Resume
Experience
2012 - Present
Founder & CEO
Lucky Iron Life
(formerly Lucky Iron Fish)
Toronto, ON
Currently the President & CEO of the social enterprise Lucky Iron Life. Responsibilities include investment & fundraising management, working with the board of directors, empowering the team, budgeting and financial management, risk mitigation, public spokesperson, lead research & development initiatives and other leadership responsibilities
Positions of Responsibility
Education
2012 - 2016
University of Guelph
PhD Biomedical Science
Guelph, ON
Thesis: Commercializing the Lucky Iron Fish Using Social Enterprise: A Novel Health Innovation for Iron Deficiency and Anemia in Cambodia and Beyond.
2011 - 2012
University of Guelph
MSc Rural Planning and Development - International
Guelph, ON
Focus of the program was on hunger and food insecurity and the role the private sector can play in helping solve the crisis
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*I fast tracked and transferred directly into the PhD program and therefor did not complete this degree
2006 - 2011
University of Guelph
Baccalaureate in Commerce (Honours)
Guelph, ON
Begin in Theory of Finance & Economics before transferring into Marketing Management & Consumer Behaviour. I completed multiple independent study courses on corporate social responsibility
Professional skillset
Entrepreneurial Mindset
Go-to-Market Planning
Board & Governance
Teamwork & Collaboration
Public Speaking
Risk Mitigation
Training & Certifications
Roberts Rules of Order
Media Training
Social Impact Evaluation
Anti-Oppression & Equity
Cyber Security & Privacy
Languages
English
Khmer (basic)
Awards & Recognitions
2021 Globe & Mail Report on Business Changemaker
2020 Rotary Club of Guelph Paul Harris Fellow
2020 Canadian Gay Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Small Business Leader of the Year 2018 Successful Pitch on CBC's Dragons' Den
2017 EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Ontario (Social Entrepreneur citation)
2017 Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award
2016 The Town & Country 50: The Top Philanthropists of 2016
2016 Unilever Sustainable Living Young Entrepreneur Award (Finalist)
2016 Social Innovator of the Year, Babson College
2016 Business Intelligence Group, 'BIG Innovation Award' 2016 Forbes Top 30 Under 30 - Social Entrepreneur
2015 Design for Asia Grand Award 2015 Clio Health Care Awards Awards
-Advertiser of the Year Award
-Grand Prix CLIO, Innovation
-Gold, Innovation
-Gold, Design
-SIlver, Engagement/Experimental
-Silver, Direct Engagement
Shortlist, Public Relations
2015 Clio Advertising Awards Silver, Public Relations
Bronze, Design
2015 Conscious Company Magazine, Featured as 1 of the 17 Rising Social
Entrepreneurs of the year
2015 Cannes Lion Innovation Festival
-Grand Prix Product Design
-Gold, Packaging
-Gold, PR
-Silver, Activation
2015 Cannes Lion Health Festival
-Gold, Social and Health Impact
2015 Enactus Canada Rookie of the Year
2015 Enactus Canada Semi-Finalist
2015 Edison Innovation Award, Silver
2014 Hunger Solutions Institute, Fellow Emeritus
2014 Kirchner Fellowship, Entrepreneur in Residence
2014 Clinton Global Initiative University Commitment to Action
2013 Fulbright Scholarship
2013 Inaugural Hunger Solutions Institute Fellowship
2013 Guelph’s Mayors Award of Excellence Award
2012 Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) Dean’s Scholarship recipient
2012 Michaëlle Jean Emergency Hunger Relief Award 2011 Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) Dean’s Scholarship recipient
2011Organized Guinness World Record Events “Most emergency relief
meals packaged by a team in one hour”
- Over 2,000 volunteers packaged 659,000 meals
- Over 2,000 volunteers packed 315,360 meals
- Over 800 volunteers packed 159,840 meals
2011 Coordinated the highest student fund raising campaign for the
local United Way chapter (raised close to $10,000)
2011 Top 40 under 40 – Guelph Wellington Region
2011 William Jefferson Clinton Leadership Award
2011 Co-coordinator, Universities Fighting World Hunger
2011 Featured Student in University of Guelph Donor Report
2010 Featured Student in the Globe and Mail University Report Card
2010 RP Gilmour Award
2010 Gordon Nixon Leadership Award
2005 Millennium University Entry Scholarship
Publications
PhD Dissertation
Commercializing The Lucky Iron Fish™ Using Social Enterprise: A novel Health Innovation For Iron Deficiency and Anemia in Cambodia and Beyond
Chapters in Books:
Armstrong G, Summerlee AJS (2015). In search of the citizen scholar: modern pedagogical approaches compared. Eds: DJ Hornsby, J Arvanitakis (in press) Palgrave, SA
Refereed Papers:
Armstrong GR, Summerlee AJS (2015). Iron release from the Lucky Iron Fish™: safety considerations. Tropical Medicine and International Health (submitted May 2015).
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Armstrong GR, Summerlee AJS (2014). The etiology, treatment and effective prevention of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in women and young children worldwide: a review. Journal of Women’s Health Care 4: 213 doi: 10.4172/2167-0420.1000213
Armstrong G, Summerlee AJS (2012). Remember July 20, 2011: Famine in the Horn of Africa. Queens Quarterly 119: 514-523.
Armstrong G, Lachowsky N, Summerlee AJS (2010). The future of the Achuar of Ecuador: their struggle to preserve the rain forest. Queens Quarterly 117: 517-529
Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings:
Armstrong GR, Summerlee AJS (2015). Scaling up a health innovation using social enterprise to alleviate iron deficiency in women and children in Cambodia. Nutrition and Nurture in Infancy and Childhood (June 2015): Bio-cultural perspectives. Grange Over Sands, Cumbria, UK
Armstrong GR, Summerlee AJS (2014). Inclusive social enterprise to alleviate iron deficiency in women and children in Cambodia. World Micronutrient Forum June 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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