Executive Mentors

The LIVE Challenge’s winning teams will be announced on the evening of Friday, November 20th at the Awards Gala in front of delegates, corporate partners, and other prominent members of the business community.

The first place team will win $1000 CASH and each team member will receive the ultimate prize package valuing over $1500 and granted a one-on-one mentorship opportunity with this year’s LIVE Executive Mentors:

2009 Mentors

  • Patricia Tiralongo

    Patricia Tiralongo

    Vice President, Relationship Management, TD Asset Management Inc.

    Patricia Tiralongo has worked for TD Asset Management (TDAM) since July 1999 after graduating from the University of Toronto at Scarborough with an Honours BA Specialist in Management. In September 2008, she joined the Institutional Relationship Management group, responsible for business development and client service for TDAM’s Canadian corporate and institutional clients.
    Previously, she was a [...]

  • Alan LeFort

    Alan LeFort

    Managing Director, TELUS Security Labs

    Alan LeFort is currently the Managing Director for TELUS Security Labs, a research group focused on helping more than 50 of the world’s leading security companies identify and eradicate critical threats and vulnerabilities. In that capacity, he advises several top security companies, providing guidance on marketing and product strategy. Additionally, he heads a product management [...]

  • Karen White

    Karen White

    Human Resources and Professional Development, PCL

    Karen White is senior director, Human Resources and Professional development for the PCL family of companies. In this role, she is responsible for strategy development and providing overall direction and leadership on all facets of human resources and professional development programs, policies and initiatives.
    Karen has 19 years of experience with the PCL family of [...]

  • Michael Leitch

    Michael Leitch

    District Manager, Schindler Elevator Corporation

    Michael Leitch is a District Manager in Toronto with Schindler Elevator Corporation
    Michael holds a B.A.Sc. in Engineering from the University of Toronto and is a Member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario. He has more than 20 years experience in operational, project and sales management, with particular interest and focus on the coaching role [...]

  • Dean Toplis

    Dean Toplis

    Vice-President of Business Development, AXA Assurances, Inc.

    Dean Toplis is Vice-President, Business Development for AXA Assurances, Inc.
    He holds a B.A. from McGill University, an MBA from the University of Toronto as well as several industry designations, including CLU, ChFc, RHU and FLMI designations.
    Prior to joining AXA, he held a variety of management positions at RBC Insurance, Colonia Life, [...]

2008 Mentors

2007 Mentors

2006 Mentors