| Venture Publishing Inc. | ||
| PUBLISHING OFFICE 10259 – 105 Street Edmonton, AB T5J 1E3 Toll-free: 1-866-227-4276 Tel: 1-780-990-0839 Fax: 1-780-425-4921 Admin | SALES OFFICE Edmonton 10259 – 105 St. Edmonton, AB T5J 1E3 Toll-free: 1-866-227-4276 Tel: 1-780-990-0819 x 231 Fax: 1-780-425-4921 Anita McGillis | SALES OFFICE Calgary #4 Film Services Building B8 2526 Battleford Avenue SW Calgary, AB T3E 7J4 Tel: 1-403-228-4337 Fax: 1-403-217-6588 Dennis McCormack |
| Bios | |
 Ruth Kelly | Ruth Kelly is the president and CEO of Venture Publishing Inc., and the publisher and editor-in-chief of the award-winning Alberta Venture and Alberta Oil magazines and the online publication unlimitedmagazine.com. Venture Publishing’s custom publishing division also produces magazines for a variety of clients including Finning Canada, Alberta Cancer Foundation, Consulting Engineers of Alberta, Merit Contractors, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton Chamber of Commerce and Petroleum Services Association of Canada, among others.Ruth served as the 2005 chair of the board of directors for the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce and was chair of sponsorship for Edmonton’s bid for Expo 2017. She currently serves on the boards of the Banff Centre Leadership program and Travel Alberta. She is president of the Edmonton Business Council for the Visual Arts and chair of the Edmonton chapter of the International Women’s Forum. Ruth also chairs Epcor’s Community Essentials Council, which directs Epcor’s annual philanthropic activities. Ruth was recognized as a Global Woman of Vision in 1998, a YWCA Woman of Distinction in the Entrepreneur category in 2003 and received the Advertising Club of Edmonton’s 2004 Fellowship Award for contributions to the industry and the community. In 2005, she was selected as the Allard Chair of Business by the MacEwan School of Business and received a Centennial Medal for service to the province. The Canadian Women in Communications selected Ruth for their 2008 Woman of the Year award, making her the first Albertan to receive this national honour. She also received an honorary degree in business from NAIT in 2008. |
 Anita McGillis | When Venture Publishing Inc. was founded in 1997, Anita McGillis was there. When she’s out on a sales call or even among office staff, Anita represents what the company is all about: a positive environment equipped to meet a diversity of challenges. She loves the personal aspect of being in sales and the creativity that the role involves. Anita serves on numerous boards within Alberta’s advertising community and was recognized for her commitment with the Advertising Club of Edmonton’s 2008 Fellowship Award. Count on her to deliver a thorough understanding of how imagery, words and ad placement interact to create an effective marketing strategy. |
 Joyce Byrne | Joyce Byrne is the Associate Publisher of Alberta Venture and unlimited. Prior to joining us in February 2005, Joyce was publisher of the small but influential Toronto-based national title This Magazine and came to know Venture Publishing’s reputation through her work on the board of the membership association Magazines Canada. Joyce has been a director of Magazines Canada since 2002, sitting on the public affairs and small magazines committees, curriculum development task forces, and the professional development committee, which she chairs (2007-present). She has sat on program development committees for the Ontario Media Development Corporation, the board of Word on the Street (Toronto) — where she developed the successful Canadian Magazines reading tent, the board of Theatre Networks (Edmonton), and is the proofreader (at large) for the biannual literary magazine Taddle Creek. Joyce is a frequent lecturer on business planning and marketing for magazines, and continues to be involved in the cultural magazine community through her volunteer work. In 2008-2009, Joyce will chair the Advertising Club of Edmonton (ACE) Awards, an annual awards celebration of the best creative produced in the Edmonton advertising community. |
 Kim Larson | Kim Larson has worked in publishing around Alberta for the past 17 years.She has worked on various magazines and custom publications as a graphic designer and art director through out the Edmonton area. Kim is Art Director on Alberta Venture magazine where she works with her team to create compelling layouts that tell the story and engage the reader. |
 Duncan Kinney | Web editor, community manager, photographer, videographer, writer, producer – Duncan Kinney is a digital native who seems to add new hyphenations to his job description every other day. A graduate of Mount Royal University’s journalism program, Duncan has freelanced for various newspapers and websites covering everything from daily news to the technology and start-up sector. An Alberta native, Duncan was born in Edmonton, raised in Calgary and had a brief stopover in Drayton Valley. Duncan is the web editor for all of Venture Publishing’s online properties. |
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