KEYNOTES
SPEAKERS & PANELISTS
- Dream Weavers
- Alan Bernstein
- Howard Blas
- Leamore Cohen
- William Daroff
- Dr. Paula David
- Warren Greenstone
- Bryan Keshen
- Claudia Koby
- Lauren Korzinstone
- Alan Kriss
- Dr. Jeff Lichtman
- Donna Mackay
- Ari Margolis
- Liviya Mendelsohn
- Mark Palmer
- Connie Putterman
- Joanna Samuels
- Avital Sandler-Loeff
- Noah Shack
- Nancy Singer
- Beth Steinberg
- Karina Szulc
- Sandy Stemp
- Gayle Waxman
- Dr. Linda Zaretsky
ENTERTAINMENT
Bryan Keshen
Bryan Keshen was appointed President and CEO of Reena May 2014. He supports a team of over 500 employees providing services to over 1,000 individuals with developmental disabilities in 44 locations throughout the Greater Toronto Area and the City of Vaughan.
In his previous 24 years of Jewish Communal Service, Bryan worked at the Toronto and Vancouver Federations in a variety of roles, including Campaign Director, Director-Israel at 50, Vice President Strategic Planning, and Executive Director of all three of Toronto’s Jewish Community Centres.
Bryan is a graduate of the University of Toronto with a Master of Social Work and an Advanced Diploma in Social Service Administration. Bryan is an alumnus of York University’s Concurrent Education Program with a B. Ed. and Hons. BA in Judaic Studies, and a Jewish Teaching Certificate.
Bryan, in his voluntary role, sits on MacKenzie Health President’s Advisory Community Board and is active with University of Toronto’s Faculty of Social Work. Bryan also sits as a member of the Developmental Services Toronto Region, Provincial Network on Developmental Services, Joint Ministry of Community and Social Services Developmental Services Sector Partnership Table and Ontario Residential Agencies Network. He is also co-chair of the Faith and Culture Inclusion Network.