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Play comes with risks, and lucky us we have Doug Smith on our team. Doug manages all the risks at Strategic Play and he is also our in-house musical director. Doug has over 25 years of hands-on experience in business development, risk management, and community and economic development. His knowledge and understanding of the functions of both the private and non-profit sectors make Doug an invaluable resource. His track record speaks volumes about his skills in building multi-party agreements and in gaining stakeholder buy-in.  He understands how to bring groups with different backgrounds, positions and interests together in order to create and build sustainable community projects.  

Larger project include the World Nordic Ski Championships (1995), the Woman's and Men's TSN Skins Games (1987/98), the development and implementation of the Thunder Bay Recreational Trails (1990-2009).

Doug has an extensive track  record as a community player and volunteer. He was the Chairman for Contact North from 2002-2010, which now proudly hosts 118 post secondary distance-learning centers throughout Ontario.     Doug is also an accomplished musician and in 1993, he co-founded Diamonds in the Rough, a very successful 17-member band that for over 14 years played events to raise money for numerous charities. This community involvement represents a small sample of the type of work Doug has done to date.

He earned an Honors Bachelor of Commerce from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario (1977).  He is a past fellow of the Insurance Institute of Canada.

He is also a certified LEGO® Serious Play facilitator – trained by the LEGO® Group in Denmark (2008), and holds certificates in Creative Problem Solving from the CPS Institute (2009/10).