The Board of Directors, Governors and staff of Junior Achievement of Waterloo Region would like to extend their deepest sympathy to Chuck's family at this difficult time. We join the Waterloo Region community in mourning the loss of an amazing community leader.

For the past 40 years, Chuck had been a supporter of Junior Achievement both financially and as a volunteer. He had the privilege of serving on the Board of Directors for 25 years and as a founding member and chair of the Board of Governors for the past 12 years. On a national level, he served on the Board of Directors for 28 years and Chairman for 2 years. Through all the years, he believed it was the local business community's responsibility to fill the void in business education for youth and through JA, he accomplished this. "Supporting JA is not an act of charity, but a cost of doing business", he often said. "Through JA's entrepreneurial education programs, we are inspiring our Future Business Leaders".

Charles E. Greb was born in Kitchener and started his business career with Greb Shoes Limited, a family company that grew into Canada's largest shoe manufacturing company by the time it was sold in 1976. Chuck later became CEO of Musitron Communications which under his presidency became part of Grebco Holdings Ltd. He was also director and chairman of Skyjack Inc. of Guelph; director and chairman of Virtek Vision International Inc. of Waterloo; and managing partner of Woodside Fund, a California Venture Capital Partnership.

Chuck also was a dedicated community volunteer, sharing his time and expertise with numerous organizations in the Waterloo region.

Chuck received many well-deserved awards including Kitchener Citizen of the Year; Province of Ontario Bicentennial Medal; Ontario Volunteer Service gold award; Canada 125th Anniversary medal for contributions to Canada; Companion of the Fellowship of Honour YMCA Canada; Lou Buckley Award - K-W YMCA; and Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International for work with youth.