who

this is who we are

guide to the good is the result of collaboration of many! we are a coming together of different types of people with different types of lives, united in a shared love of local and a common cause of building a strong, integrated, resiilent community.

founder

Kim Todd

a communicator by trade, Kim saw the need for locally-relevant, practical information to help our communities exist more sustainably, and thegreenrock.ca was born. with local as the focus, the team came together to create guide to the good social enterprise.

chair

Bobby Bessey

Bobby is a yoga instructor and owner operator of local yoga and wellness business, Shakti Yoga. she develops and teaches yoga trainings and workshops locally, across the province and internationally. she's an early morning riser and lover of all-weather outdoors.

treasurer

Maham Rahim

Maham loves order and bringing all the pieces together. when we first met her, she said "I love balance sheets and income statements." we were stunned at that, but it was entirely true. for her regular job, she's a Commercial Pricing Analyst with Inmarsat.

secretary

Kelly Bavis

Kelly has deep appreciation for all things local to Newfoundland and Labrador, especially since she's the Operations Manager USA for Maderra Engineering and lives in Texas. She's home often and is always looking for ways to support local companies.

director

Rebekkah Bourne

Rebekkah is an public servant, ex lawyer, mom, and wife. She is a lover of the outdoors, particularly camping, backpacking, and hiking. She is always looking for ways to support local business and increase her sustainable practices.

director

Erin Molloy

Erin is an entrepreneur who loves to take part in community organizations. she studied English and Sociology at Memorial University, and completed a Bachelor of Public Relations at Mount Saint Vincent University.

director

Emad Rizkalla

Egyptian-born and St. John’s raised, Emad is an entrepreneur with long-term vision. he is founder of Bluedrop Performance Learning, a company that's transforming how organizations manage skills and qualifications.

director

Jeff Tulk

Jeff is Managing Director with Chipplehouse, and he brings his knowledge and appreciation for the economic and tech sides of green to thegreenrock.ca. he's also a big squash volunteer. Jeff was our first director!

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Amanda Russell

Amanda keeps things moving. she runs a busy household with three kids, and on the side she's the order-keeper consultant for guide to the good. she holds a BBA from Memorial, which earned her lots of work out west, but now she's was happy to be at home in CBS.

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Omar Abdelkhalek

Omar is passionate about supporting everything local. our outreach coordinator, Omar is rebuilding the g2g hubs, onboarding new directory listings, reaching out to people and working some social media. he’s studying commerce and computer science at Memorial.

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Ashley Quirk

designer and cartographer Ashley is bringing the g2g map - and all the stories it will tell - to life with the ArcGIS online platform. she’s done graphics awesome companies like Sandbox Gaming, Fire Emblem Community Compendium, and East Coast Trail.

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Hannah Blundon

Hannah has a way with marketing words and loves to understand inner workings. a recent grad, she came to g2g through Memorial's Digital Social Media Program and is working the Google Ads to get the message out about local, social, green and sustainability in NL.

advisory committee