Founder of Echelon Wealth Partners, Inc., James Russell Starr is Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Trillium Gold Mines, Inc.

He is also on the board of Canada Nickel Co., Inc. and Leviathan Gold Ltd. and Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of DeFi Technologies, Inc.

In his past career he occupied the position of President at BetterLife Pharma, Inc., Senior VP-Corporate Finance & Communications at Fury Gold Mines Ltd., Director & Vice President-Corporate Development at Cayden Resources, Inc., Institutional Trader at Research Capital Corp. and Vice President-Corporate Development for Echelon Wealth Partners, Inc.

Dr. Starr received a graduate degree from the University of Victoria, an MBA from Richard Ivey School of Business, an undergraduate degree from Queen's University and a doctorate from McGill University.