Who We Are
hjc’s strategic consulting team brings together some of the most innovative thinkers in the nonprofit sector, and our in house production teams of designers, programmers and copywriters can do it all - delivering complete programs to engage your organization's core constituencies and advance your mission and mandate.
All that – and we still have time to cook, drum, tweet, snowmobile and eat chicken. Check out the hjc team below.
Our Team
Michael Johnston
Founder and President
Grew up in the country, loves the city. Mike is passionate about making the world a better place and travels around the globe to make it happen!
Paul St Onge
Business Development
Paul's been working in technology and digital for over four years. When he's not helping clients, he's on the basketball and volleyball court or out exploring the globe.
Mark Climie-Elliott, CFRE
Senior Advisor/Consultant
With more than twenty years of experience in nonprofit management, Mark has worked with organizations of all sizes and diverse sectors.
Sheetal Persaud
Operations Manager & Fundraising Innovation Consultant
Sheetal is always on the go – but she doesn’t sweat it – as long as she has her bb and a giant handbag. Sheetal kick-started hjc’s British revolution in 2008.
Matt Barr
Fundraising Innovation Consultant
Matt's passion for his beloved Tottenham and TFC is only surpassed by his devotion to simple, functional and usable fundraising savvy websites.
Tara Irwin
Fundraising Innovation Consultant
Fundraising professional. Food enthusiast. Tara has a passion for cooking up a better world.
Cynthia Foster
Online Fundraising Coordinator/Copywriter
Assistant to the President
You can find Cynthia on a beach, writing and dreaming of human rights and peace. Now that's something we could copy, right?
Lindsay Sievewright
New Media Fundraising Innovation Consultant
You can take the girl out of Scotland but not the Scottish out the girl (not even after 15 years in Spain!) Writing great copy and meeting new challenges keeps her on her toes.
Francis Lim
Designer/Developer
One day while walking down Career Ave Francis got tangled in the Web and discovered passion for Nonprofits and has since helped spin the Web of Change.
Daniel Abercrombie
Creative and Design Manager
Web Designer extraordinaire. Strives to create visual inspiration with an added flavour of fundraising functionality.
*3-D glasses sold separately*
Charles Curl
Non-Profit Web Consultant
When not breaking bones on the mountain or fragging people on XBOX live – striving to push the non-profit web community to the next level.
Laisie Tu
Interactive Marketing Manager
Always in a hurry, no time to waste. Laisie Tu doesn’t dilly dally. She gets it done and does it with style.
Mark McGrath
Online Marketing Coordinator
No, not the lead singer of Sugar Ray, but an online media coordinator helping nonprofits get the most out of their online marketing efforts.
