Renjie Butalid is one of the lead organizers for TEDxWaterloo. He is currently the Communications Coordinator for Social Innovation Generation at the University of Waterloo, a national collaborative between the University of Waterloo, MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, J.W. McConnell Family Foundation in Montreal and the PLAN Institute in Vancouver, designed to foster a culture of continuous social innovation in Canada. In the past, Renjie was also a co-founder of the Waterloo-based Laurel Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, as well as the Vice-President Administration & Finance for the Federation of Students, University of Waterloo, an $8 million student-run corporation with over 200 employees, serving the undergraduate student population at the University of Waterloo.

Renjie is also keenly interested in learning how transformative social change happens, and is passionate about building resilient communities. He is also convinced that young people have the power and opportunities like never before to affect positive change in the world.

Renjie recently got his open water scuba diving license, and is excited to go scuba diving in the Asia Pacific in the near future.

He blogs regularly, and can be reached via Twitter: @renjie

Meet the rest of the TEDxWaterloo Team