Kevin Freedman
Biography:
Kevin Freedman(M.Sc.) is a multiple award-winning educator, consultant, social entrepreneur, and leader. He has been an instructor at the U of W and CMU since 2015 and has taught more than 50 sections of organizational behaviour, introduction to management, introduction to business, and nonprofit management. Kevin has also developed courses for PACE, Volunteer Manitoba, the Winnipeg Foundation, and SAGE publishing. He has started numerous initiatives, organizations, and businesses including an international aid effort, a large water conservation initiative, and a community building group. A prolific board member, former non-profit CEO, and governance expert, Kevin founded the consulting firm The Governance Guru to provide support to nonprofit, cooperative, and school boards and executive leaders. He is the author of the upcoming governance book The Board Manual: A Practical Guide to Being a Non-profit Board Member and created Guru’s Rules, the modern board meeting guidelines. Kevin lives in Winnipeg but can often be found traveling with his family around North America or abroad.