NEXT Canada appoints Kyle Winters as CEO
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TORONTO, April 20, 2021 /CNW/ - Kyle Winters, currently Chief Advancement Officer at NEXT Canada, has been appointed as the organization s Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1.
Kyle joined NEXT in 2019 as the Chief Development Officer and progressed to Chief Advancement Officer in 2020. In these roles, he led a high performing fundraising team, and successfully cultivated new donors and corporate partners to support NEXT s mission.
Joe Canavan, current CEO of NEXT Canada, will re-join the Board of Directors at its upcoming meeting in June. In the early months of 2019, Joe assumed the role of CEO and committed to serving the organization for two years, with a clear mandate to establish a long-range plan that was visionary and sustainable.
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