Maryann Kerr is Chief Happiness Officer, CEO and principal consultant with the Medalist Group. Maryann is a governance, leadership and culture specialist and has worked in the social profit sector for 34 years and helped raise over $110M.  She has led at the local, provincial, national and international level and is passionate about her family, feminism, and continuous learning.

Maryann participated on many social profit boards and committees and her first book, published by Civil Sector Press Tarnished: Let’s rethink, reimagine and co-create a new social impact sector was published in December 2021. Maryann earned her CFRE in 1997 and her master’s in organizational leadership in 2016. She is currently exploring opportunities for a PhD.