Peggie Pelosi
Peggie Pelosi is a Social Architect. She has the unique professional combination of visionary, inspiring speaker and successful, innovative entrepreneur. Combining her skills in management, sales and marketing, and her commitment to involving people and companies in doing well and driving social change, Peggie established ORENDA Connections in 2005 as a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Consultancy. Peggie is the author of Corporate Karma, a book that discusses how businesses can move forward by giving back and a sought-after speaker to business groups and not-for-profit organizations.
Prior to creating ORENDA Connections, Peggie was VP of Network Development and Sales for USANA Health Sciences, based in Utah (NSDQ: USNA). While at USANA, Peggie developed a partnership with The Children’s Hunger Fund that not only produced dramatic results for the cause, but had a transformative impact on employee pride, corporate culture and ultimately brand equity. Contributions to the cause grew tenfold, sales increased, and share value increased 3000%. From there Peggie created ORENDA, a company committed to developing meaningful connections between companies and causes - through compelling social strategy.
Peggie is a graduate of the CSR program at St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto.
Peggie is an active humanitarian, having spent time working in Central America, Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and in the underserved communities of her hometown of Toronto. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Children’s Hunger Fund.
On a personal note, Peggie is the mother of 5 sons, grandmother to 1 grandson, and lives between Toronto and a country retreat in Eastern Ontario.
