TELUS Calgary and Southern Alberta Community Board in action

Our Calgary and Southern Alberta Community Board has donated $10.65 million since 2005 to 669 grassroots projects, charities and organizations.

How we made a difference in 2024

$575K

Budget allocated

36

Local charities
Eleanor Chiu

Eleanor Chiu (Chair)

Chief Financial Officer, Trico Group

Eleanor Chiu is a prominent leader in the business and philanthropic community in Calgary. She is genuinely passionate about ensuring her contributions make a significant difference. Her long list of volunteer roles have included sitting on the Mount Royal University Board of Governors, Alberta Children’s Hospital Board, and treasurer of Immigrant Access Fund Board. She and her husband, Wayne, founded the Trico Charitable Foundation and she serves as one of their directors. In her role as Trico Group’s Chief Financial Officer, she helped build the Company from a small business in Calgary to one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies - a testament to her business acumen, and professional and personal strengths. She also held directorship of various public and private for-profit companies. Eleanor holds an FCPA, FCA designationa prestigious honorary designation awarded to CPAs who, through their outstanding achievements including community leadership, bring distinction to the accounting profession and serve as role models to others. 
Eleanor’s passion for entrepreneurship and keen awareness of the need for creative solutions to ensure sustainability in the non-profit sector has played a key role in setting the Trico Charitable Foundation’s mission - provoking innovation and building capacity in social entrepreneurship. The Bow Valley College’s Chiu School of Business was named after their family. Through the Foundation, the Chiu family has also contributed to the Calgary Stampede Youth programs and, most recently, creating an entrepreneurship hub at Mount Royal University and a social entrepreneurship centre at the University of Calgary. 
Through all of these endeavours, Eleanor Chiu has driven innovation and industry change in her profession, support of business studies and has demonstrated remarkable and outstanding achievement in her field and in the Community.
Navin Arora
Navin Arora (Vice Chair)
Executive Vice-president, TELUS and President, TELUS Business Solutions, TELUS Health, TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods, and TELUS Partner Solutions
Charles Buchanan
Charles Buchanan
Founder & CEO, Technology Helps
Mike Colborne
Mike Colborne
Chairman & CEO, Pacific Western Group of Companies (Retired)
Michael Filice
Michael Filice
Regulatory Legal Counsel, Regulatory Affairs, TELUS (Board Secretary)
Chandra Henry
Chandra Henry
CFO & Chief Compliance Office, Longbow Capital, and Board Director, Whitecap Resources and Headwater Exploration
Jessica Janzen
Jessica Janzen
Co-Founder of The Love for Lewiston Foundation, Motivational Speaker, Coach, Entrepreneur, Author, Philanthropist
Patty Kilgallon
Patty Kilgallon
Community Champion
Britt Kubicz
Britt Kubicz
Senior Community Investment Manager, TELUS
Greg McCallum
Greg McCallum
Senior Vice President, Employer Solutions, TELUS Health
Richard Milton
Richard Milton
Community Champion
Cindy Ngo
Cindy Ngo
Manager, Fund Development & Community Engagement, Calgary Drop-In Centre
Jonathan Perkins
Jonathan Perkins
Co-founder & CEO, TEDx Calgary
Kirby Redwood
Kirby Redwood
Lead Oskayapewis (CEO), Miskanawah
Leor Rotchild
Leor Rotchild
Sustainability Consultant, Best-Selling Author, Global Thought Leader
Kim Ruse
Kim Ruse
CEO, FearIsNotLove
Shazia Sobani
Shazia Sobani
Vice President, Customer Network Implementation, TELUS

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