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Meeting will open for entry at 6:00 PM MDT and begin at 6:30 PM MDT.

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Kaitlin O’Grady, Program Manager

Kaitlin’s preparation for her career included Diplomas in Disability Studies and Social Work. She holds a degree in Health Sciences, majoring in Addictions Counselling. Her experience has focused on youth at risk, including residential contexts such as group homes, shelters and young-offender programs. She has contributed her learnings and skills for 9 years at The Doorway. Her deep commitment is rooted in principles of dignity, belief in young people’s potential and trust for them to guide their own path forward. She believes relationships are the foundation to supporting people, values being authentic and intentional and has witnessed the impact that being an invested adult can have on a youth.

Meeting will open for entry at 11:30 AM MDT and begin at 12:00 PM MDT.

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Robert (Bob) graduated from Concordia with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1979 and obtained his C.A. designation in 1981. Bob articled with Coopers & Lybrand in Montreal and in 1983 moved to Vancouver where he worked in the Insolvency Department of Coopers & Lybrand. In late 1985, Bob was recruited to Kraft Canada and returned to Montreal where he was first the Manager of Capital Investment Analysis, then Assistant Controller and ultimately, Treasurer.

Bob attended the Columbia University International Business Program while at Kraft. In 1988 Bob was again recruited, this time to Halifax, to act as C.F.O. of a food wholesaler/retailer that was in financial difficulty. This began a career that saw Bob and his family move to Toronto (Oshawa Foods) and Calgary (The Forzani Group), both turnarounds. At The Forzani Group, Bob joined as the C.F.O. in 1997 and in early 2000 became President before ultimately becoming C.E.O. in 2004. In late summer 2011 The Forzani Group was sold to Canadian Tire. In early 2012, after a brief flirtation with retirement, Bob joined Big Rock Brewery in Calgary as president and C.E.O.

Bob spends his spare time at his vineyard in the Okanagan. Indulges his passion for outdoor sports such as climbing and scrambling, cycling and in the winter Alpine and cross-country skiing. Bob and his spouse Andrea spend time with their three adult children and five grandchildren regularly as well.

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Premji was born in Iringa, Tanzania, to a somewhat poor Ismaili family who were often on the move. First in Morogoro, then in Tanga, then on the outskirts of Mtwara, he attended a series of public schools: “I did well in my studies and was active in sports, playing soccer, cricket, and volleyball. 

With the support of a university sponsorship, he ended up at the Muhimbili Faculty of Medicine in Dar es Salaam. There he studied Medicine and later Parasitology and began building a reputation as a “malaria guru.”

As a specialist, Premji took part in several influential studies. He was a leader in the Bagamoyo BedNet Project, collaboration with Johns Hopkins University that analyzed the impact of insecticide-treated bed nets. And he helped to pioneer a new diagnostic tool, popularly known as the Rapid Diagnostic Test, that’s now deployed globally for malaria diagnoses, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. 

Zul Premji retired to Calgary in 2016, to help take care of his grandchildren. “With time,” he writes, “hopefully I will return to Tanzania.” Until then, he speaks with the authority of someone who has met with success.

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Meeting will open for entry at 11:30 AM MDT and begin at 12:00 PM MDT.

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