Meet the Board Members
Our board members come from diverse backgrounds and play a key role in guiding our strategic direction, ensuring we stick to legal and ethical standards, and protecting our mission and values.
Like our Goodwill Ambassadors, our board members volunteer their time and don’t receive any salary from the charity. They also cover all their own travel and accommodation expenses when working on charity projects.
Director, CEO
Susan Cao
Susan is a Project Manager of a metal building manufacturing company. Her drive for charity work comes from being a mother and remembering her early years as an immigrant to Canada. Susan is appreciative of her parents' sacrifices. When they escaped Vietnam by boat to seek a better life, she saw her father's strength, perseverance and work ethics as he did physical work in Alberta's cold temperatures to provide for his family. Even when they only had the basic necessities, her mom was a role model. She taught Susan generosity by sharing what little they had to give to those less fortunate than themselves. Susan is grateful to have friends and family who support her charitable projects. Her initial focus on helping orphans and disabled children in Vietnam has grown over the years to include ailing seniors, abandoned people, and underprivileged families in different parts of the world. Susan believes that there are no boundaries to charity work. All the projects that she accomplished prior to 2014 are the heart and soul behind the creation of Generously Giving Back.
Director, President
Rebecca Marcil
Rebecca is currently a Senior Business Consultant for the Government of Alberta and has over 20 years experience in the Information Technology field. Passionate, self-motivated and detail-oriented, Rebecca’s career included many positions from educational multimedia development, web development, I.T. consultant for small businesses, and managing small to large complex integrated health information systems. Rebecca also saw her family's early struggles after arriving in Canada. She feels lucky to have been able to pursue academic, professional and personal goals. Now, she gets personal satisfaction from lessening the hardships that those less fortunate face in their daily lives.
Director, Treasurer
Sharla Lupul
Sharla is a Senior Manager for AGLC and brings a solid financial background to her role as Treasurer with her CPA credentials. She ensures GGB acts ethically, complies with all regulatory agencies, and is accountable to GGB members and generous donors. Sharla has ten years’ experience working for Canada Revenue Agency as an Auditor followed by several years' experience as a Financial Investigator with AGLC. Sharla is inspired by how generous people are and strives to ensure that the funds entrusted to GGB are accounted for accurately and in the best interest of the donors.
Meet the GoodWill Ambassadors
Our Goodwill Ambassadors know the region, communities, and people really well. They take full responsibility for managing our funds.
Our dedicated Ambassadors often travel long distances, sometimes to remote areas with dangerous terrain, to personally deliver essential items like food, clothing, and basic necessities to children, seniors, families, and communities in need.
We carefully select our Ambassadors for their high ethical standards, reliability, trustworthiness, project management skills, compassion, and respectfulness. They also cover all their travel and accommodation expenses when working on any GGB projects.
Deacon Nestor
Biography coming soon.
Danny Dat Ho
Biography coming soon.
Ernesto Perez Estevez
Biography coming soon.
Benisa Tapia
Biography coming soon.
Kim Borres
Biography coming soon.
MJ Marquicias Borres
Biography coming soon.
Dennis Reyes
Dennis was born in San Francisco, but raised in Tondo, Manila by his grandparents in his first few years. He then immigrated to Canada with his mom and has been living in Edmonton since then. He's a proud father of two great kids, both of whom are on their way to pave their own lives.
He started working with GGB in the summer of 2023 volunteering in the Philippines. As a GGB representative, he worked with Missionaries of the Poor, hospices and indigent tribes of the Philippines. Living and seeing first hand how the unfortunate live there, Dennis wants to help the people of his culture and plans to visit and represent GGB there as long as he possibly can.
Dennis was an IT Consultant, but now he loves to travel, explore, learn martial arts, fitness goals and pursue a number of collective nerdy hobbies. Currently he's learning to be a mixologist, that's fancy talk for a bartender
Tran Thi Chi Lan
Chi Lan lives in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam. She’s an accountant and a mother of two.
For Chi Lan, charity isn’t a huge task or anything extra special. She organizes multiple charity trips each year to remote villages and mountainous areas, distributing essential supplies to those in need. Chi Lan plays a key role as a direct liaison between Canada and Vietnam and is our project puzzle finisher.
