Canada Board of Directors
In 1987 she co-founded the Herbert H. Carnegie Future Aces Foundation and served as its former Executive Director for 17 years. All foundation initiatives were based on the Future Aces Philosophy created by her father Herbert Carnegie in 1956. Initially intended to encourage good citizenship in young hockey players, this character guideline eventually gained momentum as a development tool in hundreds of schools, promoting positive leadership that deterred bullying and supported safe school’s initiatives.
As president of Bernice Carnegie and Associates Inc. she remains passionate about addressing social injustice by bringing awareness to and affecting behavioral changes related to equity, fairness and inclusiveness. Having worked with her father for more than three decades, Bernice now carries on the family vision with her daughter Brooke Chambers specializing in Black anti-racism and mental health promotion.
The second release of her father’s autobiography “A Fly in a Pail of Milk, The Herb Carnegie Story” includes Part II written by Bernice, revealing intimate stories of “Lessons passed on from father to daughter”. It is a unique and inspiring perspective of living Black in a white dominated world.
Bernice has enjoyed four decades of community activism. She was selected as an honoree in the inaugural event of 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women. Other acknowledgements include: a Public Education Hero Award, Volunteer Award of Distinction; Planet Africa Development Award, Urban Hero Award for Education, Woman of Honour Award, Humanities and Community Service Award, Lifetime Leadership Award and Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
I’m never short a laugh!
Away from the rink, Burke is well known for his work within the community. He is a vocal activist against homophobia in sports, a strong supporter of first response personnel and military service members, an environmentalist, and a humanitarian. Since his son Patrick founded the “You Can Play Project” in support of his brother Brendan, Burke has been very vocal about the importance of LGBT inclusion in the NHL. Burke also remains heavily involved with the military, visiting bases within Canada, the United States, and Afghanistan. He has worked with the Wounded Warrior Project since 2003.
Burke is also an avid supporter of many other philanthropic organizations in both the US and Canada.
Currently, Burke serves as a member of the Selection Committee for the Hockey Hall of Fame, sits on the Board of Directors for Rugby Canada, and is a television analyst for Sportsnet.
In 2010 Angela along with fellow American Camie Granoto was the first female to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Currently, Angela is a member of the NHL/NHLPA Female Hockey Advisory Committee and in 2010 ‘Angela James The First Superstar of Women’s Hockey’ a biography of her accomplishments and life was published.
Angela has worked with a number of great athletes and championship teams throughout her athletic career. She is currently a skills coach offering clinics for coaches and athletes specifically dealing with the development of programs from the U9 level up to U18 level. She is a dynamic, energetic and knowledgeable individual with extensive coaching and playing experience that is an invaluable resource to minor hockey and sport across the country. Angela currently in 2020 retired from Seneca College after 35 years of service in the department of Athletics and Recreation as Senior Sport Coordinator and has a partner of 24 years and 3 children ages 21 and twins age 15.
Ted grew up playing minor hockey in Sault Ste. Marie and left home at the age of 16 to go play junior hockey in Kenora, Ontario. A year after leaving home to play in Kenora, Ted returned to play for his hometown Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League from 1976 to 1978. Ted played the game with so much passion, a ton of grit, and it was these attributes that saw him get drafted into the NHL in 1978 by the Detroit Red Wings. After a brief stint in the Red Wings organization, which saw him raise the Calder Cup Championship with their minor league affiliate, Ted was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins appearing in 78 NHL games before having his career cut short by a serious back injury at the age of 26.
After being forced to retire at the age of 26, Ted knew that he wanted to stay involved in hockey, and it was his first coaching job with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the OHL that helped launch his coaching career. Ted began his new career coaching the Greyhounds of the OHL and took his team to 3 straight Memorial Cup appearances, eventually winning the Memorial Cup Championship in 1993. In 1994, Ted moved on to the professional ranks as an assistant coach of the NHL’s Hartford Whalers. In 1995 he was named the head coach of the Buffalo Sabres and in just two short years, took his team to 1st place in the Northeast Division and was named NHL Coach of the Year.
