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Camilla Holland is the Executive Director of Young People’s Theatre, Canada’s oldest and largest professional theatre for young people.

From 2011 - 2024, Camilla was the Executive Director of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Canada’s first regional theatre. Prior to MTC, Camilla was the General Manager of Tarragon Theatre (2006-2011). She has worked for a wide variety of professional theatres across Toronto, including large institutions (Canadian Stage), theatre for young audiences (Young People’s Theatre), new play developers (Factory Theatre), and creation-based companies (Volcano Theatre).

Camilla is currently on the Boards of the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts, the Musical Stage Company, and the Siminovitch Theatre Foundation. Past Board and Steering Committee roles include Manitobans for the Arts, Canada’s National Theatre School, TRG Arts, Canadian Arts Coalition, Canadian Arts Summit, Professional Association of Canadian Theatres and the National Arts Centre’s Creation Fund. She has led and facilitated courses for the NAC’s Producers Gathering, Creative Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg.

She served on the negotiation team for recent agreements with Associated Designers of Canada, Playwrights Guild of Canada and Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. She won the John Hobday Award from Canada Council for the Arts in 2018 and the Mallory Gilbert Leadership Award in 2019.

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Sarah ElRaheb-Dagher is an adjunct lecturer of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School of Government (HKS), an educator, leadership coach and pedagogy specialist who has taught thousands of individuals globally the power of heart and purpose-driven leadership. Sarah focuses on education as a tool for personal, political and organizational change. She has spent the last decade teaching, training and designing courses alongside Dr. Marshall Ganz through HKS, including helming an adaptation of Public Narrative for Executive Education, and adapting Organizing courses for Stanford University, Indiana University and CUNY based on Ganz's pedagogy. She has led over 250 courses, projects and workshops working with mayors, community leaders, executives, TED Talk speakers, international women political leaders, and many more from organizations and institutions such as the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, Nike, Vital Voices, LEGO, Harvard, the El Hibri Foundation, Brown, MIT, and the University of Toronto.

Previously, she was a founding member of an arts education nonprofit in Toronto called UforChange which received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee award during her tenure, where she focused on creating innovative arts programming and pathways to post-secondary education for youth. Sarah holds a Master's degree in Education with a focus on the arts from Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Sarah is the founder of Ellb Education, which is a tribute to her grandmother. When she is not working, Sarah is a loving mother and partner, a writer, and a lipstick aficionado.

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