Sally Ng

Founder & CEO

The Triple Effect & DigiLearn 

Sally is the CEO of the Wallace McCain Institute(WMI) it was founded to build & nurture the most inter-connected community of entrepreneurial business leaders in North America for the betterment of themselves, their companies & their region. The majority of the programs of WMI are based upon confidential peer groups to learn from each other along with experts and speakers. Sally is also the Founder and CEO of The Triple Effect, which focuses on developing best practices in corporate innovation, entrepreneurial community development, and technology coaching. Her passions include entrepreneurship, diversity, and youth leadership development. Over the past decade, she has been focused on building entrepreneurial communities across Atlantic Canada and globally through volunteer work. She is currently an executive-in-residence at East Valley Ventures.

Previously, she was the Chief Operating Officer at a new social enterprise called Tribe Network focused on helping BIPOC entrepreneurs and a Senior Director at Highline Beta. Sally has led multiple corporate innovation venture teams within Fortune 1000 companies in strategy and execution for growing beyond their core business models. Over the years, she has worked with organizations such as Brightspark Ventures, National Angel Capital Organization and several others that enable the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Over the years, Sally has recognized the importance of board governance and has been focused on ensuring those environments are ready to shift where needed for the 21st century. Currently, she serves on the Impact Organizations of Nova Scotia(IONS) Board of Directors as part of the executive committee and the Inspirit Foundation Board of Directors. She serves as a Lieutenant in the Canadian Forces working with the Royal Canadian Air Cadet Program.

Previously, she was involved with the startup community through her work with Techstars Startup Weekend and has travelled worldwide, facilitating events. She completed a 6-year term serving on the national Board of Directors for the Community Foundations of Canada (CFC), a charity with an asset portfolio of $7B across a network of 191 local community foundations. Sally was part of multiple committees and Co-chaired the Strategic Opportunities Committee. In 2017, Sally was chosen to represent Canada at the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Summit in Berlin.

She currently resides in K’jipuktuk (Halifax), Nova Scotia.

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