About Us
Sheri Brake B.Comm, MIR, CPHR
Principal
Sheri is an HR Professional, Facilitator, Workplace Investigator, and Policy Expert. She established AccessHR Inc. with the goal of focusing on high quality, ethical and creative human resources services.
Sheri has more than 20 years of HR experience, working with public, private and not-for-profit
organizations. She has developed expertise in workplace investigations, employment legislation and policy, talent management, organization design, strategic planning, and leader development.
She is motivated by complex data analysis and policy work and feels most at home with her sleeves rolled up in a creative and fast-paced project.
As a lifelong learner, she holds a B.Comm from Dalhousie University, a Master’s in Industrial Relations from Queen’s University and certificates in Career Coaching, Project Management, Workplace Trust, Workplace Restoration, Professional Coaching and ITIL. She is also a Certified Workplace Investigator and is a designated HR Professional (CPHR).
Sheri is the President of the Ugandan Girls Scholarship Foundation, a registered charity that provides scholarships to girls who would otherwise be unable to attend school.
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Heather Beck
Consultant
Heather is a senior Human Resources leader, with over 25 years people leadership experience. She has led organizations, in both Canada and the USA, through the full scope of HR responsibilities in growth and contraction cycles, including acquisitions, divestitures, and integrations. Her areas of specialty include Talent Engagement, Leadership Development, Learning & Development, Performance Management, and Change Management. She has a passion for clear communication, organizational alignment from leadership through front line employees, and creating an environment where employees are able to thrive in their careers
In addition to being an active CPHR member, Heather is an ICF Certified PCC level coach and has completed ORSC Team Coaching Fundamentals. She holds a B.A. from The King’s University College, an HR Management Certificate from U of C, and a Strategic Management Certificate from U of C. Heather volunteers as the President of Spin Sisters Mountain Bike Club, a Calgary based women’s only cycling club.
Patricia Bourne
Consultant
Pat is a professional business coach and values-based consultant driven by a deep commitment to positively impact others’ lives. With more than three decades of leadership experience, including 7 years as a CEO, Pat excels at inspiring and guiding leaders to achieve their fullest potential. At the heart of her coaching philosophy is the belief that leadership is not just about achieving goals, but about embodying values that resonate with authenticity and compassion.
In addition, Pat brings experience with Board Governance, including Strategic Planning, Board Policy development, CEO Performance Management Systems, and CEO Contingency Succession Planning. She is also an active community member serving on non-profit Boards including the Central Alberta Regional Victim Serving Society and the Innisfail District Chamber of Commerce.
Maria Cardenas
Consultant
Maria is a dynamic HR professional with over a decade of experience spanning business management, recruitment, and career development. She excels at connecting organizations with top talent and empowering individuals to achieve their career aspirations. With expertise in full-cycle recruitment, career coaching, and entrepreneurship, Maria has built trust-based partnerships with diverse clients across industries, including nonprofit organizations, Oil & Gas, finance, post-secondary institutions, and government.
Fluent in English, French, and Spanish, Maria seamlessly guides candidates and clients through the recruitment process, offering tailored career advice and ensuring an exceptional candidate experience. A natural collaborator, she is passionate about fostering win-win connections that align organizational goals with individual potential.
Maria holds a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA), a Human Resource Management Certificate, and is a CPHR Candidate.
Whether supporting businesses with recruitment solutions, facilitating or guiding individuals through career transitions, Maria brings professionalism, insight, and a commitment to delivering a positive and impactful experience.
Carey Con
Consultant
Carey is a Senior Consultant with over 25 years of experience including expertise in workforce planning, program and policy design, system evaluation and documentation.
For the past 10 years Carey has consulted on projects with multiple organizations to develop and deliver common sense people solutions. His work has included working with executive leaders to harmonize, integrate and communicate programs and policies across companies in Canada and the US. Project focus has included both HR projects and leadership responsibilities incorporating his process, project, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills. Carey has a reputation for listening effectively, seeking input from stakeholders, and quickly adapting to changing business requirements. Carey is a natural problem solver who thrives in an environment where collaborative decision making is valued.
