Make it Good is a growing network of over 300 members. Professional credentials include CEOs, COOs, executives, managers, mid-level careerists, and those just entering the workforce. The driving force behind the organization is our Board of Directors and Management Team. Here are some of the people who help shape and grow our organization.
Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors is a mix of successful and professional members of the business and local community. Each member understands that sustainability is an emerging business trend that cannot be ignored. We work hard to position ourself as a leader and partner for groups and individuals who have embraced the concept of resiliency and strive to adopt its principles.
Greg Hart, Board Chair
Greg lives in Calgary with his wife Lisa. He has two older sons and two younger daughters - they are all quite amazing.
Greg Hart has been involved in ergonomics, hazard assessment, and human performance development since he graduated from the University of Calgary in 1988. He has presented papers around the world in the area of ergonomics and human performance as well as on topics dealing with resilience, critical thinking, the construction of knowledge, and the basis of competency. His company, Human Effort, has catalogued the demands of over 800 different types of work and has carried out over 6,000 assessments of human performance ranging from pre-employment to complex, chronic injury scenarios. The company has also designed and implemented the Eddy software system that supports and facilitates the dynamic operation of safety management systems in companies.
Greg has spent several years working on interface design and designing the process logic of complex computer systems. He makes regular appearances on television and radio with his most recent interview on CBC Radio talking about the concepts of vulnerability and risk adaptation. Greg is embarking on a research program in complex adaptive systems and is completing a book on human interactions called, ‘Forty Things We Share.’ When he needs to relax, he referees professional lacrosse.
Dean Brawn, Chair, Special Projects Committee
Dean Brawn is a Director and part owner of Calibre Environmental Ltd. who produces recycled ecocoat premium latex paint which is sold across Canada. He also provides strategic marketing and communication direction through his consulting business – Suderam Communications.
Dean's extensive career in communications and marketing includes key roles with WestJet, ENMAX Energy, Canadian Regional Airlines, United Farmers of Alberta, AGT, and Armoured Transport.
Besides sitting on the Board of Make it Good, Dean currently also sits on the City of Calgary’s Municipal Development Plan/Calgary Transportation Plan Sustainment Committee plus the City’s Environmental Advisory Committee, and is also on the board of the Recycling Council of Alberta (past president). Previously he has served in executive and other roles on the Boards of the Alberta Chapter of the Canadian Green Building Council, University of Calgary Alumni Association, the Senate at the University of Calgary and numerous other volunteer/community organizations; plus, he has served as a Scouts Canada leader.
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Buffy St. Amand, Chair, Partners and Sponsorship Committee
Buffy St. Amand brings more than 10 years of experience in international education in post-secondary both locally and globally to her role in leading Volunteer Calgary’s work in Community Leadership and Community Development.
She is responsible for leading the Leadership Calgary program in its twelve year, leads the Corporate Citizenship area, including Volunteer Calgary’s Paint the Town Employee Volunteer Program and The Calgary Corporate Volunteer Council. She is also responsible for the Community Engagement strategy through Education, Community and Youth volunteerism which also includes Community Service-Learning and leads the Ethno-Cultural Engagement Strategy.
Her international work experience ranges from volunteering with Canada World Youth in Piaui, Brazil to being Director of Marketing for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines in Manila. Buffy’s academic background includes a Bachelor Degree in Social Sciences with a double major in Sociology and Intercultural Management, a Certified International Trade designation and serves on the boards of the Hong Kong Canada Business Association and the Make It Good initiative at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary and is the Logistics Lead for the TEDxCalgary committee.
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Dani DeBoice, Board Member
Dani DeBoice has over twelve years experience in marketing and communications, having worked specifically in community relations and corporate citizenship for the past nine years. As manager of corporate citizenship with First Calgary Savings, Dani provides leadership on community partnerships, sponsorships, donations, employee volunteerism, community outreach and environmental advocacy. Dani is alumni of the Leadership Calgary Program (Class of 2005) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary. In May 2007, Dani completed the Corporate Community Involvement Certificate through Boston College and in June 2009 received a Community Economic Development Certificate through Simon Fraser University. Dani was selected as one of Avenue magazine’s Top 40 Under 40 - Class of 2009, for her career achievements and contributions to the community.
Dani brings a lot of experience as a leader to her role with First Calgary Savings, but equally important is her time as a spirited volunteer. Dani has been on Volunteer Calgary’s Board of Directors for the past three years and is now in her second year as Board Chair. Dani is a steering committee member of Thrive – Calgary’s Community Economic Development network. She has also enjoyed being an in-school mentor with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Calgary and Area for four years.
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David Dial, Board Member
David is a third generation Calgarian and a graduate of the University of Calgary who “fell” into the HR industry in 1992 after working in sales and sales management. He also holds a Human Capital Strategist (HCS) designation from the Human Capital Institute in Washington, DC.
Since founding Dial Solutions Group in 1996, he has consulted with a wide variety of companies across Western Canada and beyond, helping a great many more through talks and workshops. David’s fundamental belief is that high performance teams are the product of engaging workplaces.
