Our People

Meet the leaders who guide our work to ensure that individuals with mental health and addiction challenges across Canada have the support to thrive as entrepreneurs.

Meet our CEO: Adwoa K. Buahene

Adwoa K. Buahene

Adwoa K. Buahene joined Rise as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in June of 2025. She has more than 20 years of entrepreneurial and leadership experience in building businesses, program development, and revenue generation. Her past endeavours include co-founding n-gen People Performance Inc., Vice President, Donor and Community Partnerships at Habitat for Humanity GTA, CEO of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC), and as head of AkB Talent Edge. 

Guided by her mantra, "learn, own, improve," she is leading Rise into it's next chapter of strategic impact.  

“Rise’s potential to impact individual lives and our collective prosperity is outmatched only by the incredible potential of every one of its current and prospective clients.” 

Board of Directors

Alex Bellamy

Treasurer, Chair, Finance, Audit & Risk Committee
Partner, Deloitte

 

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Yelena Chorny

Director
Addiction Physician, Healthcare Consultant

 

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Mike Demeter

Director
Partner & Head of Institutional Sales, Velocity Capital Partners

 

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Patrick Dion

Director
President, Patrick Dion Consulting Inc.

 

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Boafoa Kwamena

Secretary, Chair, Governance & Nominating Committee
Director, Strategic and Intergovernmental Policy Branch, Ministry of Infrastructure

 

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Tom Scheuring

Chair, Fundraising Committee
Managing Director, Global Equity Trading, RBC Capital Markets

 

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Tassan Sung

Director
Founder, SPOKEN Leadership & Education

 

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