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our
team

Our team illuminates our story.

Our products and social programs are developed by an empathetic group of
professionals as an interdisciplinary collaboration.  This approach ensures that
whatever we develop, it is progressively innovative and on-trend.

Each of our team members maintain a vibrant professional life in their
respective discipline(s).  It's important that they are empowered doing what
they are passionate about as each industry will have uniquely
evolving trends and ideas.  The fundamentals of GoBe Inc. as a co-creating
business will only strengthen within a knowledge based economy.
  


Connect to our team below.


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To connect to team members:  Click on each contributors photo to access their email or website.
To see their influence at GoBe Inc.:  Click on the image icons below their personal photo.

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Adriana Rajewski, RYT
Yoga, Myofascial & Reiki Therapist

TECUMSEH, ON,  CANADA - Adriana has a multi-therapy approach to inspire her students. She brings her knowledge of myofascial therapy which focuses on  resolving trauma and unresolved emotional pain that can be stored in the muscle fibres of the body.  This will be innovative to apply to themes such as intuition, healing and meditation techniques throughout our program & product development.  She will be an active influence in the development of the children's book, The Wonder Walls; GoBe Life's educational curriculum and app development in the classroom and in the boardroom.  She loves to smile at every opportunity.   Especially when she makes cooing and chirp-like bird sounds, at which point, everyone is smiling.  After all, birds do symbolize communication.
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Anna Byrne, B.Ed.
Educator, Poet, Survivor, Blogger

VANCOUVER, BC  CANADA - Anna is an open-minded educator with a history of mission work, activism and volunteering.  It is her strong religious, spiritual and compassionate roots that come together to build a remarkably courageous person.  She has overcome cancer several times and speaks with insight about the recovery process and living productively with disease.  Anna has been instrumental in developing and leading The Everyday Blog which creates a platform of varying empowerment perspectives in discussing our ability to assist in our healing and recovery, the power in being positive, and de-stigmatizing social stereotypes.  She has offered her inspirational voice in The Wonder Walls: Toronto.  Visit The Everyday Blog.  She really is a silent giant.  With a heart of gold.
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Brianna DiMarco
Student, Compassion Award Winner, Activist

SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO,  CANADA - Brianna is part of a generation that is ushering in a change that is inclusive and progressive in so many more ways than just technological.  She has participated in many community programs in Toronto that built GoBe Inc.'s spirit by delivering food and greetings to the homeless and promoting positive messages when on Neighbourhoods Tours.  Her inquisitive kindness, positive outlook and wise optimism was recognized in 2015 when she was awarded The Most Compassionate Student in her regional school board out of 25,000 students.  Brianna has been a leader in offering ideas and insight that are youth specific for the development of our interactive children's stories, The Wonder Walls and NightOwl & EarlyBird: Life at the Olive Tree.   She has more personal Instagram followers than GoBe.  But we're happy she's a leader in promoting positive change in the ways she does best.
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Christina Berliner, BHK
Kids Project Manager, A Manhattan Mama

 NEW YORK CITY, NY  USA - Christina has been a strong motivation in believing in GoBe Inc. objectives and has shown that support throughout its many phases of growth.  She offers concise advice from a business marketing perspective, mobile marketing, and the presentation of ideas to corporate partnerships.  Christina's softer side is everything creative - she's acted in feature films, had a guest appearance on a TV Series and was the voice that resonated on a dance anthem at the onset of adult life.  Although she's got everything going for her, she wants to be Meryl Streep.  She is currently coordinating our multi-disciplinary team to roll-out our children's stories, NightOwl & EarlyBird as well as The Wonder Walls.  We've pitched NightOwl & EarlyBird to Scholastic mid-2015 and they suggested to turn the book into a series.  So we're back to the creative process to ensure that it is authentic in its interactive opportunities.
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'Cooper' The Bulldog
Spirited Leader, GoBe Kids Mascot

