ATB Financial
Hertz, Joan
Joan Hertz is chair of ATB Financial’s board of directors. She previously served as a director at ATB Financial from 2008 to 2018, and as chair of the governance and conduct review committee. She currently serves as a board member and chair of the governance committee for Edmonton International Airports, and is vice chair of the board and chairs the Growth and Innovation Committee of Covenant Health. She also sits as a public member on the CPA Canada Board. She has served on Alberta's Promise and was formerly with Kids Kottage Foundation and Edmonton Catholic Cemeteries board, as well as with numerous other Crown and community boards.
Bashir, Naseem
Flynn, Kara
Minhas, Manjit
Manjit Minhas is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist in the liquor industry and also appears as a television personality on the Canadian reality series Dragons’ Den. Manjit’s unique experience has given her a range of knowledge in brand development, marketing, sales management, and retail negotiation. Manjit has a variety of board experience, including as co-chair of United Way Campaign and previously as a director of West Island College and TransCanada Trail. Manjit has her B.Sc. from the University of Regina and her ICD.D from the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Smitten, Don
Mr. Smitten is a Chartered Professional Accountant, and he has significant accounting and c-suite experience. From 1980 to June 2021, Mr. Smitten held a number of positions with the Alberta Motor Association, including as it Chief Executive Officer from July 2002 to June 2021. Mr. Smitten currently serves as a director of the Excel Society, which is a non-profit disabilities and mental health services provider in Edmonton and Calgary.
Kelly, Michael
Mr. Kelly is a Chartered Professional Accountant with over 30 years of experience working with growth-oriented businesses in Canadian and international markets, including the oil sector. From 2018 to 2021, Mr. Kelly was the Chief Financial Officer of Step Energy Services Ltd., a pressure pumping company with operations in Canada and the United States. He currently serves as the board chair of Habitat Life Sciences Inc. and Enersoft Inc. Mr. Kelly holds an Institute of Corporate Directors designation.
Matthew, Jill
Ms. Matthew is a Chartered Professional Accountant with over 30 years of senior leadership experience on large scale-operations and projects in the post-secondary education sector, utilities and energy, and government industries. Since 2019, Ms. Matthew has served as the Vice-President, Administration and Chief Financial Officer of NorQuest College. She currently serves as a director and chair of the Human Resource and Governance Committee of the Alberta Safety Codes Council. From 2010 to 2013, Ms. Matthew served as the Divisional Vice-President, Customer Services and Business Planning with Epcor Utilities Inc. Ms. Matthew holds an Institute of Corporate Directors designation.
Saint-Laurent, Maryse
Ms. Saint-Laurent ahs over 20 years of experience as a transactional, corporate and securities lawyer in the energy and electricity sectors. She has led several public financing transactions and has a strong governance and policy development background. She has served as a director of private, public and not-for-profit corporations.
Ms. Saint-Laurent holds a LLM, York University, Osgoode Hall, and an LLB and BA from the University of Alberta.