The LearningCITY Collective is a collaboration of organizations and individuals engaged in Calgary’s learning system, including learners, educators, employers, funders, and policymakers. The LearningCITY Collective is independent of government or civic entities. The LearningCITY Collective’s goal is to deliver on Calgary’s skills development vision:
Calgary’s learning system develops exceptional, creative, and adaptable talent, ready to thrive in a fast-changing world.
2023-24 Board of Directors
role of the board
The LearningCITY Collective is guided by a Board of Directors composed of participants from Calgary’s diverse learning system. The board exists to help further the mission and aims of the LearningCITY Collective, including:
Providing strategic guidance on delivering the vision of the Skills Development Framework.
Prioritizing annual work plan for initiatives to be undertaken by the LearningCITY Collective.
Prioritizing the allocation of LearningCITY Collective resources.
Support securing resources to deliver the Skills Development Framework.
Support building formal and informal partnerships among individuals or organizations to deliver the Skills Development Framework.
Ensuring the currency of the Skills Development Framework.
board members
Board members are appointed because of their diversity of thought, expertise, and insights, not as representatives of an organization. Below are the 2023-2024 LearningCITY Collective Board of Directors.
Lee Ackerman, Distinguished Digital Learning Architect, TEKsystems
Aniisa Allaher, Vice President, People & Culture at Shaw Communications
Jennifer Aubin, Chief People & Culture Officer at Attabotics
Heidi Brandley, Director of Workforce Development and Communications at Manpower Alberta
Latosia Campbell-Walters, Principal, Sparks Planning Group
Keagen Cave, Director, Talent Management, Parkland
Louise Edwards, DredwardsVR Consulting Inc
George Felobes, Researcher, Smart Infrastructure Technologies (SITE) Research Group, University of Alberta
David J. Finch (Acting Chair), Professor and Senior Fellow, Institute for Community Prosperity, Mount Royal University
Jeff Griffiths, Co-founder, Workforce International
Kate Koplovich, Director, Strategy, Calgary Economic Development
Jeff LaFrenz, President, VizworX
Janet Lane, Director, Human Capital Centre, Canada West Foundation
Sara Leishman, Executive Director, Calgary Folk Music Festival
Latifa Majidi, Case Manager, Vulnerable Population Services, Centre for Newcomers
Nathaniel Miller, Director of Programs, Inn from the Cold
Erin O'Connor, Business Development Manager, Calgary Film Centre
Dan Olesen, Senior Program Manager, CAREERS: The Next Generation
Katerina Palova, Manager, Research and Program Development, The Immigrant Education Society (TIES)
Margo Purcell, Chief Executive Officer, InceptionU
Pablo Pina, Academic Chair, Sustainability at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Josh Pentland, Manager, Policy and Government Relations, Calgary Chamber of Commerce
Heather Robertson, Director, Service Design, Calgary Public Library
Rahim Sajan, Teacher and Off Campus Learning Coordinator, Calgary Board of Education
Rob St. Denis, Community Futures Treaty Seven
Alanna Wellwood, Head of Learning Innovation, Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School
D'Andre Wilson-Ihejirika, Executive Director, TalentEDyyc
Stephen Yu, Vice President, Technology Delivery Management @ Morgan Stanley