University Chapters

Greg Overholt is the founder and executive director of SOS: Students Offering Support and is a 2008 graduate of the Business and Computer Science program at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Greg originally planned for a corporate career with promising co-op placements at companies such as Research in Motion and Bell Sympatico. However, his passion sharply shifted to a career in social entrepreneurship after witnessing the enormous impact that this student club had on students both locally and in marginalized communities around Latin America, and dedicated his last year of studies and most of his free time to supporting students from across Canada to have a similar impact on their campus.

Greg has been honoured as a recepient of Waterloo's Top 40 Under 40, and twice a finalist for Ernst & Young's Ontario Entrepreneur of the Year, in the Young Entrepreneur category in 2009, and in the Social Entrepreneur category in 2010.

Lindsay Seegmiller is a 2009 Queen's University graduate from the Global Development Studies program. During her university education, Lindsay was involved with various volunteer opportunities throughout Africa in Uganda, South Africa and Ghana.

During Lindsay's volunteer experience in Buduburam Liberian Refugee Camp in Ghana, she identified a need for a daily nutrition program, which prompted Lindsay to create an organization, Eat to Feed Liberians, to ensure the children have food available at school. Since its formation, the organization continues to grow both within Ghana and Canada to support local development initiatives in the camp and transition to more sustainable ventures.

Now as SOS's Director of International Outreach, Lindsey manages and supports SOS's development projects/trips in collaboration with SOS's university chapters, the host communities, and our partnering NGO’s located around Latin America.

Lee is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Business. Entrepreneurship, and Technology at University of Waterloo. He recently graduated from The University of Western Ontario with an Honours degree in Biology. While at Western, Lee was the founding Chapter co-president of Western SOS. In their inaugural year, Western SOS raised over $10,000 and completed a project, building a community centre in Peru.

Since graduating from Western, Lee has joined the National Executive team at Students Offering Support, helping drive new initiatives and growth opportunities for the organization.

Mark is a 4th year student at Wilfrid Laurier University student Business Administration. In his third year of studies, Mark was the coordinator of Laurier SOS's outreach trip to Costa Rica, where he led a team of 22 student volunteers to Poasito for two weeks. Since then Mark has worked with the 15 SOS chapters and the 10+ partnering NGO's this year to define, develop, and facilitate SOS projects with SOS volunteers over the course of May - August, 2010.

A avid photographer and sports enthusiast. You can often find him in the park snapping pictures, throwing a frisbee, or walking with a friend.

Melissa is a recent graduate from the University of Western Ontario where she studied Biology. In her 4th year, she was part of Western SOS's founding executive team where she was the Outreach coordinator, working with their NGO, Awaiting Angels, to coordinate their outreach project and trip to Peru in May of 2009. The trip was a huge success, and decided to continue her involvement with SOS as one of the two National Outreach Directors. for the 2009-2010 year, Melissa has volunteered at SickKids and heavily with SOS to coordinate the 7 SOS trips that are taking place this May and August.

Next year, Melissa has been accepted into UBC's Genetics Masters program but hopefully will continue to volunteer with SOS supporting our growing outreach project

Brian joins our national team remotely from Oslo, Norway where he recently moved to pursue a marketing opportunity with Mobile Nordic, a start-up mobile application company. Despite the geographic disparity he continues to help bring the great story of SOS to life visually through his role as marketing director.

Always involved immensely with student life at Wilfrid Laurier, the opportunity to get involved after graduating from the Honours BBA Program could simply not be turned down. When he saw firsthand how the SOS model fundamentally changed the way we look at social entrepreneurship, it was a story that just had to be shared. Brian is excited to be of assistance to this energized and growing organization, as well as in the near future participating in a volunteer trip.

Lindsey Nigra is the Public Relations Director of SOS: Students Offering Support. She recently graduated from the Public Relations Post Graduate Certificate program at Humber College and completed her undergraduate degree in Honours Business and Sociology at the University of Waterloo.

Lindsey works full time at Strategic Objectives, a public relations agency in Toronto, with a primary focus on consumer goods. Lindsey's passion for making a difference and vested interest in the communications industry makes her a strong, ongoing supporter of SOS.

Arin is a student in the Business and Math Double Degree joint program at the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University. Starting off his post-secondary education as a Canada Millenium Scholarship Laureate, he has been strongly involved in extra-curricular activities at both schools.

Arin really related to the SOS model in lieu of his former volunteering experience in Latin America. In May 2009, Arin participated in a volunteering trip to Estelí, Nicaragua; he also hopes to partake in one of SOS’s volunteering trips in the future. Working at SOS has impacted the way Arin views the world and he plans on bringing what he learns here to his future career in the corporate world.

Timothee is a University of Waterloo mathematics student who plans to enter into the Business and Math double degree program in second year. Excited to take his book knowledge into a recent social venture, Tim is completing his first coop term as SOS’s IT Director this spring.

When he isn’t studying or working, Tim loves to find time to volunteer, play sports, or spend time with friends.

Avijit recently completed his first year in the Mathematics and Business Double Degree program. He plans on pursuing Finance and Actuarial Science majors in his upper years. He enjoys working in the field of Marketing and specializes in Social Media.

As the National Marketing Director at SOS, he is currently responsible for marketing SOS to universities in provinces outside Ontario and reaching out to students at these universities to get them involved with SOS. In his spare time, Avijit enjoys solving math problems, playing Tetris, socializing and keeping up with financial developments.