Dragonfly Ventures is a purpose-driven single-family office investing in the resilience and prosperity of people and communities dedicated to the wellbeing of humanity and our planet.
Our Challenge
Humanity stands at a crossroads. Today’s social, economic, and environmental crises demand a vastly different response. At Dragonfly Ventures we are using the financial resources we steward to disrupt systems that are creating harm for people and planet.
We develop and foster relationships with those looking to centre the wellbeing of people and planet and support them with an open heart, creativity, empathy, and financial resources.
Our Vision
We envision a world where humanity lives synergistically with each other, the earth, her creatures, and spirit.
Our Mission
We invest our resources and build reciprocal relationships to nurture the unique gifts and capacities of people and communities committed to the wellbeing of people and the earth.
Our Values
Make Space
We acknowledge the long history and continued inequity and oppression deeply embedded in systems, structures, and institutions. We prioritize those that have experienced harm because of that inequity so they can fully express their beauty, value, and inherent gifts.
Embrace the Feminine
We believe in the feminine powers of creativity, imagination, empathy, and intuition. We elevate our decision-making by adding these skills and qualities to the analytical approach that so often dominates decisions around money.
Take Action
The current trajectory of our human-created systems and consumptive patterns are exploitative and unsustainable. We support individuals and communities that are reimagining what is possible and making it happen now.
Our Company
Dragonfly Ventures is a privately funded mission-driven family office supported by a small, dedicated team.
Our in-house team includes our Co-CEOs, Office Manager, and two foundation staff members. We are supported by two contractors for portfolio reporting and financial management and several external advisors with expertise in finance, strategy, business management, tax planning, legal, and executive coaching.
Annabelle
Co-CEO, Founder, Primary Visionary
Having traveled an unconventional path, Annabelle takes great pride in her leadership role of Dragonfly Ventures as Primary Visionary and Co-CEO. With multiple family losses came a great responsibility to understand and manage her financial legacy. Annabelle’s true passion developed while connecting to the natural world through travel, rural living, wilderness adventures, and with the special four-leggeds who have joined her journey. She has worked diligently to aim her inner compass towards meaningful change along paths not yet taken. She would ultimately revel if the pervasive and destructive use of global toxics was permanently eliminated.
Heather
Director, Toxics Program, The Dragonfly Fund
Heather’s dual passions are any form of wilderness adventure and learning from people who are trying to make the world better. She comes from a long line of traveling carnival people, but after a few stints working on the midway she chose a very different career path. Heather has over two decades of experience as a communications and campaign strategist across the charitable sector. In her role at Dragonfly Ventures, she is working with the team, community groups, organizations, and companies to reduce the current overwhelming volume of harmful chemicals and curb the impact they are having on people and the earth.
Chris
Chief Financial Officer
Chris is a CPA with more than 30 years of business experience. He has been providing consulting advice as the Chief Financial Officer for a number of private enterprises, not-for-profit organizations, and high net worth individuals for the last 15 years. Chris provides direction and accounting for the financial operations of the business. He has been a member of the team since 2014.
Wendy
Co-CEO, Integrated Capital
Wendy’s journey started with a love for getting lost in nature followed by an appreciation for connecting with people. After 20 years in the charitable and philanthropic sector, she began exploring an expanded set of financial and organizing tools. After participating in the Just Economy Institute, she committed to using an expanded toolbox to address the inequities affecting the health of people and planet. In her role as Co-CEO at Dragonfly Ventures she provides operational leadership. Key areas include managing financial commitments, building reciprocal relationships, and co-managing the team.
Rosemarie
Office Manager
Rosemarie is a dedicated, well-organized senior administrative professional with over 25 years of combined practical office experience. She enjoys a varied and diverse role and adapts quickly to different management styles. She describes herself as a confident person who is patient, dedicated and easy going. Her role at Dragonfly Ventures is to oversee office administration and work with the team on various projects, bringing a strong connection and commitment to Dragonfly Ventures’ mission, vision and values.
Jim
Tax & Business Advisor
Jim is a retired partner of EY Canada where he led the firms national tax functions and was president of its electronic publishing subsidiary. Jim is an FCA and a FCPA. Jim has served on numerous charitable and non-profit boards with a focus on health care, medical research, education, and social justice. Jim has been a business and governance advisor to Dragonfly Ventures.
Thea
Executive Director, The Dragonfly Fund
Thea is Anishinaabe Kwe from Nipissing and Tobique First Nation on Turtle Island, colonially known as Canada. She has been working in the philanthropic sector for over 10 years and most recently served as the director of a small granting program created by and for Indigenous youth in Ontario. In her role at The Dragonfly Fund, she works closely with the team to develop and implement the foundation strategy and operations. Using her knowledge and skills from youth and grassroots work, she focuses on deepening relationships and understanding needs to inform the work of the foundation while challenging the philanthropic sector to do better.
Jaz
Portfolio Analyst
With a diverse and international background spanning M&A, Portfolio Management, and Management Consulting, Jaz brings a unique perspective to the table, combining financial aptitude with strategic thinking to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of integrated investing. Outside of her professional pursuits, Jaz can often be found on the move (golfing, rock climbing, and powerlifting) or in the kitchen cooking up a storm. Her role at Dragonfly Ventures is to support the portfolio including diligence, data management, reporting, and ensuring continued alignment with the mission of Dragonfly Ventures.
Marian
Strategic Advisor & Coach
As coach and consultant to Annabelle and the Dragonfly Ventures team since inception, Marian fosters the emergence of an unconventional vision for money in service of life, guided by spirit. Since 2004, Marian has been coaching and convening people (Play BIG, Lead with Land and Jubilee Gift), to reimagine the meaning of and possibilities for their wealth. She is also a co-founder of Just Economy Institute.
