Paul Born

Biography

In 2002, Paul Born co-founded and now directs Tamarack – An Institute for Community Engagement, a ten year journey and partnership with Alan Broadbent of the Avana Capital Corporation. More than 10,000 subscribers engage in Tamarack’s learning community. Vibrant Communities, in collaboration with the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation and the Caledon Institute of Social Policy, is Tamarack’s signature work and is active in 15 cities and has so far reduced the impact of poverty for more than 35,000 people in Canada.Paul was the Executive Director and founder of The Community Opportunities Development Association (CODA) for 12 years (now Lutherwood), one of Canada’s most successful community economic development organizations and Opportunities 2000, a millennium campaign to reduce poverty in Waterloo Region to the lowest in Canada, which received the United Nations' Top 40 Projects Worldwide in 1998. A motivational, inspiring and informative speaker, Paul has extensive experience in helping organizations and communities to develop new and sustainable ideas that motivate people to collaborative action. He holds a Masters degree in Leadership from Royal Roads University.Paul belongs to numerous learning communities networking on the themes of community collaboration, the communities agenda, social innovation, the role of the intermediary organization, social entrepreneurship and community development.