Jill Kelland
Manager, social and vocational programs, Regional Mental Health , Capital Health
Being an entrepreneur in Alberta is no big deal. Bringing entrepreneurial business strategies into a big-city health authority and making them work with clients is. Jill Kelland is guilty of the above; of expanding client services, of cutting costs, and increasing efficiencies in her division. But more importantly, she’s helped increase understanding that social vocational programs can help people with mental health conditions compete in the marketplace, not just feed on it. “I like going to work because I feel I’m accomplishing something,” she says. (more…)