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Ronald E. Davis is Executive Vice President of Zurich Global Relationship Management, an international business unit that is part of the Global Corporate Business Division of Zurich Financial Services. He has more than 20 years of business experience dealing with many of the world’s largest multi-national companies; during this time he has lived in Europe, Canada and the United States. For 2006-2007 he was selected to be a member of the David Rockefeller Fellows Program, which is associated with The Partnership for New York City. Before joining Zurich, Mr.

Position: Executive Member, Board of Directors, Project Bookmark Canada Ben McNally earned a degree in English literature from the University of Toronto and has been a bookseller in Toronto since 1970, most recently at his new store, Ben McNally Books (www.benmcnallybooks.com) on Bay Street. Ben frequently sells books at Harbourfront literary events and ten times a year presents a brunch series at the King Edward Hotel, in association with The Globe and Mail.

Position:Treasurer, Board of Directors, Project Bookmark Canada Alexa Dodge is a reader and book booster who loves talking up new titles both recreationally – among friends and colleagues – and professionally, when she has the opportunity to work in bookselling, as she did at Type Books on the Danforth.

Position: Vice President, Board of Directors, Project Bookmark Canada Catherine Graham is the author of three critically acclaimed books of poetry, The Watch, Pupa and The Red Element. Her fourth collection, Winterkill, will be published in fall 2010.

Position: Executive Director, Project Bookmark Canada Miranda Hill is a writer and communications consultant with a particular interest in marrying landscapes with literature. In 2007, Miranda founded Project Bookmark Canada and became its first Executive Director. Her vision is a national network of Bookmarks, allowing residents and tourists to read their way across the country.

Project Bookmark Canada is a registered Canadian charity, led by a Board of Directors with the additional guidance of an Advisory Council. Each contributor brings a significant level of expertise in writing, publishing, marketing, charitable work or business.

Staff: Miranda Hill, Executive Director