Tonya Surman has been working with social mission groups to collaborate, innovate and overcome barriers to success for over 15 years. Tonya is a co-founder and Executive Director of the Centre for Social Innovation (2004), and has been a key visionary and force behind CSI’s success. She has been the founding Partnership Director for the Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment (2000), a senior partner in the Commons Group, the founding business manager for rabble.ca and was executive director of Web Networks, the first ISP in Canada dedicated to the social sector. Tonya has been creating and leading social enterprises for over 10 years and has built her body of knowledge around multi-sectoral collaboration and entrepreneurship for social change.