Inspiring Business Leader Award

Nominations

Inspiring Business Leader Award

The Inspiring Business Leader Award selection committee welcomes your suggestions to identify outstanding ethical leaders and community builders in the Calgary area. Please email us to propose a nominee for the Inspiring Business Leader Award. Any submissions will be considered for the 2024 recipient.

Selection Committee

The Inspiring Business Leader Award selection committee members are a dynamic mix of business leaders, future leaders, and representatives of both the Haskayne School of Business and the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. The 2024 selection committee includes:

  • Leslie O'Donoghue, Chair, Inspiring Business Leader Award Selection Committee and Distinguished Business Leader Award recipient (2017)
  • Mike Broadfoot, Principal, MGB Investments
  • Marie Delorme, CEO, The Imagination Group
  • Gina Grandy, Dean, Haskayne School of Business
  • Jim Dinning, Chancellor Emeritus, University of Calgary
  • Eva Friesen, President and CEO, Calgary Foundation
  • Nannette Ho-Covernton, Sustainablility Leader, Spartan Controls
  • Ian Minnifee, Partner, Sagium
  • Sue Riddell Rose, President and CEO, Perpetual Energy and Distinguished Business Leader Award recipient (2012)
  • Shahauna Siddiqui, Partner, DHR International and Selection Sponsor
  • Deborah Yedlin, President and CEO, Calgary Chamber of Commerce