Our Team

Committees

A special thank you to our outgoing board and committee members:
  • Jim Brownlee – Board
  • Cathy Cochrane – Board
  • John Fischer – Board
  • Wes Peters – Board
  • Johanna Clark – Children, Youth & Families
  • Anila Lee Yuen – Arts & Heritage
  • Lisa Moore -Neighbour Grants
  • Rob Paré – Health & Wellness
  • Sue Scott – Daryl K. Seaman Canadian Hockey Fund
  • Nilima Sonpal-Valias – Education & Lifelong Learning
  • Buffy St-Amand – Children, Youth & Families
  • Leslie Tamagi – Children, Youth & Families

2023 - 2024

Audit
  • Wendy Adams
  • Anna Alderson
  • Catherine Best
  • Denise Bright, Chair
  • Robert (Bob) Gibson
  • Michael Mezei
  • Ivor Ruste
  • Garth Wong
Governance
  • John Fischer
  • Narmin Ismail-Teja, Chair
  • Murray Laverty
  • Melanie McDonald
  • Ivor Ruste
  • Hugh Williamson
Granting
  • Tim Bjornson
  • Charles Buchanan
  • Sherry Ferronato
  • Dianne Goodman
  • Katherine Harmsworth
  • Alice Lam, C0-Chair
  • Jessica Peters
  • Anne-Marie Syslak
  • Hugh Williamson, C0-Chair
  • Diyana Woldegabreal
Investment
  • Denise Bright
  • Bob Gibson
  • Mike Mezei (Chair)
  • Paul Moynihan
  • Elizabeth Peters
  • Wes Peters
  • David Phillips
  • Julianna Spiropoulos
Impact Investing
  • John Fischer
  • Neil Foran
  • Robert (Bob) Gibson
  • Blaine Lennox
  • Avnish Mehta
  • Elizabeth Peters
  • David Phillips, Chair
Major Grants
  • Marichu Antonio
  • George Damian
  • Dale Ens
  • Sherry Ferronato, Chair
  • Beverley Foy
  • Murray Laverty
  • Ken Lima-Coehlo
  • Ravi Natt
  • Chima Nkemdirim
  • Patti Pon
  • Kirby Redwood
Advisor Engagement Committee
  • Jim Brownlee
  • Janet Denhamer
  • Hyder Hassan
  • Adam Hoffman
  • Allison Maher
  • Melanie McDonald, Chair
  • Susan O’Brien
Arts & Heritage
  • Sybil Choles
  • Alexi Davis
  • Kajsa Erickson
  • Gerald Forseth
  • Dianne Goodman, Chair
  • Christy Morgan
  • Emiko Muraki
  • Dean Paddock
  • Justin Reti
  • Megan Thomson
  • Dale Turri
Children Youth & Families
  • Dinnie Baker
  • Leanne Courchesne
  • Tenchoe Dorjee
  • Monica Franco
  • Munir Jivraj
  • Raidah Noshin
  • Jessica Peters, Chair
  • Jaspreet Sandhu
  • Ron Smith
  • Roxanne Steen
  • Ariam Wolde-Giorgis
  • Norma Wood
Daryl K. Seaman Canadian Hockey Fund
  • Tim Bjornson, Chair
  • Patricia Calvert-Seaman
  • Craig Conroy
  • Jon Cornish
  • Pearl Doupe
  • Linda MacPhail
  • Katy Murdoch
  • Beckie Scott
Education & Lifelong Learning
  • Noureddine Bouissoukrane
  • Charles Buchanan, Chair
  • Chris Jenik
  • Megan Marshall
  • Blanka Martin
  • Lorraine Pelletier
  • Steacy Pinney (Collyer)
  • David Plouffe
  • Simon Ross
  • Judith Umbach
  • Zain Velji
Environment
  • Julia-Maria Becker
  • Kat Cadungog
  • Nicole Colley-Lewis
  • Tian Everest
  • Hamish Kerfoot
  • Mila Mezei
  • Milton Ortega
  • Patty Richards
  • Rod Ruff
  • Anne-Marie Syslak, Chair
Health & Wellness
  • Wegahta Berhane
  • Debbie Goulard
  • Katherine Harmsworth, Chair
  • Alyssa Hartwell
  • Lynn Millard
  • Patti Pon
  • Monica Suche
  • Nicole Thrasher
  • Tazeem Weljie
  • Maxine Yue
  • Bill Zheng
Neighbour Grants
  • Bill Dickson
  • Jeff Dyer
  • Dwight Farahat
  • Farah Kaleem
  • Janet Lavoie
  • Judy Lawrence
  • Kiran Seetal
  • Diyana Woldegebrael, Chair
Strategic Opportunity Grants
  • Katherine Harmsworth
  • Jessica Peters
  • Treeva Hakim
  • Sam Huynh
  • Alaric Chen
  • Amy Bei
  • Ayushi Choudhary
  • Bhavkiran Mahal
  • Camille Rozon
  • Deep Braich
  • Lilianna Xing
  • Renata Ibe
  • Ruth Lendido
  • Suhani Gupta
  • Yedideya Lendido
  • John C. Armstrong, QC
  • Edward M. Bredin, QC (deceased)
  • Matt Brownlee (deceased)
  • Dr. Bill Dickson
  • Donald T. Hatch, QC
  • V.L. Doug Hawkes (deceased)
  • Ross Kobayashi (deceased)
  • Stan B. Laing (deceased)
  • George Cullis Lancaster (deceased)
  • Louis W. MacEachern
  • Dr. Grant W. MacEwan, OC (deceased)
  • Ann McCaig
  • Carl O. Nickle (deceased)
  • Ross F. Phillips, FCA
  • Hayden E. Smith CLU (deceased)
  • Don Thurston

Interested in becoming a Committee Volunteer at Calgary Foundation? Learn more here.

Thank you to AltoPartners / Bluestone Leadership Services Inc. for their support in reviewing and evaluating our board and committee member recruitment process.

If you have questions about our committees, please contact our Grants & Volunteer Program Associate, Brigitte von Rothemburg.