Gavin Armstrong is a PhD candidate at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, and a committed impact entrepreneur. He is Founder and President of Lucky Iron Fish™, a social enterprise attempting to alleviate iron deficiency around the world using a simple health innovation.

A long term advocate and activist against hunger and malnutrition, Armstrong is the first Canadian to receive the William Jefferson Clinton Hunger Leadership Award for international work against hunger and the inaugural recipient of the international  Michaëlle Jean Emergency Hunger Relief Award.

Armstrong is also a strong supporter of education for the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, helping create new and solar-powered schools. He has also developed links between the University of Guelph and Université de Nouakchott and is currently serving on the Executive Committee for the Cambodian Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

Armstrong is a 2015 fellow at the Unreasonable Institute in Colorado.

Speaker:

Gavin Armstrong

President &  CEO, Lucky Iron Fish 

Moderator:

Kelley Cheng

Founder / Creative Director, The Press Room