Board of Directors
Doug Page – Chair
Doug has served on the CCASA Board of Directors since May, 2003 and has chaired the Communications and Events Committees. He currently serves as an Executive Assistant to a MP in Calgary. Doug has experience as an entrepreneur in events, marketing and communications. He also volunteers his time at the Federal, Provincial, and Municipal levels in politics, as well having volunteered and worked for other social agencies in Calgary. Doug is also currently enrolled in the Leadership Calgary Class of 2011.
Katherine Bowden – Vice-Chair
Katherine has served on the CCASA Board of Directors since 1999. Kathy is a registered nurse in Ontario and Alberta with a professional focus on Quality Assurance and Professional Development. She is currently the Assistant Patient Care Manager Regional Pre-Assessment Clinics in the Alberta Health Services.
Sherry MacDonald, CA – Treasurer
Sherry has been a CCASA Board of Director member since 2007. Sherry is currently the Vice President - Finance, at Big Country Energy Services, a Western Canadian oil and gas services company. Previously, Sherry was employed at Ernst & Young LLP as a Senior Manager in their Assurance and Audit Services group and has a combined 11 years experience in public accounting. She has obtained both a BBA (accounting) and a BIS (information systems) from Saint Francis Xavier University and is a Chartered Accountant.
Harry F. Gabel – Secretary
Harry has served on the CCASA Board of Directors since November, 2003 and has held the position of Secretary for the past four (4) years. He is a professional Landman and is an active member in the Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen. He has made a career in the oil and gas industry in Calgary which has spanned the past 44 years. Over his career he has held senior positions in public oil and gas companies. Harry is the President and sole owner of two oil and gas exploration and production companies and Vice President and a major shareholder in another private oil and gas company.
Alana Casement - Director
Alana Casement has served on the Board of Directors since 2009. She is a life coach, writer and facilitator who work with people and organizations to develop healthy mechanisms for coping with stress, change and life transition. Her corporate and non-profit clients have included ATB Financial, Alberta Health Services and Volunteer Calgary, where she participated in a six-month executive coaching program for leadership development. A former communications specialist, reporter and college professor, Alana works with clients to understand their sources of stress, develop energizing routines, balance competing roles, and navigate transitions such as divorce, retirement and promotion. She has a master’s degree in mass communication (MMC), training in adult education, and is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) with The Coaches Training Institute. Alana is a member of the International Coach Federation and the Calgary Association of Professional Coaches
Ann Harding - Director
Ann Harding has worked her entire career in Tertiary Health Services and Community Mental Health. Ann’s educational history includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Brandon University, Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Western Ontario, and Masters of Social Work from the University of Calgary. Ann has held varying positions within her field of expertise working as a Mental Health Therapist, a Clinical Team Leader, and in several management positions in health and mental health. She has been instrumental in operations management and several project management processes where she has been successful in fostering collaborative working relationship with many community partners. She currently works as the Special Assistant to the Vice President, Research Initiatives at The Mental Health Commission of Canada. Ann is a member of the Alberta Association of Social Workers & Registered Social Worker in Alberta. She is a full member of the Canadian Group Psychotherapy Association (C.G.P.A.) and is a supervisory member of the Social Work Clinical Registry.
Mireille Harris - Director
Mireille Harris started her entrepreneurial career as a part owner and member of the board of directors of the publicly traded telecommunications company Revere Communications from 1996-1999. She then gained her Real Estate and Brokers License in 2002 and 2003 respectively and began as an Associate Broker at Remax Central, a position she continues to hold presently. From 2004-2008 she ran her own model and talent management agency called Kontakt West. In 2006, Mireille was granted her Commercial Real Estate License and also became and remains VP Sales for Vista Group Inc, a multi million dollar real estate holding and development company. In 2009, she worked briefly for the Calgary Zoo in the public education department. Mireille has sat on and chaired the board for St. Anthony’s school and was a member of the Real Estate Committee for the Alberta Children’s Hospital. Mireille lives her life as a life long learner, continually taking work related courses and is currently studying Russian and a hypnotherapy course. She has two children and loves spending time with them doing various activities together, including spending time with their dog, cat, gerbil and bearded dragon.
Tanya Clarke - Director
Tanya Clarke received a Bachelor of Social Sciences Degree, with a Concentration in Criminology from the University of Ottawa in 1994. Tanya felt her career was best directed in the Law field and received her LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1997. She then went on to complete her articling year at the Calgary Crown Prosecutors’ Office from 1997 – 1998 and became a Crown Prosecutor with Alberta Justice from 1998 – 2003. Today Tanya is extremely busy working as a mom at home with her 2 daughters, ages 5 and 7 with support from husband, Scott. Tanya is also the co-chair of the Rocky Ridge Royal Oak Public School Committee (RRROPSC). The RRROPSC is a committee formed in her community to advocate for their children in the public school system. They are currently working with the CBE, their MLA and of course their residents to achieve the best education and educational setting possible for their students. They are currently seeking funding for a middle school in Royal Oak and are working with the CBE to have their student’s redisignated to the new Northwest High School that is currently under construction in Arbour Lake.
