Empowering Minds: Mental Health and Self-Care During the Holidays

Ian Hill is an award-winning humanitarian, business leader, social innovator, and professional development pioneer whose career has been dedicated to strengthening communities and the people who serve them. For more than 25 years, Ian and his organization, The Changing Point, have worked with hundreds of municipalities and over a thousand organizations across North America and beyond, helping leaders and teams create meaningful, measurable change.

A passionate advocate for public sector professionals, Ian’s recent “You Make THE Difference” initiative highlights the critical role that code enforcement, inspectors, and other local government staff play in community well-being. He has personally visited well over 100 municipalities in the last few years to share this message face-to-face.

Ian is also the founder and volunteer CEO of the internationally recognized Let Them Be Kids program, which has helped build more than 160 playgrounds, skate parks, and fitness parks in communities across the United States, Canada, and Africa. This work has been honored as one of the world’s most innovative social initiatives.

His impact has earned him multiple humanitarian and child advocacy awards and a nomination for Canada’s national Social Innovator of the Year recognition. Most recently, Ian pursued a second world record by suiting up for college football as a long snapper, using sport as a platform to raise awareness about the growing suicide crisis and the power of purpose at every age.