Join us on Wednesday, Oct. 12 (9:30-11:30am) for a panel on The Cost of Inflation: Challenges, Sustainability and Recovery. The speakers will bring provincial, national and international as well as nonprofit and economic perspectives.
Moderator: Vinod Rajasekaran, Publisher & CEO of Future of Good
An award-winning innovator, Vinod Rajasekaran is Publisher & CEO of Future of Good, a fast-growing digital publication covering the social impact world for changemakers. We are the essential source of journalism, analysis, and commentary to make sense of a sector and society in transition. Thousands of changemakers read Future of Good every day. Our groundbreaking summits on Black Leadership in Social Impact, Dismantling Digital Barriers and Transforming Funding Models have convened more than 3000 changemakers to influence and accelerate change.
Panelists:
Andrea Hesse: CEO, Alberta Council of Disability Services (ACDS)
Andrea is an experienced senior leader with experience in both the non-profit and public sectors working in a variety of roles and portfolios across the human services in Alberta for over 30 years. She is currently the CEO of the Alberta Council of Disability Services (ACDS). ACDS is the advocacy voice of over 145 community disability service providers across Alberta that support Albertans living with disabilities to live safely and with dignity in their communities, provides numerous capacity-building programs for organizations and serves as the primary accrediting body for over 85% of the PDD sector. She has also held leadership roles in organizations serving children and families and was a senior leader with the Government of Alberta in the Ministries of Children and Youth Services, and Human Services for 11 years working on a variety of portfolios related to strategic and policy leadership for children and families.
Andrea completed both her B.A. and M.Ed. in counselling psychology at the University of Alberta and has presented at numerous conferences and events. As a community leader, Andrea served as a member on the Board of Directors of the Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations as well holding volunteer roles in a variety of community organizations.
Todd Hirsch: Todd Hirsch Consulting Inc.
For more than 15 years, Todd served as the Vice President and Chief Economist at ATB Financial. Using story, metaphor and image, he’s delivered neary 3,000 presentations, boiling down the complexities of today’s economy into simple language. He’s also worked as an economist at the Bank of Canada, the Canada West Foundation and Canadian Pacific Railway. For nearly a decade he taught economics at the University of Calgary and for the Executive Education program at the University of Alberta. He is the author of four books. His latest, Spiders in COVID Space: Adapting During and After the Pandemic, was released in March 2021. And for three seasons, Todd hosted a podcast titled The Future Of, which won a national award in 2021.
Bruce MacDonald, CEO, Imagine Canada
When carnivals and social good combined, it pointed to a path and for 30 years Bruce has been walking that route. From working for organizations that provide services to young people, older adults, persons with disabilities, community service clubs and sports and recreation groups, Bruce's experiences have led him to Imagine Canada, where he is the President & Chief Executive Officer. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada where he participated in a collective effort to bring mentoring programs to kids.
Bruce holds a Bachelor Degree in Sports Administration from Laurentian University, a Masters in Management in the Voluntary Sector from McGill University and a former record in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Since 2019, Bruce has served as Co-Chair of the Permanent Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector working with the federal government.
Registration is required beforehand – please register through the link below.
DETAILS and REGISTRATION:
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
REGISTER here
Please note that while registration is open to everyone, attendance is limited to the first 500 people to sign in to the live session. We suggest signing on a few minutes early to have the best chance of attending the live session. The panel will be recorded and shared on the ABNN website.
For any questions about the event or if you have a sector-wide topic suggestion for a future topical gathering, please contact ABNN.
