Account Log InInMotion Network Board of Directors 2011
We are looking for committed, energetic members who want to serve with its Board of Directors.
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Amy MacKinnon – Board Chair, Chair of Governance and Finance Committee
Amy has been involved with the InMotion Network since 2005. She has been involved with a number of committees and currently holds the position of Board Chair.
Amy earned her Physical Education Degree from the U of A, a Diploma in Management Studies from Grant MacEwan College. Amy is a Client Services Coordinator at the Canadian Paraplegic Association (Alberta) and has worked in the area of disability for the past 7 years.
She’s also working on a business plan for a social enterprise, Eager Beaver Adventures, specializing in activity programming and adventure travel for niche populations, such as women and those with mobility impairments. Amy also runs an outdoors adventures program through CPA (Alberta), which involves bringing previously inaccessible outdoor activities to those with mobility impairments – activities such as rock climbing, canoeing/kayaking, and cross country handcycling.
Amy enjoys international travel, running, hiking, rock and ice climbing, reading, yoga, mountain biking and hanging out with her dog. Her goals for 2011 are to participate in the MS Mountain Bike tour, 24 Hours of Adrenaline, the Sinister 7, and a complete her 3rd marathon. Amy is a tour-guide with Downhill Riders and is an avid snowboarder.
Liz Ferguson – Director, Chair of Nominations Committee
With a background in sport administration, Liz finished her fourteen year tenure as an employee with Rugby Canada as Executive Director with that organization. She also served as ED for the Alberta Soccer Association and with the Northern Alberta Hostelling Association.
As a volunteer in sport, Liz has focused largely on leadership and organizational development. The founding president of the Alberta Women's Rugby Union in the early 1980s, Liz worked with a committed group of women in Alberta and across the country, as well as a supportive provincial Association, to organize National Women's Rugby Championship and the inaugural International Test against the USA in 1987.
More recently, Liz was involved in the creation of the International Rugby Board's Strategic Plan for the Development of Rugby for Women and Girls, endorsed in 2006 and facilitated a similar strategic planning workshop for the North America and Caribbean Rugby Association.
Liz played rugby in Calgary and Ottawa for nearly 15 years, representing Alberta and Quebec in National Championships, and with NCCP Level II qualifications, coached for several years at the high school level in Ottawa.
She stays fit by running, cross-country skiing and cycling.
Juliamai Giffen – Director, Chair InMotion Race Committee
Julamai has been practicing law with McCarthy Tetrault LLP for the last six years in the area of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions. She advises both public and private companies on financings, continuous disclosure obligations, acquisitions and divestitures, and provide boards and committees with advice on a number of issues.
On the athletic front, Juliamai has played competitive sport throughout her life thus far and continues to be extremely active. She’s a former member of the U of C varsity women's soccer team (1995-2000; National Champions in 97-98); member of the Alberta Women's Provincial Soccer Team from 1992-1998 including attending the Canada Summer Games etc. She also spent a number of years coaching (volunteering and employment) with the Alberta Soccer Association, Dinos Soccer Camps with the U of C and Lindsay Park (now Talisman) men and women ages 5-50.
Franki Harrogate - Director
Currently an undergraduate student studying Psychology at Grant MacEwan University, Franki has always been interested in the effect of activity level on mental well-being. Active in a variety of volunteer organizations, she is currently assisting in the foundation of an Edmonton Media Co-op and participating in a Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton awareness and fund-raising campaign. A member of the Physical Activity Committee since 2007, Franki recently also joined the Board of the InMotion Network. Her hobbies have included walking, kendo, kenjutsu, aerial trapeze, handstands and flexibility, fencing (foil and sabre), hiking and running.
As a third-year student, Franki is also involved in a Music Psychology Lab at Grant MacEwan. Currently working on a research proposal for a study to take place in the near future, Franki is also looking at research involving music, physical activity and psychological responses. It is her hope to one day be able to combine specific physical activities as well as music in the treatment of certain mood disorders.
Having been a volunteer with InMotion for 4 years, Franki has had the opportunity to see what a difference the Go Girl, Girls in Motion and Women in Motion programs have made in communities. She looks forward to continuing to see the changes in regard to outlooks on fitness, nutrition and overall health that can take place when girls and women are provided with the opportunity to explore the world of physical activity.
Emilea Saadeh – Director, Chair of Education Committee
ACTIVE and IN-MOTION are both great ways to describe Emilea. These two words describe her career objectives (promoting health though physical activity), her personal leisure time (any free time is spent In-Motion) and her community involvement (leading and participating in active or health-related events). For these reasons, she is thrilled to have the opportunity to be an ACTIVE board member of the InMOTION Network.
