Gail Yakemchuk
Social Enterprise Fund
Gail is an accomplished business and project manager with several years working in the communication, television and arts industries. She has combined production expertise with commercial business awareness to implement effective management and accounting practices in the private and public sectors. Gail has worked with Concrete Theatre Society, CHUM Television, Karvonen Films, Shaw Television Broadcast Fund (Shaw Rocket Fund), Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation, ACCESS Network and CKUA Radio.
No stranger to the volunteer world, Gail has served as a board member to: Westmount Fitness Club, North Glenora Community, City Media Club, Canadian Women in Communications, Chinook Theatre Society, Brown Bag Cinema, Women in Film and Television and the Edmonton International Film Festival.
In work or in play, Gail makes every effort to combine creative integrity, artistic desirability and practical necessity.
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Barb Rallison
StartWork
Barb serves as the Associate Director at the Institute for Community Prosperity. Her work, both locally and nationally, focuses on applying economic approaches to advance community benefit and address complex social challenges.
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Jenna Walsh
Elevated Escapes
Owner of Elevated Escapes, Social Business Coordinator with Be Local YYC, and Co-founder of GOT Foundation
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Jeff Loomis
Momentum
Jeff works as the Executive Director of Momentum - a change-making organization that combines social and economic strategies to reduce poverty in Calgary. Momentum partners with people living on lower-incomes to get good jobs, create their own job through self-employment and save money to build their assets.
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Philip Lozano
Be Local YYC
Manager of Be Local YYC, with almost 10 years of experience working in social enterprise, with a focus on community and grassroot initiatives
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Randy Poon
Purpose and Performance Project
Chief Story Officer and Founder of the Purpose and Performance Project, a consulting and coaching collaborative that helps leaders and organizations align purpose with impact.
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