Meet Our Experts

As part of the RBC Talent Hub program, the Saint Mary’s University Entrepreneurship Centre hosts two rotating Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, giving Saint Mary’s University students access to some of Canada’s top entrepreneurs.

Our Entrepreneurs-in-Residence are experts in their field! They share their experience, giving students real-life knowledge through one-on-one mentoring, workshops and other events. The Entrepreneurs-in-Residence use their skills to coach both our students and the businesses that hire co-operative placements, helping to manage growth, provide human resource support for the new hires, and connect them to resources.

Gregg Curwin

Gregg Curwin is the Founder of TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture, a world-leading indoor-vertical farming company, and also Founder of TruLeaf’s wholly owned subsidiary, GoodLeaf Farms, a branded packaged lettuce company.

Gregg is an entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in various industries, including medical devices, biologics, consumer packaged goods, and ag-tech. He has consulted hospitals and governments in the broad area of health design, with a recent focus on the role of food production in disease prevention. 

Shannon Susko​

Serial Entrepreneur/Best Selling Author​

BComm’89, BSc’92, Saint Mary’s University​

Recognized as one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40 and awarded the Sarah Kirke Award for Canada’s Leading Women Entrepreneurs in 2006, Shannon has built and led high-growth tech companies in the financial services industry. In six years, she co-founded, managed, and sold two companies: Subserveo, Inc. and Paradata Systems Inc. She is also the author of The Metronome Effect, a deep appreciation for the importance of teamwork, a lesson she was able to take from the field while playing on three varsity sports teams during her time at Saint Mary’s University, into the boardroom.​

Today, Shannon coaches organizations (see ShannonSusko.com) to invest in their people to achieve results. And the same get-up-and-go that made Shannon successful in athletics has enabled her to be an effective serial entrepreneur.

Leah Skerry

​BComm’09, Saint Mary’s University​

Leah is the co-founder of Squiggle Park (Acquired in 2021) – An adaptive reading game with over 2 million kids learning to read. Leah is also a contemporary dancer and aerialist currently co-creating an off-ground sculpture presentation. In addition to being a Saint Mary’s University and Sobey School of Business graduate, she is the newest Entrepreneur in Residence at Saint Mary’s University.