Our Team

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Dov Bercovici

President & CEO
Our fundraising team is an essential part of your journey in establishing a Discovery Centre franchise. Our financing experts will assist you in navigating potential funding sources, whether through donors, corporate sponsorships, or traditional loans. We keep you informed about best practices, help optimize your budgeting, and provide insights to ensure the financial sustainability of your franchise. We aim to streamline the financing process, allowing you to focus on the successful launch and operation of your DC franchise.
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Marcos Miranda

VP International Business
Our experienced team will walk you through all of our intentional marketing strategies for success. From our policies and brand guidelines, we will demonstrate how we convert visitors into repeated customers and members. The primary goal of our marketing strategy is to convince tourists and community members to visit Discovery Centre, to immerse themselves in the full experience.
Supported by a team of experts in the following departments:

Our Team

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Team Member

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Dov Bercovici

President & CEO
Our fundraising team is an essential part of your journey in establishing a Discovery Centre franchise. Our financing experts will assist you in navigating potential funding sources, whether through donors, corporate sponsorships, or traditional loans. We keep you informed about best practices, help optimize your budgeting, and provide insights to ensure the financial sustainability of your franchise. We aim to streamline the financing process, allowing you to focus on the successful launch and operation of your DC franchise.

Project Manager

Angine Torres
Fundraising
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Helen Dolan

Director of Partnerships
Our fundraising team is an essential part of your journey in establishing a Discovery Centre franchise. Our financing experts will assist you in navigating potential funding sources, whether through donors, corporate sponsorships, or traditional loans. We keep you informed about best practices, help optimize your budgeting, and provide insights to ensure the financial sustainability of your franchise. We aim to streamline the financing process, allowing you to focus on the successful launch and operation of your DC franchise.
Marketing
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Laura Jones

Marketing Coordinator
Our experienced team will walk you through all of our intentional marketing strategies for success. From our policies and brand guidelines, we will demonstrate how we convert visitors into repeated customers and members. The primary goal of our marketing strategy is to convince tourists and community members to visit Discovery Centre, to immerse themselves in the full experience.
Construction & Exhibits
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Ruth Munro

Director of Exhibits & Facilities
Construction and exhibits are an integral part of our franchise onboarding process. The designed exhibits are customized to your location by our certified architectural partner, alongside personnel from your team, to ensure they fit seamlessly within your facility. Our collaborative approach allows us to work closely with you to design and deliver a product according to your preferences and goals. Together we will manage the entire process from conceptualization to fabrication, to guarantee exceptional exhibits that match your new science centre!
Educational Programming
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Ryan Jameson

Director of Science Education
From tailored curriculum development to hands-on training, our science education team will guide you through creating an engaging and impactful science education experience. By collaborating closely, we will ensure your Discovery Centre reflects the unique needs of your community. Our experts provide ongoing support, keeping you at the forefront of science education trends. Together, we will help make your Discovery Centre International a hub of transformative learning.
Human Resources
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Linda Laurence

Director of Human Resources
Our human resources team will help you handle all issues related to managing employees. These guidelines will equip you with methods to hire employees that align with your organizational goals and fit within the company culture. Our team has outlined the most important roles to hire and at what point in the onboarding process they should start, to assist you with a smooth transition. Managing team performance along with their health and safety is an important aspect of operating a Discovery Centre franchise that consists of high expectations and experimental exhibits.
Operations
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Jennifer Punch

Chief Operating Officer
Our operations experts have outlined the guidelines of the franchisor/franchisee relationship and the associated operational requirements. We provide you with some coaching tools and documentation along with our coaching and support program. This team will equip you with pre-launch support processes and how to independently own and maintain operation of your Discovery Centre franchise.