Angie Gélinas
Angie Gélinas is President + CEO of the Nonprofit Chamber (formerly CCVO), Alberta's nonprofit sector-serving organization. In her first year as CEO, she led the development of a new strategic plan repositioning the sector as essential economic and civic infrastructure, launched NonprofitNow+, a capacity building program for nonprofit leaders, and negotiated a first-of-its-kind memorandum of understanding with the Mayor of Calgary's office. Over 30 years she has led arts organizations across the country, served as Deputy Minister of Culture, Youth and Recreation in Saskatchewan, where she co-chaired the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Deputy Ministers of Sport Committee, and ran an independent consulting practice focused on strategy, governance, and organizational development in the nonprofit and public sectors. She brings a Western Canadian perspective, deep experience in cross-sector partnership and public policy, and a career built on helping organizations find clarity in complexity. She is based in Calgary.