A selection of pre-recorded interviews with Canadian leaders that can be used for your Group Forum.

Esther De Wolde

THEME: VALUES-DRIVEN

As CEO and co-founder of Phantom Screens, Esther De Wolde, CGA/CPA, has nurtured and grown the corporation to become the leading brand in the retractable screen industry.

Outside of her role as Chief Executive, Esther is a member of several local and global boards and gives leadership to developing the next generation as a Youth Leader in her church. Being a country farm girl at heart, she loves nothing more than spending time working in her English garden.

With their 2 daughters grown, she loves golfing with her husband.

Jonathan Friesen

Raised in a small Japanese town, Jonathan Friesen attended University in Los Angeles before settling in Vancouver where he began a career in property development. 

Jonathan currently serves as Executive Chairman of Mission Group Enterprises where he sets corporate growth strategy, casts vision and cultivates strategic partnerships. Even though Mission Group continues to grow, Jonathan has learned that success and fulfillment have different meanings than what some may imagine them to be.

James (Jim) Turnbull

The Honourable James R H Turnbull is a recently retired Regional Senior Judge with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Prior to his appointment in 2005, he practiced law for 32 years specializing in civil and criminal litigation. A longtime LeaderImpact Group member and leader, he has witnessed life from many vantage points and will share some of these experiences.

Jim is one of the founders of Joy and Hope of Haiti, a Christian charity that provides educational and nutritional assistance to the children of that impoverished country and has travelled there in excess of 50 times. He is married to Joan and is the father of two children.