Leadership Team
David Goodman
Chairman
David Goodman, LLB, CFA, is the Chairman of Libra. Mr. Goodman left an early career as a litigator in 1994 to become a Partner, Vice President and Portfolio Manager at the investment management firm behind Dynamic Funds.
He became President and Chief Executive Officer of Dynamic Funds in 2001 and of DundeeWealth, Dynamic’s public company parent, in 2007. Under Mr. Goodman’s leadership, the firm became one of Canada’s best performing and fastest growing investment managers, was recognized as Fund Company of the Year seven times at the Canadian Investment Awards while growing assets under management from $5 billion to approximately $50 billion, until its ultimate sale in 2011 to a Canadian bank.
In the past Mr. Goodman was a member of the boards of DundeeWealth, Repadre Capital Corporation, Dundee Corporation, SickKids Foundation and a trustee of the Dundee REIT. Mr. Goodman was previously the head of Global Asset Management for a major Canadian bank and CEO of Dundee Corporation.
In addition to his business interests, Mr. Goodman is the founder and CEO of Humour Me, an annual event whereby high-profile executives compete in stand-up comedy and has raised over $20 million to date for worthy causes.
Koby Kushner
President & CEO, Director
Koby Kushner, P.Eng., CFA, is the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Libra. He has spent most of his career as a mining engineer and more recently, an equity research analyst.
Prior to entering finance, Mr. Kushner worked at several mines in Ontario and Manitoba, including Hemlo (Barrick Gold), Detour, Rice Lake, and others. During this time, Mr. Kushner has seen projects advance through all stages of development, including exploration, production, and closure.
He then moved into equity research at Red Cloud Securities, a mining-only investment bank, where he wrote on over 100 companies across various stages of development and a wide range of commodities, with a particular focus on precious and energy metals.
He holds a BSc in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University, is a licensed Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario and is a CFA charterholder.
John Power
Corporate Secretary, Director
Mr. Power is the Chief Executive Officer, President and a Director of Athena Gold Corp, formerly known as Athena Silver. He managed the Langtry Silver Project, and developed a NI 43-101 compliant resources of over 60 million oz Ag. Mr. Power was a past President of Redwood Microcap Fund, Inc. from 1985 – 2005 where he increased shareholder value by 6X under his stewardship.
Mr. Power has also previously served as a director, President and/or CFO of Magellan Gold Corporation (OTCQB: MAGE) and is the co-managing member since 2011 of Silver Saddle Resources, LLC, a private entity that owns mining claims in Nevada.
Outside of the mining world, Mr. Power serves as co-managing member of Ryan Air Exposition, LLC, a private California holding company that invests in antique airplanes and held the same position for Wyoming Resorts, LLC, which owned and operated an historic hotel in Thermopolis, Wyoming. Mr. Power is also a general partner of Power Vacaville, LP a commercial real estate investment firm.
Benjamin Kuzmich
VP Exploration
Benjamin Kuzmich, MSc., P.Geo, is the Vice President, Exploration of Libra. He is a professional geologist with a proven track record of exploration success in Canada throughout Ontario, Manitoba, and the Yukon.
His accomplishments include the delineation of the E-Zone at Barrick’s Hemlo gold mine, where he managed a $20M drill program, and where his reinterpretation of geologic models resulted in a 23% improvement in underground head grade for 2019.
Outside of Hemlo, he led the discovery of the Little Wing gold occurrence at Alamos’s Lynn Lake project as well as numerous REE/LCT pegmatite, precious, and base metal occurrences throughout the Superior Province.
He completed his MSc thesis at Lakehead University on the highly endowed, critical mineral-rich Ring of Fire in northern Ontario, and his undergraduate thesis on S-type granitic intrusions.
Andrew Jedemann
Exploration Manager
Andrew Jedemann, MSc., P.Geo, is the Exploration Manager of Libra. He is an experienced professional geologist with a strong technical background who has been exploring for various commodities in northwestern Ontario over the past 8 years.
Andrew has spent most of his career working on several early- to advanced-stage Au, Li, and Ni-Cu-PGE projects around Northwestern Ontario, most notably of which included designing, implementing, and managing >20,000m of drilling at the Barrick – Hemlo gold mine.
Additionally, Andrew has worked in the prolific Ring of Fire where he assisted in generating new base and precious metal targets as well as directly overseeing field exploration work.
Andrew completed his MSc Geology degree from Lakehead University in partnership with the University of Tasmania (CODES) on characterizing an early-stage porphyry and epithermal prospect on Vancouver Island.
Brian Power
Director
Mr. Power is a private investor and technology entrepreneur.
He has served as a director of Athena Gold since its inception in December 2003 and was also the CEO and President from December 2003 until December 2005.
From March 2010 to present, Mr. Power has served as co-Managing Member of Ryan Air Exposition, LLC, a private California holding company that invests in antique airplanes.
From October 1998 to 2005, he was a cofounder and managing member of Spirit of Adventure, LLC a company engaged in the development of deep ocean exploration technologies including the design/build of advanced manned submersibles.
From 1996 to present he has served on the board of directors of Snuba, Incorporated, a manufacturer and international licensor of proprietary ocean diving systems.
John E. Hiner
Director
Mr. Hiner is a licensed geologist in the State of Washington and SME registered member, with an exploration history of over 45 years with several major mining companies exploring for geothermal energy, precious metals and industrial minerals.
He has served as a director and/or officer of mineral exploration and mining development companies, and works as an independent consulting geologist for mining companies.
Mr. Hiner is also currently a director of Gold Basin Resources Corporation (CSE: GXX, OTCQB: GXXFF) and Golden Lake Exploration Inc. (CSE: GLM, OCTCQB:GOLXF).