• Guide organizations to develop, maintain, and update strategies and plans to achieve their mission
• Work with leadership teams to embed strategy by clearly defining outcomes, managing risk, leading change, and evaluating results
• Assist agencies in adopting and updating financial and budgeting policies
• Provide financial modeling assistance as a resource to foresee financial needs and align with strategy

• Build stronger leaders in your organization to strengthen team capacity and resilience
• Increase organizational clarity and effectiveness through leadership
• Enable and accelerate necessary changes in strategy and operations

• Build IT strategies and policies
• IT review process for end-to-end IT or IT projects systems
• Help recruit IT staff or contract services
• Advise on RFP processes

Ashley is a human resources Talent Advisor for Inclusion & Diversity at TC Energy. She previously held roles in HR talent management and acquisition, including staff performance, mentorship programs, and diversity and inclusion initiatives. She has experience working in health care, energy, and the construction industry, leading programs focused on early career employees, culture change, career progression and staff connection. As a born and raised Calgarian she is passionate about contributing to the community and has worked with various Alberta-based programs for youth, mental health and basic needs.

Hernando (Nando) holds a BA and MA in Anthropology and is the Project Manager, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the University of Lethbridge. He has extensive experience in non-profit management, qualitative research, social inclusion, leading social service programs particularly in the field of settlement and integration as well as working on equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives. Nando has worked with post-secondary, local governments and non-profit organizations in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, and Canada. Over a decade ago, he made Alberta home and has been committed to strengthening the local community through his work with equity seeking groups and volunteer involvement. He spends most of his extra time enjoying outdoor activities in the Rocky Mountains year-round.

Shawn spent the first ten years of her career as a research scientist with Arctic drilling operations, which then led her into training, human resources, and organization development. She completed her career as GM, Talent Management at Nexen, providing support across the global organization. Shawn is currently an independent consultant and a Commissioner with the Calgary Police Commission. She serves as a board director for CAWST and Boys and Girls Clubs of Calgary.

Rose is a financial professional with over 30 years of experience in a variety of Canadian and international business and finance areas. Her areas of expertise include strategic and business planning, financial controls and risk management, financial reporting, controllership and assurance, project management, treasury, and corporate finance. Rose has volunteered with the GAIN Team for over four years and has enjoyed applying her experience to work with various non-profit agencies in developing and renewing strategies to increase the success of the organization to contribute to the community.

Nadine is a facilitator and leadership coach with over 20 years of experience leading large-scale change projects, facilitating strategic alliances, resolving conflicts between and within organizations, coaching leaders, and facilitating leader development. She is an adjunct coach with the Center for Creative Leadership and LHH and a facilitator with the University of Calgary, LHH, Canadian Management Centre, and Conference Board of Canada. She has volunteered on the GAIN Team since 2014.

Cherry has over 35 years of IT experience working for both large and small organizations in Canada and internationally. She has held a variety of roles from IT Manager to Project Manager to CIO. She is able to adapt solutions to fit the size and requirements of an organization and has experience developing and integrating IT solutions for growing organizations both organically and through acquisitions. She enjoys helping non-profit organizations in Calgary to support their back office needs so that they can be more successful serving the community.