Leadership

As Chief Executive Officer, Meaghan Stovel McKnight leads Make-A-Wish^® Canada in its mission to grant life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Meaghan brings over two decades of mission motivated leadership to her role at Make-A-Wish Canada, and possesses an outstanding track-record of building strong teams and delivering exceptional results in both the private and not-for-profit sectors.

She has spent the last decade as Chief Operating Officer at two of Canada’s largest charities, leading diverse teams through significant transformation and growth. Most recently Meaghan served as Chief Operating Officer at The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation where, despite the significant turbulence of the pandemic, she led the team to modernize foundation operations, elevate fundraising, and earn recognition as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers. Prior to this experience, she led the merger of two charities to form Trillium Health Partners Foundation in 2013.

Before shifting into the non-profit sector, she translated strategy into results by working across Canada and the
USA at Bell Canada and McKinsey & Company.

Meaghan holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University, and an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University. She is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), and was recognized as a Top 40 Under 40
by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy.