin
Brea Giffin

Director, Wellbeing Sales, TELUS Health

Amalia Pinos
Amalia Pinos

Senior Legal Counsel, Legal Services, TELUS (Board Secretary)

Bob Scott
Bob Scott

Director, Government Relations and Stakeholder Engagement, NB Power

Tee Sirianni
Tee Sirianni

Community Investment Manager, TELUS

Marsha Sobey
Marsha Sobey

Philanthropist

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