Dawn Van Dam is a strong and motivational leader with experience in various industries, including life sciences, cannabis, technology, and healthcare. She has a proven track record of accelerating sales results, building new business partnerships, and turning around underperforming situations, always using sound judgement to make decisions. Dawn has a keen eye for product evaluation, development, and launching new products or service offerings, along with managing optimal profitability and decreasing costs in highly competitive markets. She has negotiated significant business partnerships across all sectors, including public and private. Dawn's diverse background includes music/entertainment, healthcare systems, high tech (information technology), dental, consumer products, retail operations and merchandising, market research, stakeholder needs assessments, health promotion programs, seniors, and service sectors. She has held various leadership positions, including President at Health Connexions, CEO & Executive Director at One Million Solutions in Health, and Chief Marketing Officer at the University of Guelph. Dawn studied Economics, Organizational Management, and Decision Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania and The Wharton School.