May Chook (they/she) is a Toronto-based event professional and project & operations manager, specializing in sustainability and social impact. Born and raised in Malaysia, they make-happen events and projects that empower the community, raise funds for impactful initiatives, and make the world a more joyful place.
May started their career as a music artist and facilitator, primarily working with systematically-marginalized groups through arts organizations such as VIBE Arts. Currently working as the Implementer at arts charity Jamii, they get energized from brainstorming and executing new strategies to amplify impact and increase operations efficiency. Also a coffee enthusiast, they have worked in the specialty coffee industry as a barista, cafe manager, as well as a project manager for an international coffee competition – Ordna Event Agency’s The Barista League. While they haven’t turned their love of cats to a job yet, their orange cat Caramel loves to snuggle on their lap when they are working or studying from home.
May is a proud member of Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), Meeting Professionals International (MPI), Project Management Institute (PMI), and the moderator of Toronto Coffee Community. They are currently working towards their PMP designation.
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Headshot credit: Jae Yang / Jamii
What’s important to us
Meaningful work can be fun. With a background in the arts and creative events and projects, May embraces change with hands-on experience in problem-solving and risk-taking. May also has an extensive network of artists and creatives who can make projects and events stand out and memorable.
We strive for consistency and ongoing actions and reflections to make the world a better place than we found it. We incorporate sustainability best practices and framework including the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and challenge ourselves to do better with consideration of each organization’s context and mission.
We are working towards a more sustainable, prosperous, and just future. To maximize social, environmental, and economic impact, we optimize complementing business goals by having high standards of ethics and quality, such as supporting high-quality local suppliers owned by underrepresented groups.
