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Dawn Frail

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Member, International Leadership Committee at Toastmasters International
📍 Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Dawn Frail is a Leadership Recovery Specialist with over 25 years of experience helping senior leaders and teams enhance their effectiveness. She created The Athena Leadership Recovery System™ to help high-performing women executives recover from career setbacks. Colleagues describe her as knowledgeable, caring, and committed to excellence, holding an MA in Leadership from the University of Guelph.

Outside of her professional work, Dawn has been a dedicated member of Toastmasters International for over three decades, where she has honed her passion for public speaking. She and her husband live in Caledon, Ontario, and have four sons, two granddaughters, and two dogs.

She has earned the Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) designation—the highest educational achievement in Toastmasters—three separate times.

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Experience
33 Years
Current Role
Member, International Leadership Committee
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Toronto Area, Canada
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Topics Dawn cares about

Leadership Recovery
Her core specialty is helping high-performing women executives navigate and recover from significant career setbacks, confidence crises, or credibility ruptures through her proprietary system.
Women in Leadership
Authored "The Ruby Report" on promoting women leaders and founded The International Women's Leadership Project®, demonstrating a long-standing focus on advancing women in executive roles.
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Career

Work history

8-2025
Member, International Leadership Committee
Toastmasters International
8-2022 - 8-2024
International Director
Toastmasters International
12-2019
Authorized Associate
The Five Behaviors®
7-2019 - 6-2020
District Director
Toastmasters International
4-2019
Executive Advisor
PEO Leadership
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Media appearances

Dawn Frail – Executive Advisor at PEO Leadership. Featured in The Org
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Education
2010 - 2012
MA
University of Guelph
2001 - 2002
Diploma
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto
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