Ted would also go on to coach the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and in just one year with the team, led them to the league championship while also being named General Manager of the Year. He returned to the NHL to coach the New York Islanders and in 2013 he made his second appearance coaching the Buffalo Sabres. Ted also has international coaching experience, leading the Latvian Men’s National Ice Hockey Team to the 2014 Sochi Olympics, almost upsetting Team Canada in the quarter finals.
Ted always says, “hockey is what I do, it is not who I am”. Ted is so grateful for the opportunities hockey has created in his life, and most importantly, the opportunity it has created for him to become a positive role model and inspiration for First Nations people all across Canada. Today, Ted is president of the 3Nolans along with Brandon and Jordan. He and his wife, Sandra are grandparents to Hunter, Ryder, Sadie, Quinn and Harper.
She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Business where she also played 4 years of Division 1 hockey, earning All-American, All-Conference and All-Rookie honours throughout her career. All while helping her team win 3 straight WCHA Conference Championships and making 4 Frozen Four appearances.
She was selected to be apart of Team Canada’s 2018 Women’s Olympic Hockey that won a silver medal in PyeongChang, South Korea and picked up her first Olympic goal as the game winner in a 2-1 win over the USA in Round Robin play.
A member of the 2019 Women’s World Championship team, she was named in the Top 3 players for Team Canada and helped her team earn a bronze medal. Sarah is currently a member of the NHL Player Inclusion Committee and on the Board of Directors with the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association (PWHPA). She is also an NHL hockey analyst for Rogers Sportsnet in Canada.
While many said his dreams of working in hockey were unattainable, Harnarayan channeled his love for the game into a broadcasting career and has since called over 700 NHL games for Hockey Night in Canada in Punjabi, along with becoming a host for Sportsnet in English on a national level.
A natural storyteller, Harnarayan was a keynote speaker at the World Cup of Hockey Summit at the Hockey Hall of Fame and has been featured in The New York Times, Macleans Magazine, and on HBO, along with writing for The Players’ Tribune.
Harnarayan’s recent memoir, ‘One Game At A Time’ – My Journey From Small-Town Alberta to Hockey’s Biggest Stage, became an instant national bestseller. He speaks to audiences across North America, providing inspiration to countless others through his journey of defying the odds.
His growing list of accomplishments includes being named the recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal, an award given by the Governor General of Canada for Harnarayan’s contribution to Canadian society. Along with being an ambassador for the Chevrolet Good Deeds Cup and a member of the NHL’s Fan Inclusion Committee, Harnarayan is also the winner of the Brian Williams Media Award from the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. He also serves on the board of HEROS, a charity that uses hockey as a mentorship tool for at-risk youth.
Whether it be on the Tabla or Harmonium, Harnarayan has toured as an accomplished musician, performing Kirtan (Sikh music) around North America and India, including at the sacred Golden Temple in Amritsar. Harnarayan lives in Calgary with his wife and two young children.
US Board of Directors
In addition to working in a career that she is passionate about, Mrs. Camper is dedicated to ensuring children have a successful experience inside and outside the classroom. Mrs. Camper sits on the leadership committee for the Multicultural Parents Association in Springfield Township Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, which seeks parent, teacher and administrative support to ensure all students of a diverse background have an inclusive experience in the K-12 learning environment. Mrs. Camper has successfully worked to help ensure a more diverse curriculum, worked to provide parents and students with anti-bias training and moderated conversations between residents and Police Officers to address the over-criminalization of minority children.
