Cody Slater – President and CEO, BW Technologies Ltd.
Influential Icon: Nouveau riche
An aspiring astrophysicist, Cody Slater took six months off from his studies at the University of Alberta in 1985 to develop a gas detector, for the oilpatch, that he hoped would pay for his tuition.
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Clive Beddoe – President, CEO and Executive Chair
WestJet Airlines Ltd.
Influential Icon: Pirate of the airways
Having planted his foot squarely on the throat of Air Canada, Clive Beddoe, founder, president, CEO and executive chair of WestJet Airlines Ltd., began grinding his heel into his floundering rival over the past 12 months by expanding the scope of his Calgary-based discount carrier.
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Bishop Victoria Matthews – The Anglican Diocese of Edmonton
Influential Icon: Divine inspiration
As the issue of same-sex marriage threatened to cleave apart both the worldwide Anglican Communion as well as the church in Canada, Bishop Victoria Matthews of the Diocese of Edmonton has risen to national prominence.
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Bill Bridger – President and CEO, Alberta Ingenuity
Influential Icon: Funding futures
If he had his druthers, Bill Bridger would probably rather be on this list of influential people about 20 years from now.
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Bert Crowfoot – CEO, Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta
Influential Icon: Media mogulite
It’s been 21 years that Bert Crowfoot has published Windspeaker, a national magazine that has rattled cages both inside and outside of the aboriginal community with hard-hitting features and exposés.
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Arno Doerksen – Chair, Alberta Beef Producers
Influential Icon: Beef baron
All in all, Arno Doerksen would rather spend time fixing fences, feeding cattle and generally enjoying the boundless sky and endless prairie on his 1,400-acre ranch near Gem, about 160 kilometres east of Calgary.
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Anne McLellan – Deputy Prime Minister,
Minister, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Government of Canada
Influential Icon: Deputy Dawg
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Allan Klassen – President, Calgary Region Home Builders Association
President and Managing Partner, Albi Homes Ltd.
Influential Icon: Home on the range
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Adam Waterous – Senior Managing Partner, Waterous & Co.
Influential Icon: Energy trader
In any major deal in Calgary’s oilpatch, the chances are quite high that investment banker Adam Waterous had a hand in the transaction.
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Aaron Falkenberg – Chair, AVAC Ltd., Growing Alberta and Alberta Chicken Producers
Owner, Skyline Poultry Farms Ltd.
Influential Icon: Chicken man
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