Emilea currently works for the Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association (ANFCA). In her past 3 years with the ANFCA, she has utilized her Bachelor of Physical Education degree to develop child-friendly, culturally-appropriate diabetes prevention resources for Aboriginal children, to lead summer-camps and to organize “Run of Unity” and “Walk for Friendship” events. Her experience in health, wellness and physical activity has allowed her to write books (The Sacred Circle: preventing type 2 diabetes), articles (Reframing physical activity for Aboriginal communities) and newsletters (ANFCA “Step by Step” Newsletter). Emilea is a board member for other health-promoting organizations such as Alberta Centre for Active Living and the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sports & Physical Activity (CAAWS). She is also a CAAWS facilitator for the Aboriginal Women and Leadership and the Aboriginal On the Move workshops.
In her spare time, Emilea is either biking or hiking outdoors or teaching indoor cycling (Spinning) classes for World Health.
She believes that the InMotion Network is a great place to spread her passion and commitment for health and wellness, especially to other girls and women. Emilea’s greatest gratifications come from being a positive female role model and helping others achieve greater health through fun physical activities. The best energy boost she finds for fulfilling her goals comes from networking with other like-minded, ambitious and strong women.
Monika Schloder – Director
Monika earned her Ph.D. from Arizona State University and taught at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Kinesiology, with a focus on curriculum design, teaching and coaching pedagogy, foundations of coaching, ethics and fair play, sociology and international sports, and more. She received the 3M Teaching Excellence Award for Canadian Universities in 1996 and earned the University of Calgary’s Teaching Excellence Award on three occasions.
Monika is the 2008 Alberta Coach of the Year and is an active coach having coached athletes from beginning to Olympic Levels in Canada and the USA (Swimming, Artistic Gymnastics, Rhythmic Sportive, and Athletics). She was a former NCCP and Alberta Course Conductor until 2005 and is now an Alberta NCCP Learning Facilitator in the new NCCP program. She is a well-known speaker and presenter at International Congresses. Monika served as the German Olympic Attaché at the 1988 Winter Olympics, the first female ever to serve in this capacity.
Janet Shaikh – Director
Janet Shaikh has a great appreciation for the benefits of athletics. From a young age Janet’s participation in gymnastics, ballet, basketball, climbing and skiing have helped her develop the skills necessary to succeed in today’s competitive workplace. Whether it’s working alone or with others, Janet’s participation in sports has given her the drive to succeed.
Janet holds a Psychology degree from the University of Calgary where she achieved first class honours, while at the same time volunteering as a coach for Calgary’s wheelchair track team. Upon graduation she moved to Hawaii – where she worked for the Department of Health with a focus on adult mental health. While in Hawaii, Janet completed a Master of Arts degree in Political Science, while working as a graduate research assistant and taught herself how to surf while participating in swimming, hiking and biking.
After graduation Janet undertook an internship with the International Atomic Energy Association, an agency affiliated with the United Nations, in Vienna, Austria before returning to Calgary to complete a law degree at the University of Calgary. Janet is currently articling with Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP in Calgary. She is expected to be called to the Alberta Bar in August of 2011.
In her free time Janet likes to hike, bike, rollerblade, participate in yoga and run outside.
Harmanie Taylor - Director
BA Drama, Arts and Cultural Management Certificate
Harmanie has been working as a professional artist and dancer for the past two years, as a performer, mentor, and the Managing Director of the iDANCE Edmonton advisory board. She was instrumental in developing a wheelchair dance program at The Steadward Centre for Personal & Physical Achievement in 2006 that has evolved into the current integrated dance program iDANCE. Her training in arts management benefits both iDANCE and the Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Association of Northern Alberta, where she is a board member and the Peer Support Evening Coordinator.
Harmanie enjoys working on projects that promote quality of life for people with disabilities. She is looking forward to teaching children with disabilities at the Wheelbasics Wheelchair Skills Camp for the second time in May. In 2008, she worked for the Chamber of Commerce and On Site Placement Services, developing a mentorship program for professionals with disabilities.
Harmanie's past dance and advocacy experience includes promoting the Adult Spina Bifida Clinic Opening in 2008. She has also danced with mixed ability dancers from the UK in 2007 and 2008. She facilitated at the Global Youth Assembly 2007, and appeared in the GYA 07 documentary produced by the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights. Harmanie and Lindsay Eales were featured on CTV’s “So You Think You Can Dance Canada”. They were able to bring integrated dance to a national audience in Canada, and highlighted the value of dance for individuals with disabilities.
Keely Willment – Secretary, Chair Physical Activity Committee
Keely earned her BA in International Relations from the University of Calgary, and in 2007 earned her Masters of Human Kinetics in Sport Management from the University of Windsor. In her thesis she explored the relationship between athletes and the decision-making process in National Sport Organizations, focusing on ideas of “success” and funding models. She specifically looked at how athletes and sports were funded prior to the Montreal Olympics in 1976, The Calgary Games of 1988, and the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.
Keely has been working with The City of Calgary, Recreation since 2008. She is currently working on a special project with the United Way, increasing opportunities for children and youth to participate in recreation through a school gymnasium rental subsidy.
Keely is the President of the University of Calgary Women’s Rugby Club, and is the manager for the Varsity Dinos Women’s Rugby Team. In her spare time she enjoys playing ringette and field hockey, biking, and is currently taking her 200 hour yoga teacher training certification.
