Erin (she/her) is passionate about building a more sustainable world through mentorship and within the public service sector. Her day job is as an engineer at The City of Calgary, and she volunteers as a key organizer of Fair Trade Calgary, a venture of Engineers Without Borders Calgary Professional Chapter, and sits on the Boards of the Canadian Fair Trade Network and Fashion Revolution YYC.

Aileen Ling (she/her) is a design strategist fostering community-led sustainability initiatives. She is interested in centering alternative and local economic frameworks. She is an interdisciplinary designer and co-founder at Makeshift Commons.

Yasha (she/her) is a Sustainability Engineer that is inspired by the Cradle to Cradle concept; She is passionate about the circular economy and helping companies curb GHG emissions and reduce the carbon footprint on the environment.

Lori (she/her) is a wearer of many hats and supports a number of cross-sector social and economic development initiatives across Canada. She is a Co-founder at Impact Calgary & INTONOVUS Canada, a Partner at Great Products & Services and Principal at umewe Projects & Consulting

Since Bibiana (she/her) was little, she was always worried about the inequalities that she was witnessing every day and the damage caused to the environment. She studied anthropology, became interested in tourism, and began to study it from a sociocultural perspective. Since then, her interest in tourism, seen as an agent of positive transformation, captured her attention so she immersed herself in the study and practice of sustainable and regenerative tourism. Now, she is focused on learning more about the circular economy to identify and develop innovative solutions in the tourism sector.

Elaine Laflamme, Ph.D., is excited to be a member of the Circular Economy Clubs of Calgary, Canada, and Global, which all work together but also initiate their own activities regionally, nationally, and internationally. Along with Circular Regions, another international organization, Elaine champions the educational components and networking opportunities to promote Circular Economies within her own Calgary, Alberta community, across Canada, and abroad. She lends her educational expertise, as well as her grant-writing and project management skills, to organizations and businesses interested in exploring collaborative partnerships to further their Circular Economy initiatives. She is proud to represent several Canadian businesses seeking funding to implement circularity principles.