At the heart of CentrePoint is a dynamic, committed team of individuals who have chosen to make their career in the Non-Profit Sector. Besides being dedicated to strengthening the sector during work hours, many of us volunteer in the sector that we serve.

A.B. (Sandy) McArthur, CEO
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Sandy, our leader, has been at the helm of CentrePoint for almost 10 years. Sandy spent 25 years in the energy sector providing direction to three of the world’s leading engineering and construction companies. His management philosophy is grounded in the highest level of ethics and quality, in which an optimum return on investment is defined as much by social dividends as by financial rewards. Sandy’s focus on strategy growth development, combined with empowering people to ensure long-term results with exceptional organizational performance.

Jan Beardmore, Program Coordinator
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Jan is in charge of two major programs: Fund Development PLUS and Human Resources PLUS. Jan has over 15 years experience and a well developed skill set in the areas of client relationship management, customer service as well as account and program management. Her professional, open and friendly demeanor, along with her excellent management skills, ensure that the program quality and client focus are maintained .

Christine (Chris) Clarke, Manager, Consulting
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Chris is an accomplished strategist, facilitator and business improvement specialist with over 24 years of experience in energy, transportation, government and non profit sectors. With her well-developed skills in strategy development and approaches to change, Chris enables organizations to position themselves for the future. As an independent consultant for the last eight years, Chris worked extensively with organization leaders to distill complex business problems into actionable solutions. Chris’s work with CentrePoint is a logical value fit with her desire to leverage her specialized skills to give back to the community.

Cayly Dixon, Business Analyst & Consulting Support
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We are delighted to introduce Cayly Dixon as our newest associate, helping us to provide professional analytical and communications support to our larger client projects.  With a background in marketing and communications within the petroleum industry, plus a non-profit portfolio in partnering and sponsorship activities.  Cayly has experience in diverse topics such as data and decision support tools, brand and sponsorship management and events co-ordination. Cayly is a Dale Carnegie instructor and a graduate from the University of Toronto with majors in Management and Communication/IT.

James Flaherty , Director
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James has a major leadership role at CentrePoint, in charge of our emerging Knowledge Management Strategy, Consulting and Leadership Services. One of James’ responsibilities is to define and measure CentrePoint’s strategic growth and business development on an organizational level. James’ current focus is in leading the expansion of CentrePoint services across the province and in developing a Knowledge Management platform to foster a culture of openness, sharing and interaction across the non-profit sector.

Trudy Gahlinger, Associate
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Trudy is a highly skilled management consultant, specializing in providing services to the non-profit sector in strategic planning, Board governance and organizational effectiveness. Rounding out her portfolio is her ongoing involvement in community service. She has held a variety of volunteer roles, including a founding member of WordFest and Member Liason for the Calgary Foundation of the Arts.

Judy Hansen, Director, Consulting
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Connected to CentrePoint since the fall of 2000, Judy works with our consulting team to deliver customized management and non-profit solutions to our clients. We call upon her skills in project management, non-profit governance, process facilitation as well as strategic and business planning. She is involved in several client projects, and has a particular passion in introducing a new governance model to strengthen non-profit board governance in the Calgary region. Judy cites CentrePoint’s best practices as the example that she applies to her leadership role as a non-profit board member.

Maria-Lynn Johnson, Volunteer Coordinator
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Maria-Lynn brings to CentrePoint more than 25 years in business as well as non-profit experience in leisure services, literacy, education and seniors. She passionately supports the power and value of volunteers to advance the management of the Non-Profit sector. Her empathy and understanding of the non-profit sector strengthens our service delivery model in working with our volunteers. Maria-Lynn can be counted on to add wisdom to any discussion, drawing upon her skills in team building, program planning and training .

Frank Johnston, Manager, Consulting
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Frank volunteered with CentrePoint shortly after it was formed and has been a contributor since. With his focus in board governance and strategic and business planning, he enables voluntary organizations to develop the plans and commitments to address critical leadership challenges. He brings a deep appreciation of and commitment to the non-profit sector, having served for over 20 years as a senior manager and a community volunteer. Frank’s recent contributions include: enabling a housing organization to implement the three-year action plan to double its capacity for family housing; the revitalization of the board of a performing arts society; and, a needs assessment for capacity building in a mid-sized Alberta community.

Bruce Meyers, Director, Leadership Services
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Bruce has provided HR and general management consulting to CentrePoint and its clients since 1999. His management and consulting career has spanned the private and non-profit sectors. As a life-long learner, Bruce keeps current with trends and developments in management and leadership. He co-authored CentrePoint’s Alberta research report: Addressing the Leadership Challenge pertaining to executive tenure and transitions. He is a Certified Human Resources Professional, a Certified Executive Coach and a qualified Myers-Briggs Administrator. Bruce partners with leaders to help them address their goals and the complexities of organizational change. His current portfolio entails Succession Planning, Executive Transitions and Search and our Executive Leadership Coaching program (LEAP).

Heidi Miller Zerr, Manager, Consulting
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Heidi brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in the non-profit sector. Her specialty lies in working with organizations to recognize, evaluate and bridge the gaps between operations, strategy development and execution within a framework of organizational development – supporting individuals and organizations to build on their experience and expertise.  A thorough and flexible facilitator, Heidi is particularly adept at developing sessions and processes that respond to organizational needs through meaningful dialogue and transfer of learning to practice. Heidi is comfortable in almost any area of non-profit management from governance to organizational assessments to marketing and communications.

Ken Stowell, Administrative Assistant
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Ken Stowell is the smiling face greeting visitors to CentrePoint.  His confidence, organizational abilities and insight into marketing, strategic planning and financial markets come from more than 35 years in banking and the military, plus over five years at CentrePoint.  Following an unsuccessful attempt at retirement, Ken is fulfilling his desire to help people succeed at a professional level.  His well-developed interpersonal skills combined with his customer-service orientation show everything he does.  Rounding out his career pursuits are his broad array of leisure interests, including travel, golf and keeping fit.

Alanna Wall: Director, Education
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With over 15 years of project consulting and management experience in training and human resources especially in organizational development, Alanna’s dedication to excellence shines through everything she does. Whether working with non-profits, financial services, oil & gas or education, she thrives in a fast-paced, changing environment and is a force for progress in CentrePoint. Alanna’s team provides learning, fund development and human resource programs for our clients with commitment to creating learning environments which enable your success.

Maureen Weber, Program Coordinator
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With over 20 years of experience, Maureen applies her interpersonal relationship and organizational skills to all that she does.  Maureen is the welcoming front-line voice for CentrePoint’s education and training programs and is the behind-the-scenes force in supporting the delivery of our training programs. Maureen frequently volunteers her time and talents in various locales around the world, building relationships and communities.