We are a Canada-wide team of industry leaders and practitioners, academic researchers and policy experts, highly-trained convenors, facilitators, and program designers who believe in the power of human ingenuity to solve the complex problems of our generation.

Meet our Board of Directors

Meet our Leadership

Meet the Whole Team

Aaron Pardy

Pre-Doctoral Student, Smart Prosperity Institute

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Jessica Pennington

Research Associate, Land-use, Nature, Agriculture, Smart Prosperity Institute

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Keren Perla

Advisor, Strategy and Design, Energy Futures Lab; Project Director, ​Alberta’s Clean Competitiveness​; Energy Systems and Innovation Architect, Alberta’s Electricity Future

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Ailsa Popilian

Communications Specialist | Project Advisor, Indigenous Perspectives and Inclusion to Critical Minerals, Energy Futures Lab

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Mac Radburn

Communications and Outreach Officer, Smart Prosperity Institute

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Olivia Richardson

Research Associate, Smart Prosperity Institute

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David Runnalls

Senior Fellow, Smart Prosperity Institute

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Tracey Ryan

Project Director, CANZA

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Vasundhara Saravade

Postdoc, Smart Prosperity Institute

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Karen Selby

Design & Delivery Specialist, Energy Futures Lab

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Rebecca Seltzer

Senior Project Manager, CANZA

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Jessie Sitnick

Senior Advisor, Strategic Communications

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Cara Stern

Senior Media Producer, Smart Prosperity Institute

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Barbara Swartzentruber

Senior Fellow, Smart Prosperity Institute and Senior Advisor, CANZA

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Kelley Thompson

Lead, Equity, Reconciliation and Operational Effectiveness, Energy Futures Lab

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Ryan Tougas-Cooke

Senior Research Associate, Smart Prosperity Institute

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Lioba Weir

Human Resources Specialist

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Caelan Welch

Research Associate, Smart Prosperity Institute

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Alice Irene Whittaker

Communications Lead, Nature Investment Hub

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Marena Winstanley

Director, Research Partnerships, Smart Prosperity Institute

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