Using their unique methodology, the People Strategy Cycle™, Dial Solutions Group supports clients in improving all aspects of attracting, engaging and retaining good people, in essence Building Teams That Accomplish Dreams®. This includes team building, leadership coaching as well as the design and implementation of HR practices, processes and tools.
David has also played competitive hockey and soccer in Calgary for over 35 years. He continues to play and coach kids in both sports.
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Rosalynn Dodd, Board Member
Rosalynn Dodd graduated from the University of Calgary in June 2010 with a Bachelor of Commerce. While she has always has a strong interest in environmental issues, working at DIRTT Environmental Solutions for two summers opened up a whole new chapter of environmental awareness and social stewardship. Working with Make it Good gives her the opportunity to learn from and network with some of the most sustainable companies and individuals in Calgary.
Rosalynn was a member of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Calgary for two years. SIFE is an international student organisation of university students that work to make a difference in their communities while developing the skills to become socially responsible business leaders. There she was the project manager of the environmental sustainability project that ran green events and sustainable micro-businesses throughout the school year. Rosalynn and the SIFE Calgary team presented the Make it Good concept at the SIFE National Championships in Toronto in May 2009, winning the inaugural “For the Greener Good” National Championship.
Currently, Rosalynn’s largest involvement in Make it Good is through interviewing local sustainable companies from all sectors to identify common themes, problem areas and successes. These interviews are posted to the Make it Good website so that companies and individuals can learn more about the business models and best practices that are employed in Calgary businesses.
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Rita Egizii, Board Member
Rita’s career began in basic science research in the field of neurophysiology. She left science to get her BComm degree and graduated from the Haskayne School of Business in 1996, with distinction and the recipient of the Silver Medallion from the University of Calgary Board of Governors.
Since then, she has founded several successful businesses and was the Western Regional Finalist for the Canadian Women Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1997. She has been an international delegate on Government of Canada Trade Missions and trade summits and has sat on several federal task forces. She continues to serve on various Boards, Advisory Groups and committees in both the for-profit (small business, entrepreneurship, investment, international business) and not-for-profit sectors (arts, education, health care, community development, women’s issues, animal causes, fund-raising). In 2004, she was inducted as a Global Television/YWCA Woman of Vision. She is a founding Director of the Quickdraw Animation Society, the Chickwagon! Foundation for Women, Wellspring Calgary and Legacy of Tao (US-based). She currently serves as Director of Community Outreach & Alumni Relations at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary.
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Michele Fugiel Gartner, Board Member
Michele Fugiel Gartner is an active participant in the philanthropic and social enterprise sectors in Calgary, AB. This has included work with the Max Bell Public Policy Training Institute, as a writer for Social Finance.ca, a member of the Innovation Exchange, and as the Executive Director of Social Venture Partners Calgary.
Prior to this role, Michele was employed with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and participated in Rotary International’s Group Study Exchange to Saitama, Japan where she studied the role of philanthropy and Japanese civil society. She received her M.A. degree in International Studies and Diplomacy at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and is an alumna of the Asia Pacific Leadership Program at the East-West Center in Honolulu, HI.
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Richard Gotfried, Board Member
Richard Gotfried is Vice President Corporate & Community Relations for award-winning Calgary-based builder Trico Homes. Trico Homes has been the largest corporate donor and supporter of the Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta for the past 10 years, is the Patron of the renowned “Shave your Lid for a Kid” campaign and co-creators of the Foundations single most successful fundraiser, founded in 2003 as the Trico Homes Ride for a Lifetime, which has raised over $2m in the past 7 years. Trico Homes is now the major sponsor of the annual Golf a Kid to Camp event scheduled for August 12, 2010.
Trico’s other key partnerships include the Trico Centre for Family Wellness, GlobalFest, Bow Valley College, Asian Heritage Month, Immigrant Services Calgary, UNICEF Canada and many other notable and worthwhile causes. The company has also made significant contributions to Mount Royal University and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.
Trico Homes has been recognized as one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies for 6 consecutive years and recently was named a Best Workplace in Canada for the fourth time.
Corporate Social Responsibility is one of Richard’s key corporate responsibilities, having established Trico as a member of Imagine Canada’s Caring Companies program, as an Alberta’s Promise “Promise Builder” and as a founding member of the Calgary Corporate Volunteer Council.
Richard’s personal community volunteerism includes board or committee roles with such diverse organizations as the Hong Kong-Canada Business Association, Skal International, GlobalFest, Calgary Corporate Volunteer Council, Asian Heritage Foundation, Alberta Dragon Boat Race Foundation and the Kids Cancer Care Foundation.
“Close encounter” skills are one of his forte’s, having survived the overhead explosion of a Biafran aircraft in Lagos, Nigeria in 1967, the sinking of the Sun Vista cruise ship in 1999 and being a witness to the Indian Ocean Tsunami on Boxing Day 2004.
Richard is a proud born and raised Calgarian with strong connections to the Far East and a well-deserved wanderlust, having spent 17 years with Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways. He has 3 school-aged children with his wonderful wife Cathy.
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Bruce Halliday, Board Member
Bruce’s strength is helping others succeed with change.
