Shari Hughson is an entrepreneur, social innovator, and extreme adventurer. She started her first business in her 20s and won CIBC Entrepreneur of the Year before the age of 30.

Shari was awarded one of the 50 Most Influential Female Business and Entrepreneur Leaders of the Year by SME Canada in 2021 and given a national honour from the First Nations Health Authority for a project that impacted the mental health of a remote community in 2013.

She has owned 6 health companies and 8 e-commerce sites,and today is the Executive Advisor for multiple global companies, the co-founder of Neuma Centre in Kingston, as well as a Faculty member in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Queen’s University. She is a travel and wilderness fanatic and has pushed her limits by living off the land with only the bare survival essentials for 7 years.

Shari is an engaging public speaker on topics of entrepreneurship, innovation, well-being, courageous leadership, survival mindset, and social enterprises impacting people & the planet.

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