Meet the Team

With a deep love for the earth, Greg has been on the forefront of virtually all things sustainable since 1968 when he learned of the emerging crisis of our fossil fuel dependency as a University of Toronto Engineering Science student.

Beginning his career designing and building Canada’s first solar house, he has tackled zero carbon solutions for most building types and scales of development. His long and successful career includes many sustainable solutions for homes, formed organizations including SESCI, EnerACT, first Green Communities Initiative (Green$aver) , TREC (ExPlace wind turbine), OSEA (Green Energy Act) and developed policy and programs including the Ontario Energy Efficiency Act, OBC energy provisions, Toronto’s Sustainable Energy Plan, TAF, and FCM’s Green Municipal Fund.

Anishinaabe, marten clan., non status. Producer, consultant, activist and entrepreneur Kevin Best has been a fierce champion of environmentalism and a proponent of social justice throughout his varied, dynamic career. In 1975, Kevin began to consider the establishment of sustainable communities.

Kevin, and his colleagues at Odenaansan, have long been voices for the realization of a sustainable culture and infrastructure through integrated, holistic approaches. Kevin compliments his commitment to environmental sustainability with his comprehensive knowledge of organizational structure and 40 year involvement in social and environmental causes.

Tim is the former Vice President Impact Investing with the Toronto Atmospheric Fund (“TAF”). His focus is to reduce green house gas emissions and he continues to be passionately involved with impact investment, primarily supporting Efficiency Capital.

He has 40 years’ experience in corporate finance advisory work, banking, and investment syndications and as the V.P. Finance in both growth and mature organizations. Portfolios under his management have exceeded $200 million in committed funds and have included residential real estate, construction transactions, and commercial loans.

Bo is an Executive in Residence at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, where he teaches an applied consulting project course called Sustainability: Making the Business Case and facilitates a parallel internship program.

Bo is also an advisor at the Mayor Wilson educational consultancy. He excels at building ecosystems with early adopter industry partners to support this unique, highly inclusive, broad-based academic curriculum across growth, strategy, and innovation problem statements and challenges.

In the past, he held senior positions within the investment banking industry, and also acted in a research role within the small-market PE sector. He was a founder of a data-oriented marketing start-up and has supported other start-ups as both an angel investor and mentor.