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Our People

Aaliyah Forbes

Specialist, Community Initiatives

Alaina Shirt

Specialist, Content

Amy Knippshild

Junior Startup Advisor

Ana Lokotkova

Junior Startup Advisor

Anes Rachid

Manager, Founder Experience

Bilal Rasool

Interim Director, Founder Success

Carly Truscott

Intern, Marketing

Chris Doble

Program Manager, VMSA

Delia Popa

Manager, Marketing

Essmaa Kachour

Coordinator, Events

Fariha Tasnim

Junior Startup Advisor

Fernando Garcia

Intern, Accounting

Gill Co

Marketing Lead, Alberta Catalyzer

Irene Lam

Specialist, Graphic Design

Jen Lussier

Chief Operating Officer

Jen Neufeld

Accountant

Jenn MacDonald

Program Manager

Jeremy Krol

Startup Advisor

Jo-Ann Fasegha

Program Manager, International

Jordan Pinkster

External Relations & Communications Officer

Jordy Grant

Program Coordinator

Kaitlyn Steel

Program Specialist, Alberta Catalyzer

Karam-Ali Talakshi

Director of Growth

Kim Aban

Specialist, Partnership Engagement

Kim Folis

Development Officer

Lisa Cooper

Intern, Community

Madeline Kendrew

Director, Founder Success [Mat Leave]

Maikka Galapon

IT Analyst

Marissa Hunter

Executive Assistant

Meagan Shultz

Lead, Events

Michael Scullen

IT Manager

Mina Demian

Startup Advisor

Nathan Karbonik

Associate, Investor Engagement

Nora Rudenko

Lead, Membership

Nush Moti

Specialist, Growth Marketing

Orin Bailey-Davies

Café Ambassador

Pam McQuillen

Director, Innovation Centre

Paula Canas

Startup Advisor

Quinn Dymond

Intern

Rachel Bulloch

Manager, People & Culture

Rachel Gibson

Coordinator, Events

Renu Chandarana

Peer-to-Peer Program Lead

Rowan Dymond

Coordinator, VMSA

Sahani Ratnayake

Data Analyst [Mat Leave]

Shelby Boehm

Program Coordinator

Taylor Clapp

Coordinator, Growth

Terry Rock

CEO

Theresa Driscoll

Lead, Food & Beverage

Thiago Álvares de Assis

Coordinator, Food & Beverage

Travis Wilburn

Coordinator, Security & Safety

Uche Ezetah

Director, Finance

Valeriya Volkova

Data Analyst

Vanessa Gagnon

Director, Community

Victor Aramunde

Café Ambassador

Chett Ing

Associate Vice President of Strategy, Operations and Social Economics at ATB Financial

Dan Furst

Director, Enterprise Privacy at Suncor

Dean Prodan (Board Chair)

Advisory Board Member, Manitou Investment Management

Grant McLarnon

Chief Revenue Officer, Sylogist

Kasmira Pawa

VP Business Operations, DigitalOcean

Laura Sullivan

COO, Helm | Cash Flow App

Neeraj Gupta

Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor

Ray DePaul

Director, Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Mount Royal University

Victoria Bradbury

Management Consultant

Aly Kanji

CEO, AZK Management

Brad Zumwalt (Chair)

Partner, Zinc Ventures

Bryan de Lottinville

Founder and Executive Chairperson, Benevity

Dan Evans

Managing Partner, Evans Hunt

Dean Koeller

President, Calvert Home Mortgage Investment Corporation

Dean Prodan

Advisory Board Member for Manitou Investment Management

Deanna Zumwalt

President and CEO, Coril Holdings Ltd.

Derrick Hunter

CEO, Bluesky Equities

Doug Schweitzer

Founding Partner, Blue Rock Law

Evan Hu

Founding Partner and G7 Associate, Creative Destruction Lab

Harish Consul

Founder & CEO, Ocgrow Ventures

Irfhan Rawji

Founder & CEO, MobSquad

Jana Taylor

Principal, TechSprout, Inc. and Advisor, 321 Growth Academy

Justin Mayerchak

Executive Vice President & Partner, Colliers International

Kevin Franco

Senior Product Manager, Firebrand/NetGalley

Mac Van Wielingen

Founder and Partner, ARC Financial Corp

Patrick Lor

Managing Partner, Panache Ventures

Reinier Deurwaarder

Partner, Audit, KPMG Canada

Shelley Kuipers

Co-founder, The51

Stuart O'Connor

Executive Chair and Co-founder, Arcurve Inc

Terry Rock

President & CEO, Platform Calgary

The Hon. Doug Black (Co-Chair)

Vanessa Stockbrugger

Senior Private Wealth Advisor, National Bank Private Banking 1859

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