Alex Gill is a social entrepreneur and university instructor who enjoys working with community activists, nonprofit executives, corporations and others who want to make a difference. He currently heads Mendicant Group, a consultancy that helps charities and nonprofit organizations improve their social impact. Prior to founding Mendicant, Alex spent more than a dozen years as an executive at a number of large nonprofits and associations. Mendicant’s current clients include a diverse range of NGOs, including those from areas such as health care, child and youth development and the environment. In addition, Alex teaches part-time in both the Arts and Contemporary Studies program and in the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Management Certificate Program at Ryerson’s G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education. He holds adjunct membership in the Yeates School of Graduate Studies at Ryerson University. In addition to a Master of Arts (MA) in Communications Studies (Windsor) and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Canadian History (Carleton), Alex holds postgraduate certificates in Managing Strategic Change and Marketing Management from the Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto) and Schulich School of Business (York University), respectively. Alex Gill is co-author (with Jim Carlisle) of the book AIM: Achieve, Inspire, Make a Difference. Toronto: Wiley, 2010.
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