Our team is made up of people who are passionate about serving our mission.
Chair
Bill is a corporate lawyer in the Calgary office of Dentons Canada, advising power and energy infrastructure companies on capital markets and M&A transactions, as well as board governance generally. Bill is a leader in sustainable finance, representing Dentons Canada, both as a member of the International Capital Markets Association Green Bond Principles since 2014, and as a member of the Advisory Council to the Green and Social Bond Principles Executive Committee. Bill leads Dentons Canada’s client-facing ESG practice, focusing on ESG-related governance and climate-related financial disclosure.
Bill grew up in Winnipeg and has a BA (Hons) degree from Queen’s University and an LLB degree from Dalhousie University. In the 1990s Bill lived and worked in Russia and Kazakhstan. He holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors and has completed the Board Oversight of Climate Change and Board Oversight of Strategy Courses. In addition to volunteering with Wellspring Alberta, Bill is on the Pension Board of the United Church of Canada and chairs that board’s sustainable investment working group. Bill has been on the board of Biathlon Canada and currently is a member of its high-performance advisory council.
Bill and his wife Lavina have been very active supporting Ukraine evacuees arriving in Calgary and continue to host Ukrainians in their home. Along with their son and daughter, Bill and Lavina enjoy outdoor activities including road and gravel cycling, cross-country skiing and hiking.
Bill first connected with Wellspring through Cancervive. He and his wife participated in two Calgary-Austin rides and the Calgary-Lewiston, Maine ride, in support of their kids’ best friends’ moms who were facing cancer diagnoses. Bill joined the Wellspring board in 2014, and chaired the committee overseeing the build of Randy O’Dell House.
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Steven was raised in Montreal and attended the University of New Brunswick and McMaster University, earning a Bachelor Science in Forestry (BScF), and a Master of Business Administration (MBA), respectively.
Steven retired from the oil and gas industry after a 35-year career working for Petro-Canada, Wascana Energy, Nexen Inc, and the Alberta Department of Energy. Throughout his career, Steven achieved senior leadership positions in treasury, risk management, energy marketing, and corporate planning. In 2002, he earned his Chartered Financial Analyst designation (CFA).
Steven has served as a volunteer board member in the communities he has lived in. Directorships include: Saskatchewan Science Centre, Globe Theatre, United Way of Calgary, Developmental Disabilities Resource Centre, and Operation Eyesight.
Steven and his wife Teresa have two sons, Nicholas and Christopher. Steven and Teresa enjoy reading, traveling and attending performing arts events.
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Patti is a leader in the social profit sector who has been striving to bring best practices, innovative strategic thinking, and visionary leadership to positions for over three decades. She holds a bachelor’s degree in education and a master’s degree in continuing education, with a specialization in workplace learning, focused on creating and shaping learning environments that foster individual and organizational success.
Among her many cherished roles, Patti was specially chosen to join the Wellspring Calgary co-founders, and, in her position as the first Executive Director, she played a vital role in bringing Wellspring to life in Alberta, and remained at the helm for fourteen years. Presently Executive Director of the Alberta Real Estate Foundation, Patti has also held positions as Executive Director of the Developmental Disabilities Resource Centre of Calgary, and Executive Director of the Alberta Mentor Foundation for Youth. Welcoming opportunities to teach throughout her career, Patti enjoyed being a sessional professor at both Mount Royal University and the University of Calgary.
In her ongoing commitment to serve others and her community, Patti has always been an active volunteer, and she has, and continues to serve on numerous boards and committees. At the age of 14, Patti learned about the work of an organization called Citizen Advocacy, and she was moved to dedicate herself to becoming a friend and guardian to a woman with a disability – a role she continues to be very grateful for.
Patti is exceedingly thankful to live, work and play in Canmore. In her spare time, you can find her on the trails – running, riding and hiking or enjoying time with family, including her two beautiful daughters and their spouses, four grandchildren, and numerous grand-pets.
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