At the Haskayne School, Bruce leads a team who delivers career development and coaching programs for students and alumni. Hundreds of Calgary’s business leaders mentor business students through the Career Centre’s Haskayne Mentorship Program.
Bruce has built and managed service organizations in the public, private and not for profit sectors and has worked as a management consultant using social change processes including Appreciative Inquiry. He had a stint in Europe pursuing entrepreneurial ventures that restored historic monuments for tourist accommodation and, shipped great wine around the world with his wife Lynda and daughter Katharine.
He has served and led numerous not for profit and community organizations including with the Human Resources Association of Calgary, Human Resources Institute of Alberta, Calgary Children’s Choir. Bruce has a Bachelor of Science in Biology and holds the Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation. In addition he is a Certified Executive Coach (CEC) having completed a graduate program at Royal Roads University.
Bruce’s passion for sustainable communities transformed to the business world in the last decade. He was a founding member of Sustainable Futures by Design, a community organization delivering the Jim Leslie Learning Forum to a cross section of corporate and community based change-agents at the Banff Centre in 2002.
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Brittany Harker Martin, Board Member
Brittany Harker Martin is a PhD candidate in Strategy and Global Management at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. Her portfolio includes consulting, presenting at conferences, facilitating workshops, designing curricula, developing educational programs, and coordinating projects. Brittany has a balanced portfolio of practice and academia, with over thirteen years of teaching experience and an impressive portfolio of research methodologies, both qualitative and quantitative. She is specialized in using the arts to develop teams that collaboratively explore an issue or context while developing a host of soft skills such as risk-taking, collaboration, and critical/analytical thinking. Under the supervision of world-renowned scholar, Dr. Alain Verbeke, Brittany’s doctoral research applies behavioral economics to analyze framing effects on the systematic adoption or resistance to sustainability initiatives such as telework. Her research interests also include creativity, innovation, arts education and organizational learning with the humble mission to restore legitimacy of the arts in the workplace, one leader at a time.
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Stephanie Jackman, Board Member
Stephanie founded REAP Business Association in 2006 with the vision to create a greener economy where citizens understand and value the impact of shopping locally, and businesses understand their role in creating a just and healthy world. REAP, which stands for Respect for the Earth and All People, officially launched in January, 2008 with three Founding Members and has since grown to include 32 Calgary businesses.
Stephanie comes from a marketing background and has run a successful consulting business – Blueprint Brand Strategies Inc. – since 2000. She has held senior positions at Ogilvy and its consulting division, Brand Insights Group, and helped establish the strategic planning community at Venture Communications. She has a Masters degree in International Marketing from Thunderbird, a Bachelor degree in Mass Communications from Carleton University, and is certified by the Institute of Communications and Advertising. She was recognized in 2005 as one of the Top 40 Under 40 by Calgary Inc. magazine, and in 2009 as one of 20 Compelling Calgarians by the Calgary Herald. Additionally, REAP received the 2009 imagineCALGARY Partner in Action Award for advancing the targets of the imagineCALGARY Plan.
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Tamara L. McCarron, Board Member
Over the past several years, Tamara has held progressively senior positions with not-for-profit, post secondary and private sector organizations. In these positions, she cultivated relationships and formed strategic partnerships with a number of organizations to provide exemplar service and stakeholder satisfaction. As a result, Tamara has had an overall positive effect on her organization’s bottom line. With a passion for technology and communication, Tamara lead an organization through a complete re-branding effort of all communications materials, from the development of a new website to the creation of all advertising and promotional pieces.
An active volunteer, Tamara is a Rotarian and Board Member for the Calgary Girls’ School, Past-President of the University of Calgary Alumni Association and former member of the University of Calgary Senate. In recognition of her extensive community work and her excellence in business, Tamara was recognized as one of Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40 in September 2007.
Tamara holds a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Calgary.
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Margo Purcell, Board Member
For her entire career, Margo Purcell has developed creative ways to help people share the best of themselves, their talents and their abilities with others. Her extensive skills in facilitating and team building have made her a valuable resource to companies that are performance-focused and interested in realizing the true potential of their employees and managers. Margo is especially gifted in one of the most important areas in which a facilitator excels: listening. Open and receptive to what people say and, equally important, what they don't say, Margo brings to her workshops an environment of inclusiveness where ideas and possibilities are fostered and explored.
In customizing workshops for her clients, Margo has several high quality instruments available to integrate as a licensed Insights Discovery™ practitioner and a qualified Myers-Briggs MBTI® Step I and II provider. Margo is a Destination Coach graduate and received certification as an Inspirational Coach through the University of Strathclyde. She has developed a program called Teamscaping© which includes a team development workshop incorporating the concepts of xeriscaping. Margo has a strong social conscience and is an advocate with RESULTS Canada, a grassroots citizen organization committed to creating the political and collective will to end poverty. She has successfully lobbied the Canadian federal government as well as international institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC to take on a greater role in eliminating poverty around the world. She is an active volunteer contributing to organizations aligned with her vision that every person has unlimited potential given the opportunity and support to achieve it.
Margo currently resides in Calgary, Alberta with her family.