Ten years ago, if someone had told KPMG Ottawa office manager Deirdre Hendrick that she would one day speak at the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Leaders for Mental Health Breakfast, her reaction would have been nothing short of incredulous.
“I’d say, ‘What? Are you kidding me?’,” said Hendrick during an interview to talk about her participation in the major fundraiser set for Wednesday, Oct. 6th. “And yet here I am. This is a big step for me, but I want to pay it forward.”