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Kristi Fairholm Mader

July 16, 2021

Cohort Year: Cohort 2 (2018-2019)

Country: Canada

Affiliation: Scale Collaborative

City / State: Victoria, BC

Kristi Fairholm Mader (KFM) has always worked in the social impact sector. After 10 years as a youth worker, she returned to school to complete a business degree, with a focus on social enterprise. Kristi founded and supported several employment social enterprises, and was Director of Social Enterprise for Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network. In 2014, Kristi co-founded Scale Collaborative to support growing a thriving social change sector. Within Scale’s family of organizations, KFM is the Managing Director of Thrive Impact Fund and Scale Institute Society. She also is the Project Manager for the BC Social Procurement Initiative. Kristi lives in Victoria, BC with her husband, 2 children and a very lazy husky.

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