She believes that even though our lives may seem tough, we are still richer and have more opportunities than most people. As she says, “If we do not care, then who will? If each person can share just a little bit, then it will bring happiness to a lot of people.”
Kasim Kasim
Kasim is a humanitarian, philanthropist, music enthusiast, and the owner of the popular vegan restaurant chain Padmanadi, with locations in Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta. With his boundless energy, charismatic personality, and winning smile, he makes instant friends with everyone who comes into his restaurant.
Growing up in Jakarta, Kasim didn’t have an easy childhood. He vowed that if he ever became successful, he would give back to those less fortunate than him, and he’s stayed true to that promise.
Since the success of his first restaurant in Jakarta, he’s been giving back to his community both locally and internationally. After natural disasters in Burma, Thailand, Indonesia, and Nepal, he successfully fundraised for relief efforts and even traveled to these countries to personally cook for those in need. GGB is proud to have Kasim as one of our Goodwill Ambassadors.
Liem Banh
Liem was one of the founding members of GGB who has discovered that he enjoys helping at the front lines. He is a Volunteer and Goodwill Ambassador for GGB, a system administrator, and an avid recreational volleyball player.
Liem also enjoys camping, hiking, and general outdoor activities in the back country.
Meet the Volunteers
Volunteers at our charity are essential in making a difference for those we serve. They generously give their time and skills to help with everything from organizing events and fundraising to directly assisting beneficiaries and raising awareness about our cause.
Their invaluable contributions help us achieve our mission and make a positive impact on the community.
Keith Trueman
Biography coming soon.
Shawn Marcil
Biography coming soon.
Chris Lupul
Biography coming soon.
David Carvalho
David is a NAIT graduate from the Civil Engineering Technology program and has been self-employed for over 18 years as a business owner and partner. He has over 25 years of experience in the engineering and drafting field with specialization in the precast concrete industry.
David is a proud dad to two beautiful girls and is a dog / animal lover. He enjoys spending time with family, friends, listening to music, watching movies or just sitting on a patio sipping coffee with friends. He loves the mountains, skiing, golfing, attending concerts, taking long walks, exploring sites while travelling and wasting time relaxing on a sunny beach.
“I believe we are so fortunate to live in such an inclusive, safe, tolerant, prosperous nation and community that it is an honour and privilege to be able to give back to those less fortunate among us and around the world. Especially in providing basic necessities to those in need while giving a hand up as well as supporting education initiatives in particular for women and girls all over the world.”
Zee Flory
Biography coming soon.
Chau Tran
Biography coming soon.
Craig Moore
Craig Moore has a been a long time volunteer and fundraiser both within the community and abroad. During his time serving with the Navy, he was honoured for his compassion and volunteering while on tour and at home.
As he retired in Edmonton (yes, a land-locked sailor), he continued with his volunteering to build a playground in North Edmonton, raised over $3,000 for Movember, and participates in many other fundraisers and community events.
He is a paddler and steer in dragon boating and is a kid at heart, especialy, when playing with his nieces and nephews! But deep down, Craig is a sci-fi, You-tube, motorcyling kind of guy that wears his heart on his sleeve.
Cherie Vu
Cherie has a compassionate heart and finds great joy in all opportunities to give back to those in need, both locally and abroad.
Having been raised in a family of six with parents that consistently looked after others in seemingly simple ways like providing a listening ear, a meal, a place to stay, or donating to a local food bank hamper during regular grocery store trips, she was given a foundation of giving to build upon.
When not building memories with her family, she enjoys exercising, rowing, skiing, local festivals and events, playing board games, watching movies, and travelling to various places around the world to experience other cultures and food.
Moon Trueman
Moon Trueman is a pharmacist with CapitalCare and is thrilled to be part of the Generously Giving Back family. She has volunteered and served on boards for many non-profit organizations and is an active community member. Moon enjoys traveling and spending time with her husband and three teenage boys.
"I am so fortunate to live the life I have right now. I believe it’s important to do what we can to help those in need and to teach our children the values of love, compassion, and empathy, so they can pass these on to future generations.”
Dayami Leavey
Biography coming soon.
Bonnie Leong
Bonnie enjoys going for walks, golfing, playing pickleball and working out at the gym. She loves traveling, spending time with her girls and is a big foodie. She also volunteers in her spare time.