Past Board Members
Past Directors
Stephen B Soules - Past Chair
Steve held the positions of Chief Financial Officer and Director at both Canbriam Energy Inc. (2007-2008) and Esprit Energy Trust (2002-2006). From 1990 to 2002 he had a number of executive roles at Canadian Hunter Exploration Ltd., becoming CFO in 1996. Steve worked at Gulf Canada from 1980 to 1990. He has served on several boards of not-for-profit organizations in the Calgary area.
Steve has a BSc. from the University of Guelph (1975) and an MBA from the University of Calgary (1987).
Annette LaGrange - Past Director and Past Vice-Chair
Dr. Annette LaGrange is the Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Calgary and past President of the Canadian Association of Deans of Education. She has been a member of the Faculty of Education, University of Calgary for the last 13 years. Dr. LaGrange has won numerous awards and most recently was awarded an Honorary Life-time membership with the Alberta Teachers Association, Early Childhood Council.Dr. LaGrange has worked with several international groups related to educational development. Currently she is involved with the Project Steering Committee, Kosovo Educational Development Project/CIDA.
She has extensive experience as a classroom teacher and administrator. Dr. LaGrange's areas of research interest include early childhood education, teacher education, and teacher certification.
Recent publications include:
Jardine, D., Friesen, S., Clifford, P., & LaGrange, A. (2001). "Back to basics": Rethinking what is basic to education through an interpretive study of the work of teachers and students in elementary school classrooms. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 47(2), 187-190.
LaGrange, A. (1999). There is a revolution: The Master of Teaching program at the University of Calgary. Faculty development at universities of education for the 21st century: Proceedings of the international symposium in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of Hokkaido University of Education (B1-1). Hokkaido: HUE Press.
Stephen Murgatroyd - Past Director and Past Chair
Dr. Stephen Murgatroyd graduated from Open University of the United Kingdom in 1972. In 1973 he joined the Open University as a research fellow. This led Stephen to becoming Senior Counsellor with the Open University in Wales where he obtained a Masters of Philosophy degree in 1983.Stephen then took on the position of Associate Editor of the British Journal of Guidance and Counselling and was a founding board member of the British Psychological Society's Counselling Psychology Section - all work which earned him a Fellowship of the British Psychological Society (FBPsS) in 1985. A doctorate looking at reversal theory as the basis for therapeutic practice followed in 1987.
In 1986, Stephen joined Athabasca University as Dean of the Faculty of Administrative Studies. He later became the first Executive Director of the Centre for Innovative Management (CIM). His work here led to a Honorary Doctorate in e-learning from Athabasca University in 2000. In 1998 he left the University to join Axia NetMedia. As a Vice President, he ran Axia's Lifeskills International Ltd business in Europe and also managed the development of Citizen Connect LTD - another Axia company.
Stephen has happily returned to Athabasca University as Executive Director, External Relations. The key to this work is building alliances, networks and connections between the University and its publics, developing opportunities for growth while ensuring that its relations with government, non profit organizations, for profit organizations and the public are positive, productive and supportive of the University's strategic intent.
Dawn Giebelhaus-Mains - Past Director
Dawn Giebelhaus-Mains formerly led the Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP intellectual property and technology practice group in Calgary. Dr. Mains has considerable national and international experience in the fields of intellectual property law (patents, copyrights, trade-marks, industrial designs, trade secrets, integrated circuit topographies), computer law, e-commerce, technology transfer, strategic partnerships, licensing and related international and business transactions and issues of concern to advanced technology businesses. Dawn represents a diversity of clients including those in computer, Internet, oil and gas, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Dawn has recently advised on the implementation of E-Zone Networks' Canadian operations with its customers, particularly in the area of product licensing and brand protection. Dawn has also advised a major software vendor with respect to marketing issues on the Internet. Dawn has presented lectures at Mount Royal College, University of Calgary and University of Alberta relating to intellectual property law. Dawn has numerous publications in scientific journals including Cell, Journal of Cell Biology and Journal of Biological Chemistry and has guest lectured in the United States and Europe. Dawn is a member of the Licensing Executives Society International, the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada and sits on the Editorial Board of the Canadian Intellectual Property Review, and Biotechnology Legislation Committee.Education:
- Admitted to the Alberta Bar-1995
- LL.B., University of Calgary - 1994
- Ph.D. Bio., University of Calgary - 1984
- B.Sc., University of Alberta - 1980
Jay Pritchard - Past Director
Since 1992, Jay Pritchard has been the Associate Superintendent for Foothills School Division. Prior to that, Jay was a senior administrator in a number of schools in the Calgary Board of Education.Jay received his Bachelor and Master of Education at the University of Calgary and is a Ph.D. applicant at the University of Alberta. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his outstanding contributions to the community including the Alberta Teachers' Association's Award of Excellence and Calgary Board of Education's Administrator of the Year.
Jay is the President of the Center for Leadership in Learning, an organization serving individuals and groups interested in promoting excellence in education. He also serves on the Physical Education Curriculum Committee, Alberta Learning, the Member Services Committee through the Conference of Alberta School Superintendents, the Steering Committee for the University of Lethbridge Masters Cohort and is part of the ATA's Specialist Council Memberships. He is also active in community activities, particularily sports and is a member of the Okotoks Community Association, the High River Chamber of Commerce and the Okotoks Rotary Club.
Karyn Brooks, CA - Past Director
Karyn is Vice President & Controller of Bell Canada. Prior to that date, she held various senior financial positions with TransCanada PipeLines Limited where she was employed for 13 years. She is a Chartered Accountant, having earned her designation when employed by KPMG, and is a member of the Institutes of Chartered Accountants of Alberta and Ontario. Karyn is a member of the Emerging Issues Committee of the CICA and is the Chair of the Committee on Corporate Reporting of Financial Executives International (Canada). She also sits on the Accounting Principles Committee of the American Gas Association. She was a member of the CICA's study group on accounting for rate-regulated enterprises and the Alberta Securities Commission's Taskforce on disclosures by oil and gas companies. She has a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours from Queen's University and has attended the Queen's Executive Program.