Chris Kivell
With more than 2 decades of service in the CAF, Chris brings extensive leadership, operational planning, and logistics experience to every role. Today he serves as a volunteer firefighter and property manager for Scouts Canada. As R2R’s logistics lead and a member of its Board, he plays a key role in ensuring the org’s success and growth
Dave Merriott
Dave Merriott, AKA Blisters is an original member of Team R2R. Dave is a civilian that works in Desktop support but considers supporting veterans a personal responsibility that we all share.
Dave Ward
Dave Ward is a 19year, Sniper Qualified, veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces that served with the PPCLI and Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders of Canada. As a civilian he is the founder of “Bush Wookie Apparel” and proud advocate of “Arrowhead Coffee” a Canadian owned Veteran coffee company.
Joey Dimauro
Joey is an Airborne qualified military Veteran with over 10+ years of experience under his belt with the PPCLI. Joey comes to us with much experience in both the fitness world and with rucking having completed the 2021 Virtual Road to Recovery in an impressive 12 days as well as the 2022 “Ruck The Bruce”.
Jon Aldworth
Jon Aldworth is another founding member that also spearheads the annual “Canuck Ruck for the Homeless”. He is an active duty member of the G&S Foresters with 10+ years of experience, a volunteer fire fighter and the founder of “Tactical Canuck Battle Group” a.k.a “TCBG”.
Laurie Andrusiek
Laurie is a civilian who likes to spend her spare time pursuing adventure and through a series of events landed on GORUCK. A project manager by day, Laurie combined her leadership skills and passion for rucking by starting the Manitoba Ruck Club, a community of ruckers closer to home.
Lino Di Julio
Lino Di Julio is the founder and President of Ruck 2 Remember and spearheads the Road to Recovery event annually. He’s a devoted Christian, a professional business analyst, a designer and a proud dad and husband.
Nathan Desborough
Nathan has been with Team R2R since the first Road to Recovery event. A military contractor working on jets he enjoys the comforts commonly associate with the air force. Pillows. Bath Robes. Air Conditioning. Etc, all joking aside tho he’s a hard charger just like the rest.
Noel Gracie
Noel has also been with the team since the first year, and in many ways is the heart of Team R2R. Retired from 2 PPCLI he works in the trades these days and is often the point man on the Road to Recovery ruck, often leading the pack during the event itself.
Sebastien Chartrand
Sebastien started with us in 2020 and did amazing. A veteran himself, he served with 1 R22r “The Vandoos” but now a days makes his living doing IT infrastructure. Sebastien is a devout Christian and loving husband.
Owen Malott-Bennett
Owen AKA “Young Blood” is one of the younger members of Team R2R and is returning for his second event . A civilian and university student, Owen is passionate about giving back to the community while supporting Canada’s veterans. As an
endurance athlete, he enjoys pushing his limits and is known for his determination and positive attitude.
Mario Gaudet
Mario was raised on Canadian Forces Bases throughout his childhood, primarily Trenton and Cold Lake. He then served in the Canadian Army (primary reserve) from 2005 to 2009. He operates the Stormwalker Group youtube channel and facebook meme page, and is an advocate for normalizing discussions about men’s mental health.
Yarden Caplan
Yarden has 8 years of infantry experience spread across 3 militaries. He is currently serving as a section commander in the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. He joined the R2R team in 2021.