Further, Mrs. Camper is also a proud hockey mom. She was actively involved as a board member for Revolution Youth Ice Hockey Tier II (Treasurer) and the Co-Fundraising Chair for the organization. In this role, Mrs. Camper helped cultivate change by having a position on diversity and inclusion adopted by the club and displayed publicly on the club website. Additionally, she chaired a committee and helped award the organizations first ever scholarships to deserving student athletes based hockey, academic and civic performance. Lastly, she created an initiative for each of the club’s teams to perform community service projects and also worked to help execute a fundraiser for Hammerheads Hockey, in which the organization raised funds to donate to disabled players; providing players with a rewarding experience to play in games alongside their hockey brothers and sisters on sleds. Mrs. Camper is passionate about creating a fair and equitable experience for all players and shaping well-rounded human beings as they navigate their hockey careers. Mrs. Camper’s interests include reading and crafting. She and her husband have two sons.
O’Ree played 45 games with the Bruins from 1958-61. His long professional career spanned 21 seasons, mostly in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Los Angeles Blades and the San Diego Gulls. O’Ree played his entire professional career blind in one eye.
As Director of Youth Development, O’Ree has helped the NHL Diversity program expose more than 40,000 boys and girls of diverse backgrounds to unique hockey experiences. Over the past decade, O’Ree has traveled thousands of miles across North America helping to establish 39 local grassroots hockey programs, all geared towards serving economically disadvantaged youth. While advocating strongly that “Hockey is for Everyone,” O’Ree stresses the importance of essential life skills, education, and the core values of hockey, which are: commitment, perseverance, and teamwork.
O’Ree is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. He was inducted into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Breitbard Hall of Fame in the San Diego Hall of Champions in 2008. He received the Lester Patrick Award for outstanding service to hockey in the United States in 2003 and in 2007 became the inaugural recipient of the Bill Walsh Champion of Change Award, which recognizes an individual whose tenaciousness of purpose paved a path of opportunity to everyone. In 2005 he received the Order of New Brunswick, the highest honor of the Province of New Brunswick, which recognizes individuals who have demonstrated excellence and achievement and who have made outstanding contributions to the social, cultural or economic well-being of the province and its residents. In January 2008 the Fredericton, New Brunswick City Council named their new hockey arena after O’Ree in honor of his accomplishments.
January 18, 2008 marked the 50th anniversary of O’Ree’s NHL debut with the Boston Bruins. This milestone was recognized by the National Hockey League throughout the season at both the local and national levels—including events celebrating the diversity of the game and the Hockey is for Everyone initiative. O’Ree resides in San Diego, California.
Away from the rink, Josh has found success as a keynote speaker. Speaking on topics such as disability awareness, overcoming adversity, and leadership as well as coaching local hockey teams in St. Louis, he is committed to making an lasting impact on the game of hockey. He currently resides in St. Louis, MO with his fiancée Katie.
Supovitz founded Fast Traffic in 2014, an award-winning event management, production, and consulting firm that has served a wide range of sports and entertainment clients, including the Indy 500, Major League Soccer, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Australia’s National Rugby League, the Canadian Football League, the Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament, the NBA’s Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks, and the Houston and Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committees, among others. Fast Traffic was an integral member of the development and management team for the Rooftop at Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport in New York City, Pollstar Award winner for Best New Concert Venue of 2018.
What to Do When Things Go Wrong, Frank’s newest book, was published by McGraw-Hill in May 2019 and was released as an audiobook in November 2019. He previously authored The Sports Event Management & Marketing Playbook, the definitive text used by sports business professionals and university programs across the globe for more than a decade. Frank received an honorary doctorate in Sports, Event, and Entertainment Management from Johnson & Wales University in 2003, was honored as New York University’s Cal Ramsey Distinguished Lecturer in 2014, and is currently an adjunct professor at Adelphi University. He was a recurring cast member on TruTV’s 2010 series NFL Full Contact, was featured on Showtime’s behind-the-scenes 60 Minutes Sports episode on the Super Bowl Blackout in 2013, and appeared in a cameo role in Ivan Reitman’s 2014 film Draft Day.