TORONTO, ON  CANADA - Cooper is an Hungarian born, French Bulldog who flew to Canada aboard a German flight at about 9 weeks old.  Although a European pet passport holder, he loves life in Toronto.  The co-founder has evolved into Cooper's personal assistant.  He arrived in time for the first official meetings to start business ideation.  Cooper is amicable, sensitive, and intuitively connected to both Jason and this project.  He has inspired Jason with the awareness of the elements of the communication process that are not human-to-human.  These interactions have influenced an open-minded approach to GoBe Inc.'s product development.  Cooper is best known for being driven in the GoBe Greetings' e-bike scooter at cultural festivals and neighbourhood tours.  He seems to know his role in bringing joy to everyone who allows it.  He will be the face of GoBe Kids. 
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Diane Lewicki, B.Ed. BComm.
Corporate Relations, Curriculum Development

 WINDSOR, ON  CANADA - Diane is a globe trotter, having visited or lived in  more than 30 countries empowering her with the cultural sensitivity important to connect GoBe Inc. to global growth potential.  Diane has been instrumental in GoBe's evolution since 2003 and identifies corporate strategies and marketing to guide growth because she has a savvy understanding of this evolving global shift.  She has an international business diploma, ESL Teaching certificate, Bachelor of Commerce degree and Graduate degree in Education that has created opportunities to teach college students in both Canada and Panama.  She is most recently a regulated immigration consultant in Canada and offers those and educational services at DTL Education Ltd.  She really never stops learning.  But she's remarkable at inspiring others.  She will lead the product development of GoBe InTouch educational products.  
Visit DTL Education here.

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Jason Parete
Creative Socialpreneur, Visual Artist, Co-founder

TORONTO, ON  CANADA - Jason has been dedicated to fully understanding this project and it's objectives since it came to light in 2003.  It is this project that has inspired him to get in touch with his intuitive capacity as an empath to channel these conceptual ideas into something more tangible.   He is comfortable, finally, as GoBe Inc.'s authentic creative voice.  He has traveled to more than 20 countries in his twenties, most notably to India for six months, where he worked with French psychologist, Dr. Gasse and trauma survivors of the 2005 tsunami.  He is passionate about developing proactive solutions in the areas of identity and belonging that are found in:  homelessness, mental health & wellness, expressing sexuality & gender, and suicide prevention.  He is instrumental in recruiting progressive thought leaders across specific disciplines to collaborate a unique GoBe perspective that can have applications in everyday life and our collective future.  Officially, he's Cooper The Bulldog's personal assistant whenever they are in public.
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Dr. Jen Rosati, PhD
Biologist, Assistant Professor, Blogger

NEW YORK CITY, NY  USA - Jennifer is an assistant professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in NYC.  She brings a unique scientific based analysis of current topics to her writing on The Everyday Blog.  She is a key as a leader to identifying relevant research to design innovative product directives.  Scientific influence will be vital to making correlations and assumptions that encourage optimizing our biology as it promotes well being.  We are extremely interested in how this can be applied to the mind-brain-body ability to self-heal, collective consciousness and positive psychology.   Although a mother of two with a loving husband, we're concerned of her love affair with bugs.  All bugs.  
Check out her blog posts here.

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Mary-Ann Leonowicz
Public Relations, Survivor, Volunteer

TORONTO, ON CANADA - Mary-Ann conducts her day-to-day-life similar to the principles of GoBe Inc.  She is a dynamic spirit that enjoys understanding life from various perspectives such as through tarot readings, astrological forecasts and dream interpretation.   She is engaging in more opportunities to discuss her courageous recovery after several heart attacks revealed a rare genetic heart condition.  She has contributed her story of resilience in The Wonder Walls: Toronto.   Mary-Ann is a cardiac mentor and volunteer at a downtown Toronto hospital that is recognized for exceptional standards of post-patient care services.  She brings great insight into the healing process, coping strategies and is key in our sensitivity to program development and product marketing.  She is improving as a beginner guitar player and vocalist and is often times stalking Toronto's Indie88 for concert tickets.  She wins often.
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Nick McLeod, B.A
E-Commerce & Digital Strategy, Project Manager

