Lee Funke

President, Torque Communications  Over a 30-year professional career, Lee has worked with politicians, agriculture producers, industry and government departments on land use, environment and energy policy issues. From 2010-2013 Lee served as the Alberta Government’s most senior communications professional in the role of Managing Director of the Public Affairs Bureau. He was a member of […]

Ivonne Martinez

President at Alberta Liquor Store Association Seasoned Government Relations and Communications professional with over 25 year of experience working with the Federal Government, Alberta and British Columbia Legislatures as well as the Oil and Gas Industry. She has worked for Cabinet Ministers at both levels of government as well as six years with Nova Corporation […]

Bruce Rabik

Rogers Insurance Bruce Rabik has been the COO of Rogers Insurance and the group of companies for 18 years. Prior to that he worked as an underwriter, a business consultant to brokerages across Canada as an independent and as part of Trivest – the first broker consolidator in Canada. He holds a graduatedegree in HR […]

Mark Smith

Secretary and Chair of Governance, Fairness Alberta Surmont Energy, BComm, LLB Over 25 years of experience in the energy business as an executive, director, early investor, and lawyer. Mark is the CEO of Surmont Energy and Spoke Resources Ltd. He has served as Executive Chairman, Director and/or officer of public and private companies in the […]

Pete Sametz

Previous Chair of Fundraising, Fairness Alberta Pete Sametz has more than 35 years of experience in the oil and gas, EPC and power industries working with large, intermediate and emerging companies, managing growth from startup to 40,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. His career has been characterized by entrepreneurship in startup companies and the early […]

Ian Murray

Past President, Fairness Alberta Owner and President, IMC Ian Murray is Owner and President of IMC (Ian Murray & Company Ltd). IMC has been in business since 1989 and is a Special Situation Consulting company.  Ian has experience related to commercial transactions and restructurings, policy and regulatory expertise, business development and project management. Ian has had […]

Ted Morton

Vice President, Fairness Alberta Ted Morton is currently an Executive Fellow at The School of Public Policy and a professor emeritus in Political Science at the University of Calgary, where he taught from 1981 to 2017. In 2013-2017 he was Senior Fellow, Energy and Environment, at the Manning Foundation. Ted was the MLA for Foothills-Rocky […]

Scott Ellis

Treasurer & Chair of Finance Committee, Fairness Alberta Retired I am a graduate of the University of Alberta whose has lived over 55 years in Alberta, in various locations and with different roles and varying levels of responsibilities. My education and experience has been in the financial and accounting field, in service related sectors including […]