I became an above knee right leg amputee in 1991 after being hit by a Venezuelan’s government vehicle in my high school zone. In 1998 I became the first disabled athlete to swim long distance open waters marathons in my native Venezuela. In 1999 I graduated from college as a Biomedical Scientist. In 2001 I realized I will never be safe in Venezuela due to my fight against the government to hold them accountable for their negligence, human rights violations, and threats against myself, my family, friends, and anyone involved in my cause.
I was granted political asylum, and became a US citizen in 2010. I have been a member for the USA Women’s National Para Ice Hockey Team since 2016. In 2018 we became world champions after defeating Canada 1-0 at worlds. Traveling to Puerto Rico for a sled clinic on the island awoke my vision of bringing the sport to all Latin America. I am committed to bring Para Ice Hockey to Latin America one country at a time, a very big dream but achievable.
Advisors
Professor Shropshire is CEO of the Global Sport Institute and the adidas Distinguished Professor of Global Sport at Arizona State University. He recently closed out a thirty-year career as an endowed full professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was also Director of the Wharton Sports Business Initiative, Professor of Africana Studies, and Academic Director of Wharton’s sports-focused executive education programs. He now holds the title of Wharton Professor Emeritus. As an author, his books include: Sport Matters: Leadership, Power, and the Quest for Respect in Sports; Negotiate Like the Pros: A Top Sports Negotiator’s Lessons for Making Deals, Building Relationships and Getting What You Want; and Being Sugar Ray: The Life of America’s Greatest Boxer and First Celebrity Athlete. Additional works include the foundational books In Black and White: Race and Sports in America; The Business of Sports; and The Business of Sports Agents. His twelfth book is The Mis-Education of the Student Athlete: How to Fix College Sports, which was published last year. He graduated from Stanford in 1977 with a degree in economics and Columbia Law School in 1980. Before beginning his career in the academy he practiced law in Los Angeles and was an executive with the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. He serves as a consultant to numerous sports entities.
Executive Team
While earning a Master’s in Public Policy (MPP) from the Harvard Kennedy School, she wrote her Policy Analysis Exercise on diversifying hockey for the National Hockey League. She continues this work today as Executive Director of The Carnegie Initiative for Inclusion and Acceptance in Hockey.
As a journalist, Stephanie wrote for the Associated Press Sports Department and created the New York Yankees’ website, while serving as their Editor in Chief. She graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Spanish Language and Literature, and Anthropology.
Elected as an Independent Director to Canada Soccer’s Board of Directors in 2021, Stephanie serves as Vice-Chair of the Governance Committee and as a member of the Nominations Committee. She is a long-time volunteer with the Adoption Council of Ontario, where she sits on the Audit and Finance Committee.
Currently, Ken is the Chief Commercial Officer of The Carnegie Initiative (“The CI”), named in honor of legendary hockey player and social justice pioneer Herb Carnegie, a non-profit organization created to ensure opportunity and access to hockey everywhere.
Prior to The CI, Ken was most recently the Chief Operating Officer of live-event fight sports entity KASAI Elite Grappling based in New York City. Ken also founded G-Funk Sports & Entertainment in 2006. G-Funk focused on business and content development, distribution drives, digital marketing solutions and partnership marketing for sports and entertainment brands. Client partners included NFL Media, NFL On Location, ESPN, The Big East, Bellator MMA, Rogers Sports & Media, Warner Home Video, Universal Music, Ring of Honor, GLORY Kickboxing, NFL Network and more.
Prior to launching G-Funk, Ken held executive positions with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and the National Hockey League (NHL), leading marketing, media ventures and program development initiatives including broadcast network, affiliate, and media partner relations. Ken is well-known as one of the initial creators of NHL Center Ice and has been instrumental in launching a broad array of pioneering sports video subscription products and highly adoptive end-user offerings.
Ken is a graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and lives in Connecticut, USA.