TORONTO, ON CANADA - Nick is a methodical leader who insightfully challenges traditional business conventions.  This is vital to GoBe Inc.'s growth of allowing the social elements of empowering community and the start-up spirit to be incorporated into profitability.  His art & design college studies show up in his attention to details, presenting ideas to third parties, anticipating market perception, and when he dresses for a night on the town.   He has a genuine grasp of the current trends of the start-up cause-based business culture, e-commerce and marketing solutions, social media campaigning, and project management of a creative team.  He was instrumental in leading the Indiegogo campaign to raise support to publish the The Wonder Walls in Spring 2015.  
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Rachel Weinstock, B.Ed
Educator, Entrepreneur, Facilitator, Blogger

TORONTO, ON CANADA - Rachel is a vibrant empath, compassionate youth educator,  and entrepreneur who empowers children and adults alike through  PLAYfully Creative.  She believes that fostering life skills can be best achieved through play to facilitate an understanding of empathy, self-worth and confidence.  It was when Jason was capturing images for The Wonder Walls, that she and five others were having a slice of pizza on a waterfront patio discussing authentic expression.  They were each wearing a bridal gown.  Instant conversation erupted into a full photo shoot.  That bridal image appears along with Rachel's insights of resilience in The Wonder Walls: Toronto.  She is also a unique voice on empowering young people on The Everyday Blog. 
You can check out her PLAYfully Creative website here.

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Renza Denomme, B.Ed
Educator, Project Manager, Chief Strategist

 TORONTO, ON CANADA - Renza has been a long-time believer and supporter of this project. its lessons and the journey.  She has explored alternative teaching platforms that encourage youth creativity, empowerment and inclusiveness.  Renza offers guidance and insight into how to best optimize a child's potential for wisdom and compassion.  She has been paramount in coordinating everything from product launches to making aesthetic decisions on greeting products.  Renza has been central to developing the 40-minute module that meets the Ontario curriculum for our Postcards from the Classroom program. The feedback from children and teachers from that program will be the foundation as we develop educational products in GoBe InTouch for the classroom and the boardroom.  She is a new mama that embodies everything a mama strives to be.
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Stephanie Parete, (Hons) B.A
Program Coordinator, Current Student

PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, ON CANADA - Stephanie has always been a part of every progression and stagnation of this project.  And she has supported it without hesitation.   She has returned to school to pursue a social work diploma at an Ontario college to compliment her psychology degree from the University of Windsor.  Stephanie has been instrumental in the development and implementation of GoBe's spirit through its social programs at the community level.  It's her witty sarcasm that reveals that her spirit is wise, but she is most often empathetic in building trust in her relationships.  She continues to offer a compassionate perspectives in empowerment, mental health and wellness, and vulnerable populations to ensure sensitivity in our product & program development.  She will play an important role in the development of community outreach and support programs to inspire seniors, persons with disabilities, cognitive impairments, people living in prisons and those in rehabilitation treatment centres. 

T H A N K - Y O U    I S   A N   U N D E R S T A T E M E N T

Our growth is only possible from the
fellowship partners that have offered support in such authentic ways.

It took a core team to get us going, contributors to create our offerings, equity investors to keep us growing and you,
for being here all over again!

Check out our Fellowships

Co-create
with us.

We're ready to grow our team:

Our business is to rooted in exploring new approaches to the way that humans relate to themselves and others.  We know that through a variety of experimental approaches and unique product offerings, we will see more smiles become more common
in everyday life - globally. 

If you connect to the work that we're connected to, and believe you can contribute in a progressively authentic way, we encourage you to reach out to us. 

As of June 2017, we're looking for:
  • Financial investors
  • App developer
  • Graphic designer & illustrator
  • Business partnership
  • Creative socialpreneurs
  • Mental health & addictions recovery professionals

To join our team, please learn more here.
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