Ambassadors

Entrepreneur

Rosalind Lindsay Adnani is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, community volunteer, and art collector. Rosalind had a successful clothing business, Oliver Barret along with a clothing manufacturing business for her brand Love Story.  Rosalind was a committee member for the Alzheimer’s UK Annual Ball. Rosalind served on the Vancouver Swim Drink Fish Art Committee and worked to curate art for its first art auction.

Principal Consultant of Shari Austin & Company

Shari Austin advises in the areas of corporate citizenship and philanthropy. Previously Shari served as Vice President and Executive Director of the RBC Foundation, where she helped develop the RBC Blue Water Project.

Co-Founder of Mercury Films, Documentary Filmmaker, Writer & Producer

Jennifer has been directing and producing documentaries for 25 years, and her works have been played around the globe and won multiple awards. Her films include Anthropocene, Watermark, Let it Come Down, The True Meaning of Pictures, Act of God, Payback, and Manufactured Landscapes. She is a long time supporter and friend of Swim Drink Fish, and continues to have a strong presence at the organization.

Musician, Author, and Filmmaker

Dave Bidini is one the founding members of rock group the Rheostatics. He is the only Canadian to have been nominated for a Genie, Gemini, JUNO, and CBC’s ‘Canada Reads’. He has published eleven books including Tropic of Hockey, On a Cold Road, and Writing Gordon Lightfoot. Dave Bidini is Editor in Chief, President and Chair of the Board of West End Phoenix.

Artist

Edward Burtynsky is one of Canada’s most respected photographers. He is renowned for his photographic depictions of global industrial landscapes, which are included in the collections of over fifty major museums around the world. Swim Drink Fish and Ed’s work go hand-in-hand, and Ed has been a long time supported of the organization.

Artist

Barbara Cole is a fine art photographer working in several photographic mediums, including underwater photography and modernized wet collodion. She was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1953. Her work is noted for its ethereal imagery depicting figures in various states of weightlessness, transformation, and self-actualization. As an innovator in her field, Cole’s use of traditional and inventive techniques are part of her ongoing search for timelessness. She has held numerous exhibitions across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Her work has also been extensively commissioned internationally for corporate collections. She has exhibited in the Canadian Embassy in both Tokyo and Washington D.C. The acclaimed documentary series Snapshot: The Art of Photography II, features an episode devoted exclusively to Cole’s photographic practice. She has just released an international Monograph with teNeues called Between Worlds.

Website: www.barbaracole.com

Instagram: @barbaracoleart

Owner of the Maison Sanskar Gallery

Gail has worked in fashion all of her career, most recently as North America Representative to ELLE Global Award designer, Sonam Dubal of New Delhi. In 2016 she opened the art gallery and showroom, Maison Sanskar, in Canada. She has lectured on textiles for National Geographic Expeditions and the Vancouver Art Gallery, and is former V.P. Sales, Tarsian and Blinkley, a social venture apparel company that provided women’s employment in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Scientist, Scholar, Poet

An ethnographer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker, Davis holds degrees in anthropology and biology and received his Ph.D. in ethnobotany, all from Harvard University. He travels the globe to live alongside indigenous people and document their cultural practices in books, photographs, and film. He is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society, and he has published 185 scientific and popular articles.

Former Long Distance Swimmer

Marilyn is a retired legendary Canadian long-distance swimmer. At 16 years old, she was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario and later became the youngest person to swim the English Channel. A true water leader, Marilyn continues to inspire swimmers of all ages.

Business Executive, Television Producer, Author

Denise Donlon has helped raise $1-million for swimmable, drinkable, fishable water. She is an author, an activist, and has been a leader in the Canadian Cultural landscape for over 30 years as GM of CBC English Radio, President of Sony Music Canada, and various executive and on air positions at ChumTelevision, The NewMusic and MuchMusic.

Songwriter, Activist

Sarah Harmer is a Canadian singer-songwriter and activist. In 2005, Harmer co-founded Protecting Escarpment Rural Land, an organization which campaigned to protect the Niagara Escarpment from a proposed gravel development. Sarah is a long time supporter and friend of Swim Drink Fish.

President, CEO & Director at Maple Gold Mines Inc.

Matthew is a global executive leader with a career based in legal, financial and business development arenas. Matthew is the CEO of a public company and senior leader and director of a range of entrepreneurial public and private firms in the technology and mining industries.

Director of Finance at Delta Group

An accomplished competitive ballroom dancer, Lori is a founding member of the Swim Drink Fish Gala Committee and has been a driving force behind the Swim Drink Fish Gala in Vancouver since 2015. Director of Finance at Delta Group, Lori runs all financial aspects of the group’s high profile development projects.

Professor and Marathon Swimmer

Loren holds a doctorate from M.I.T. and teaches at Wilfrid Laurier University. In August 2016 he swam across Lake Ontario following the classic Marilyn Bell route, and in August 2019 he successfully swam across the English Channel. He and Madhu Nagaraja are the founding members of the Great Lakes Trust, and Great Lakes Open Water (GLOW).

President of Birch River Productions & Gala Show Producer

David Kitching brings over 20 years of experience as an independent television / live event producer and writer to Birch River’s projects. He has created and overseen high profile, award-winning television projects and live events for a variety of clients, including all of Canada’s major television networks.

Artist

James Lahey has contributed a countless amount of time and creative energy to the Swim Drink Fish movement. James is represented in galleries across Canada, in Britain, and the United States. He is renowned for his use of bright, contrasting colours and paintings so refined, his subjects look real.

President of Delta Land Development Ltd.

Bruce is from Vancouver and has over 30 years’ experience in the real estate industry. More than 20 years ago, he joined the Delta Group to head the Canadian division. Through Bruce’s leadership, the company has completed numerous high-profile residential developments. Bruce is leading the company to becoming a more planet friendly developer by minimizing its carbon footprint.

Co-Founder of North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper, Olympian

Born and raised in Banff, Karen has always felt a connection to water and passion for global water issues. She is a two-time Olympic Bronze Medalist in alpine skiing, and married to Kevin Lowe, former NHL Hockey player. Karen co-founded the Saskatchewan Riverkeeper, and she is a leader in making the community in Edmonton and Alberta healthy and vibrant.

Former NHL Hockey Player

Kevin Lowe has been incredibly influential in the environmental stewardship of Canadian lakes and rivers. Kevin is a former National Hockey League defenceman and played for 13 seasons, 6 of which included winning the Stanley Cup. Kevin is a Canadian Trustee for Waterkeeper Alliance, and Director of North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper, co-founded by his wife, Karen.  Kevin has been instrumental in growing the Swim Drink Fish movement.