50 Most Influential

Herb Der

Herb Der – Chair, Red Deer College Board of Governors
President and CEO, Community Savings
Influential Icon: Money sense

When Learning Minister Lyle Oberg appointed Herb Der as the new chair of Red Deer College’s board of governors, he cited Der’s business experience as a major factor.
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Hayley Wickenheiser

Hayley Wickenheiser – Hockey player, Calgary Oval Xtreme and Team Canada
Influential Icon: Ice queen

Already widely considered the best female hockey player ever to lace up the blades, Hayley Wickenheiser made the historic decision to cross the gender barrier by playing in a professional men’s league in Finland.
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Gwyn Morgan

Gwyn Morgan – President and CEO, EnCana Corporation
Influential Icon: Fit to lead

When your company’s year-end balance sheet features earnings of $3.2 billion on revenues of $14 billion, your opinion will be sought.
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Gerard (Gerry) Protti

Gerard (Gerry) Protti – Chair, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Executive Vice-President, Corporate Relations, EnCana Corporation
Influential Icon: Nation-builder

Even before assuming the presidency at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Gerry Protti had already earned a reputation as a smooth operator among business and political elites throughout the country.
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Ernie Patterson

Ernie Patterson – President, Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Mayor, Town of Claresholm
Influential Icon: Municipal principal

When it comes to extracting money from the Alberta government, few lobbyists have proven as persuasive with the Klein Tories as Claresholm Mayor Ernie Patterson, who was elected president of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association in September.
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Dr. David Lau

Dr. David Lau – President, Obesity Canada
Professor, Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary
Influential Icon: Fat buster

In diagnosing the country’s growing problem with obesity, University of Calgary professor David Lau has earned headlines across the country as well as attention from the medical community.
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Bob Normand

Bob Normand – President and CEO, ATB Financial
Influential Icon: Mr. Moneybags

ATB Financial is the only government-owned financial institution in Alberta, but CEO and president Bob Normand has been delivering private-sector results for his sole shareholder. For fiscal 2003, ATB delivered earnings of $172 million, a pittance by major chartered banks’ numbers but also a far cry from when ATB was a drain on the government’s treasury.

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Bill Comrie

Chair, The Brick Warehouse Corporation
Influential Icon: Little brick man

Even though this magazine named Bill Comrie as its 2003 Alberta Business Person of the Year in December, Bill Comrie showed no signs of wanting to rest on that or any other of the considerable laurels that have come his way.
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Alberta’s 50 Most Influential 2004

“The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.” >

Alberta’s 50 Most Influential People 2003

From A to W (Clive Beddoe to Rob Woronuk), meet the scene stealers of the past year
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