Gil McGowan

Chair

Gil is appointed by the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL).

In 2017, Gil McGowan was re-elected to a record seventh term as president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, Alberta’s largest union advocacy organization, representing more than 175,000 workers in both the public and private sectors.

McGowan, a father of three, has presided over a period of substantial growth for the AFL and has been instrumental in putting many important issues forward for public discussion in Alberta. He has led public discussion and policy changes on resource development, reform of the temporary foreign worker (TFW) program, climate change and green jobs, a $15 minimum wage, pension reform, reforms to the labour code and employment standards, and reforms to occupational health and safety and WCB legislation.

Gil has been instrumental in coordinating the AFL’s political action campaigns, including the campaign that helped elect Alberta’s first NDP government in May 2015. That same year, Gil was named one of Alberta’s 50 most influential people. In addition to his position with the AFL, Gil also sits on the CLC’s Canadian Council and was Co-Chair of the Energy Diversification Advisory Committee (EDAC), a special committee established by the Alberta government to make recommendations about how to add more value to Alberta’s energy resources. He has recently been appointed to the Federal Just Transition Task Force to support transition strategies for workers and communities affected by the phase out of coal fired electricity across Canada.

Susan McGillivray

Vice Chair

Susan is appointed by Alberta Health Services (AHS).

Susan is a lawyer by training and has worked in the health sector in progressively senior legal and human resources roles since moving to Alberta from Saskatchewan in 1998.

Susan McGillivray is currently the Senior Program Officer, HR Talent and Workforce Strategies at Alberta Health Services (AHS). Susan’s areas of responsibility include employee and labour relations, total rewards, talent management and workforce strategies.

David Andrews

Board Member

David is appointed by LAPP Corporation.

David is currently the Pension Finance leader at The City of Calgary. His responsibilities include the Financial management of the municipal’s pension and retirement arrangements, including oversight of the preparation of the financial statements, funding and investment policies, audit, ensuring the plans compliance with legislation, leading triannual valuations and accounting valuations as well as the day to day financial requirements of the plans.

David is the Treasurer for Calgary’s Administrative Professional and Technical Employees Association (APTEA) representing non-union staff, and is on the Executive for the Municipal Employees Benefit Association of Calgary (MEBAC).

David is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) and holds his Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) designation in Canada and Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA) designation in the UK. Over his 15 year career in Finance David has held various leadership roles in Universities, manufacturing and construction companies.

Moira Game

Board Member

Moira is appointed by the City of Calgary.

Moira is the Manager, Total Rewards and Healthy Workplace with The City of Calgary. Areas of responsibility in this role include compensation, pension/benefits governance, and healthy workplace consulting and solutions to all employees at The City.

Moira brings over 25 years’ experience in the area of total rewards to the LAPP Sponsor Board, most recently as the Vice President, Global Total Rewards for Finning International. In addition to compensation and benefits accountabilities at Finning, Moira provided oversight of defined benefit, defined contribution and retirement savings programs in Canada and the UK.

Moira has experience in: public sector total rewards, through her time at ENMAX Corporation; private sector/publicly traded company experience and experience in the consulting sector, having worked at Willis Towers Watson in total rewards.

Moira holds an Honours Bachelor of Administration, a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) and a Certified Compensation Professional designation through World at Work.

Rory Gill

Board Member

Rory is appointed by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).

Rory is the President of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Alberta. In 2006, Rory became active in his local union, CUPE 709 - the Calgary Civic Foremen’s Union, where he served as a job steward. He went on to become a Trustee for the local in 2010, joined the Executive in 2011, and was later elected as the local’s Vice President in 2012, and then President in 2014.

Rory became active with the CUPE Alberta Division in 2011. In 2016, he was elected to the division’s Executive Committee as the Calgary Area Vice President. The following year, he was elected Southern General Vice President, working with CUPE members on improving pensions and benefits in their workplaces. Rory was then elected President of CUPE Alberta in March 2019.

Rory Gill has worked in the public sector with the City of Calgary for over 20 years. He first joined the City as a seasonal parks labourer in 1997 and worked in several different capacities until he was promoted to foreman in the Parks Department in 2001.

Rory is originally from Aberdeen, Scotland, though he primarily grew up in Calgary. He is the proud father of two sons.

Kent Hummelle

Board Member

Kent is appointed by the Council of Post-Secondary Presidents of Alberta (COPPOA).

In the role of Human Resource Director for Lakeland College since 2016, he leads the Human Resource, Occupational Health & Safety and Health Services functions for the college.

He brings 15 years of human resource and business experience in multiple sectors including healthcare, oil & gas, and post-secondary in jurisdictions including BC, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Northwest Territories and federally regulated organizations.

He is an active member of the Senior HR Officer Group for Alberta’s 26 post-secondary institutions. Kent holds a CHRL (Certified HR Leader) designation with the HRPA of Ontario and a Master of Management from UBC.

Colleen Purdy

Board Member

Colleen is appointed by Alberta Health Services (AHS).

A veteran of healthcare financial stewardship, Colleen is responsible and accountable for AHS financial planning, financial operations, contracting, procurement and supply chain management, capital management, planning and performance, and administrative oversight for internal audit and enterprise risk management. She also plays a key role in the ongoing implementation of the AHS Review and all financial sustainability initiatives.

Colleen spent more than a decade in financial leadership positions at Capital Health, now the AHS Edmonton Zone, including as senior financial officer of the former health authority. She returns to healthcare from ATB, where she most recently served as Senior Vice-President and Head of Brightside, which is the digital banking app under development by ATB.

Colleen is a chartered professional accountant and holds her CPA, CMA designation. She has more than 25 years of experience in financial services, healthcare and the retail sector.

Born in Saskatchewan, Colleen has lived in Alberta for more than 30 years; the last three in Calgary. She loves to spend time with her family, participate on a dragonboat team and find great places to explore. She is also an active community volunteer, currently serving on several boards, including the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter and the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards foundation.

Jason Schneider

Jason is appointed by Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA).

Bio coming soon.

Susan Slade

Board Member

Susan is appointed by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE).

Bio coming soon.

Heather Smith

Board Member

Heather is appointed by the United Nurses of Alberta (UNA). Heather is President of the United Nurses of Alberta, which represents more than 30,000 Registered Nurses, Registered Psychiatric Nurses and allied workers. She is a prominent advocate for Canada’s universal public health care system and a national pharmacare program.

Elected as UNA president in 1988, she has served in that role ever since. She received the Spirit of Tommy Douglas Award in 2007 for her commitment to the dreams of the late Saskatchewan premier and creator of Canadian medicare.

Smith came to Alberta in 1976 after training in Ottawa. While working as an RN in Edmonton in 1980, Smith became active in the union. She was elected as a local president in 1983 and has served on every UNA negotiating committee since 1984. She has played an important role in the Canadian Federation of Nurses’ Unions since UNA joined that organization in 1999.