Coralus
Vicki Saunders has a diverse range of work experience. Vicki is the founder of Coralus, where they work on transforming systems to support women innovators. Vicki also serves as a Global Advisory Board Member for GenderSmart, a field-building initiative for gender-smart capital. As the host of the SheEO.World Podcast, they interview women who are reimagining and redesigning systems to solve global challenges. Vicki Saunders has also held roles at Perimeter Institute, Government of Ontario, Ryerson University, Council of Canadian Academies, and Zazengo, where they have focused on various aspects of innovation, social enterprise, and sustainability. Vicki has also been involved with organizations such as The World Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child and Impactanation, where they have worked to engage youth and address key global challenges.
Vicki Saunders (She/Her) obtained their MA in Comparative Foreign Policy from the University of Toronto in 1989, completing their studies within a year.
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Coralus
Coralus collectively practices different ways of doing things for a better now and a new inheritance. Members offer and access resources at their own pace, creating a self-regenerating pay-it-forward pool of skills, connections, funds, and support then used to advance ventures and the collective doing world changing work. Coralus has circulated nearly $16.5M to 170+ women- and nonbinary-led ventures by distributing capital via collective decision-making. 45% of those founders are from chronically excluded racial and ethnic groups. The payback rate on its unsecured 0% interest loans is 95%. Founded in Canada in 2015, Coralus' current footprint includes the US, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.