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:

  1. Providing strategic guidance on delivering the vision of the Skills Development Framework.

  2. Prioritizing annual work plan for initiatives to be undertaken by the LearningCITY Collective.

  3. Prioritizing the allocation of LearningCITY Collective resources.

  4. Support securing resources to deliver the Skills Development Framework.

  5. Support building formal and informal partnerships among individuals or organizations to deliver the Skills Development Framework.

  6. 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