Sheherazade Hirji has worked in the philanthropic sector for the past 20 years. Her work experiences include the Donner Canadian Foundation, Max Bell Foundation, and Aga Khan Foundation Canada. At the Ontario Trillium Foundation between 1989 and 1999, she held a variety of positions including Director of Learning and Evaluation, Vice President of Grants, and Acting CEO. Most recently, she was the Executive Director of the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation, where she helped transform the company's charitable impulse into a national community investment strategy in support of shelters serving women and children fleeing violence. She has worked with leading Canadian foundations in a consulting capacity in the areas of program development, coaching new staff, coaching foundation grantees in organizational and program evaluation, and conducting evaluations of funding programs. She is a frequent presenter on the topic of evaluation for grantmakers. Sheherazade qualified as a Solicitor in England, and as Barrister and Solicitor in British Columbia and is an alumni of the Niagara Institute's Leadership Program and of The Judy Project, a program of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. Sheherazade's volunteer commitments have included the Great Lakes Management Assistance Project for Non-Profits, Denver, Colorado, the Ismaili Council for Canada, and as a Board Member of the Wellesley Institute. She is currently a Member of the National Committee of Aga Khan Foundation Canada, an international development agency and serves on the board of the Canadian Women's Foundation. In 2009, Sheherazade was the recipient of The Hope Award, presented by the North York Women's Shelter, in recognition of her outstanding commitment to advancing the cause of women and girls.