Matt Noble – Executive Director
Matt is the founder of Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank, a volunteer-powered charity that has served over 250,000 meals worth of whole-food plant-based groceries to people struggling with poverty and food insecurity. He studied Journalism at Centennial College, and is an independent researcher in the areas of poverty alleviation, food insecurity, housing, economics, public policy, agriculture and is an avid gardener. Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank will be breaking ground on a new project – The Veg Food Bank Farm – in partnership with Piebird Farm Sanctuary in the Summer of 2020.
Kimberly Carroll – Director
Kimberly is a coach for changemakers, a director and campaigns strategist for Animal Justice, and a long-time animal activist and vegan. As a coach, she helps leaders, activists, healers, and mission-driven entrepreneurs who want to make a bigger difference in the world do the transformative inner work & build the high-performance habits and strategies to make them unstoppable. As an activist, she’s also headed up some of the biggest animal rights ad campaigns in Canada including the original Why love one but eat the other? transit ads and Animal Justice’s cross-country billboards. She was also one of the founding directors of Mercy For Animals Canada.
Amanda Noble-Gresty – Director
Eva James – Director
Chef Amy Symington, MSc – Nutrition Counsellor
Amy is a nutrition professor, research associate and plant-based chef at George Brown College in Toronto, Canada. She runs the culinary nutrition
Dr. Pamela Fergusson, RD, PhD – Nutrition Advisor
Pamela is a Registered Dietitian with a PhD in nutrition, an avid traveler and has visited over 50 countries and worked as a Dietitian in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. She is fascinated by nutrition and loves bringing wellness and fitness into her own life and the lives of other. Pamela eats a whole foods, plant-based diet and loves to cook and bake with her four children, teaching them about food and nutrition through shopping for and preparing colourful, healthy family meals together. She is a runner and speed walker and has completed five half marathons and one marathon and believes in the power of activity to help improve our mental and physical health.
Lauren McNeill, RD, MPH – Nutrition Advisor
Lauren McNeill is a Registered Dietitian who specializes in plant-based nutrition with a Masters of Public Health in Nutrition and Dietetics with a collaborative specialization in women’s health. Lauren has a virtual private practice, where she counsels those who are vegetarian, vegan or those simply wanting to incorporate more plant-based food into their everyday eating patterns. Lauren also has a dedicated social media following through Instagram (@tastingtothrive_rd) and her blog (www.tastingtothrive.com).
