Meet The Team
Founder & CEO
Mahyar Zaud, RP
Mahyar is a registered psychotherapist, with more than 16 years of experience in working with trauma and PTSD.
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Alongside his private practice, Mahyar has helped many worldly acknowledged social enterprises, developing trauma informed programs, workshops and trainings for individuals and communities who had traumatic experiences such as, marginalization, sexual abuse, domestic violence, war, displacement, vicarious trauma, and so on.
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As the director of the psychology department of one of the most successful charities in Iran, and being nominated to be United Nations designated stress counsellor, he has gained ample experience in management and program development in mental health field. For this reason, he decided to pursue his dream of creating an organization that helps people come together to collectively create trauma informed communities and agents of social change.
Educator and Coach
Soosan Latham, PhD
Dr. Soosan Latham is an adult educator with years of practical private sector experience, who brings a creative, experiential, and client-based perspective to her work in community development.
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As a former Vice President of Human Resources at J. P. Morgan Chase and prior to that as Assistant Dean, Executive Education at the Rotman School of Management, Soosan also has extensive experience as a Management Consultant, Executive Coach, and an Entrepreneur.
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Soosan’s passion to explore Leadership and, in particular, Cross-Cultural challenges facing individuals, was inspired by her personal experiences subsequent to 9/11. She has since been involved in working with individuals and organizations in their pursuit of effectiveness and well-being, through one-on-one coaching and group workshops.
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Soosan is the author of The Multicultural Leader: Stories of Influence and Achievement as well as The Boarding School Girls: Developmental and Cultural Narratives. Soosan is an adjunct professor at York University and a Certified Associate Coach supporting the Niagara Institute’s Leadership Development Program.