Speakers - Food Leadership Summit 2025

Sadie Anwender Owner, Me 'N My Shorthorns & Simmentals ⟶

Willemijn Appels Senior Research Chair, Lethbridge Polytechnic ⟶

Roger Armstrong Director, Emission Offsets, Government of Alberta ⟶

Rachelle Arpin National Sustainability Lead – Agriculture and Food, Ducks Unlimited Canada ⟶

Lisa Ashton Director of Agriculture Policy, RBC Thought Leadership ⟶

Kevin Auch Owner/CEO, Auch Farms ⟶

Tannis Axten Owner, Axten Farms ⟶

John Baker President, Baker Marketing Services International ⟶

Shelley Balanko Senior Vice President, The Hartman Group ⟶

Stephanie Baryluk Indigenous Chef, Nihkhah ⟶

Nick Betts Executive Director, Canadian Alliance for Net Zero Agri-food (CANZA) ⟶

Lisa Bishop-Spencer Executive Director, Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI) ⟶

Ken Boessenkool Partner, Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips Policy Advisors ⟶

Tenille Bonoguore Strategic Initiatives Lead, Arrell Food Institute ⟶

Jerry Bos President, Boscenic Farms Ltd. ⟶

Pierre Bouchard Head - Protocol Development and Horizontal Engagement Unit, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) ⟶

Harvey Bradford President, Field to Market Canada ⟶

Alain Brandon Vice President, Sustainability, Social Impact & Government Relation, Loblaw Companies Limited ⟶

Kaleigh Brinkhurst Manager of Sustainable Finance & Insights, Farm Credit Canada ⟶

Fiona Briody Program Manager, On Farm Climate Action Fund Program, RDAR ⟶

Chris Bunio Co-founder and the CEO, TheoryMesh ⟶

Jane Church Corporate Engagement Director, Nature United ⟶

Cherie Copithorne-Barnes CEO, CL Ranches Ltd. and 1st Vice Chair, Calgary Stampede ⟶

Joel Cowley CEO, Calgary Stampede ⟶

Keith Currie President, Canadian Federation of Agriculture ⟶

Ray Daniels Sustainability Lead, BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions ⟶

Anna De Paoli Director, De Paoli & Associates Inc. ⟶

Gitane De Silva Founder & President, GDStrategic ⟶

Dana Dickerson Director of Market Development and Sustainability, Grain Farmers of Ontario ⟶

Wendy Ell President, Industries in Transition Inc. ⟶

Brianna Elliot Project Lead, Technology Access Center for Livestock Production, Olds College ⟶

Scott Exner Partner, MLT Aikins LLP ⟶

Katherine Festeryga Lead, Mission from MaRS: Food & AgTech, MaRS Discovery District ⟶

Melissa Fifield Head, BMO Climate Institute ⟶

Mackenzie Fingerhut Owner, Fingerhut Farms Inc / MJ Ag Solutions Ltd ⟶

Sally Flis Director, Sustainable Ag Programs, Nutrien Ag Solutions ⟶

Andrea Gal Director, Data & Marketplace Strategy, Canadian Alliance for Net-Zero Agri-food (CANZA) ⟶

Elizabeth (Shirt) Gamble CEO, Profoundry ⟶

Bryan Gilvesy Chief Strategy Officer, ALUS ⟶

Margaret Glover Chief Product Officer, CropMind ⟶

Pearce Gourley Sustainability Associate Manager, PepsiCo ⟶

Syma Habib Food Resilience Specialist, City of Calgary ⟶

Martha Hall Findlay Director, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary ⟶

Dr. Maryia Halubok Project Manager, CSA Group ⟶

Andre Harpe Chair for the Board of Directors, Canadian Canola Growers Association ⟶

Greg Hart Chief Design Officer, InceptionU ⟶

Justine Hendricks President and CEO, Farm Credit Canada ⟶

David Hughes President and CEO, Generate Canada ⟶

Marlise Hunter Director, Ecosystem Partnerships, Farm Credit Canada ⟶

Charlotte Langley CEO, Langley Foods ⟶

Virginie Lavallée-Picard Director of Strategy and Development, Farmers for Climate Solutions (FCS) ⟶

Kendra MacDonald CEO, Canada's Ocean Supercluster ⟶

Jeny Mathews-Thusoo Program Lead, Resilience & Futures, City of Calgary ⟶

Michael H. McCain Executive Chair, Maple Leaf Foods ⟶

Tyler McCann Managing Director, Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute ⟶

Dana McCauley CEO, Canadian Food Innovation Network ⟶

Kim McConnell Ag Advocate ⟶

David McInnes Principal, DMci Strategies ⟶

Chris McKee Senior Vice-President, Business Development, National Circle for Indigenous Agriculture and Food (NCIAF) ⟶

Tyler Meredith Partner, Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips Policy Advisors ⟶

David Moss Director of BD & Strategic Initiatives, Animal Agriculture, Telus Agriculture and Consumer Goods ⟶

Indira Moudi CEO, Viandes Lafrance ⟶

Mike Nemeth Sr. Manager, Ag and Environmental Sustainability, Nutrien ⟶

Sophie Neveux Director of Global Sustainability, Agropur ⟶

Lori Nikkel CEO, Second Harvest ⟶

Edward Olsen Partner, Leader, Environmental, Social & Governance, MNP ⟶

Jason Persall Founder, Persall Fine Foods Co. ⟶

Kristi Peters Food Systems Planner, Climate Adaptation, The City of Calgary ⟶

Shannon Phillips Partner, Meredith Boessenkool & Phillips Policy Advisors ⟶

Brent Preston President, Farmers for Climate Solutions ⟶

Amanda Richardson Executive Director, Centre for Agri-Food Benchmarking ⟶

Karen Ross Executive Director, Farmers for Climate Solutions ⟶

Michael Sabourin Executive Chef, BMO Centre at Stampede Park ⟶

Simon Scott Vice President, Global Communications, Nutrien ⟶

Helen Seibel VP & Head, Employee & Community Giving, BMO ⟶

Ken Seitz President and CEO, Nutrien ⟶

Minister RJ Sigurdson Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Government of Alberta ⟶

Greg Stamp Seed Sales Manager, Stamp Seeds ⟶

Barbara Swartzentruber Senior Advisor, Canadian Alliance for Net-Zero Agri-food (CANZA) ⟶

Kristine Tapley Sustainability Director, Cargill ⟶

Natasha Tippett Director of Ventures, CDL-Rockies ⟶

Ryan Tougas-Cooke Program Director, Sustainable Agriculture, Smart Prosperity Institute ⟶

Eldon Weasel Child Culture, Language, and History Teacher at Old Sun Community College and Blackfeet Community College ⟶

Galen G. Weston Chairman, Loblaw Companies Limited ⟶

Jesse Wiebe Community Development Lead, Startup TNT ⟶

Kallie Wood President & CEO, National Circle for Indigenous Agriculture and Food ⟶

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