Maureen Farrell
Consultant
Maureen is an accomplished HR Professional with over 20 years of experience, with expertise in Compensation. Her work has focused mainly on broad-based compensation including short-term and long-term incentives. Maureen has experience with compensation programs in three countries – Canada, USA and Mexico.
Maureen has concentrated her career on the execution of compensation programs, compensation consulting including benchmarking, job evaluation, as well compensation projects such as allowances and premiums. In addition, she has project-managed the annual compensation cycle including preparing systems and processes for program rollout and communication, development of recommendations, annual budgets and reports for management and Board of Directors. Maureen has participated in networking groups to influence the design of industry surveys as well as consulting with industry peers and vendors with respect to compensation practices.
Maureen has a Bachelor of Arts, Culture & Communication. She has recently expanded her continued learning experience working for a local soccer league as a Discipline Coordinator. In this role, she gained further knowledge in conflict resolution, networking with peers, and process improvement.
Iroghama Isiekwe
Consultant
Iroghama is an HR Professional with more than a decade of expertise across a myriad of HR disciplines. From recruitment to talent management, strategic HR planning, HR risk management, and policy development, she has honed her skillset through diverse experiences in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Holding a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management and CPHR certification, she combines academic aptitude with practical wisdom, to navigate complex HR situations.
Iroghama is passionate about harnessing the power of HR to propel businesses forward. Her career is marked by a steadfast commitment to optimizing processes and aligning them with business goals, all while upholding the highest ethical standards.
Ira Jairath
Consultant
Ira is a certified Executive Coach and member of the International Coaching Federation. She brings a warm, insightful, and results-driven approach to leadership development, professional growth, and team optimization and is passionate about the power of storytelling, creativity, and connection in leadership and personal growth.
Ira has 19+ years’ experience in leadership, management, and coaching across various sectors, including nonprofit, corporate, and community-based organizations and brings a global perspective to her coaching practice with international experience across Asia, Europe, and North America. She has worked with executives, emerging leaders, and frontline teams, offering tailored coaching and consulting services that align with organizational goals.
Ira holds a Master of Business Administration and is EQ-i 2.0 & EQ 360 certified. She is also a sought-after facilitator, delivering workshops on leadership, systems thinking, facilitation skills, and conflict resolution. Outside of work, she finds inspiration in art, nature, and cultural traditions and enjoys leading workshops that encourage self-expression and reflection.
Andy Kinmonth
Consultant
Over his years of coaching, client feedback consistently reports that Andy's coaching helps achieve a greater perspective (self-actualization) and a new ability to thrive within difficult relationships (bosses, peers, reports, family). Andy believes that coaching provides greater clarity which leads to greater capacity and in turn, greater confidence.
Throughout his career Andy demonstrated leadership, strategic thinking, and a caring voice of reason. He is now motivated to enable senior leaders to reach a new level of enlightened leadership.
Trika MacDonald
Consultant
Trika's vast knowledge stems from 20+ years of HR and labour leadership and project management experience include post-secondary institutions, public and private sector organizations at a local, regional, national, and international level.
As an organizational leader she specializes in Employee and Labour Relations, Policy and Process including Collective Bargaining, HR Consulting, Workforce Planning and Environmental Health and Safety. In addition to leading large teams of HR professionals, she has developed and delivered leadership training in both HR and EHS and led large HR transformational projects. Trika holds an MBA in Human Resource Management augmented by certification in Labour Relations, Diversity and Inclusion, Workforce Planning and EHS.
Susan McGuire
Consultant
As a Consultant and Coach, Susan brings 25 years of professional Human Resources business acumen from small to large, multi-layered, private and public sector industries to every project.
Susan is known as a genuine, client-focused, innovative professional and transformational change leader with demonstrated success in the design, development and implementation of value-add human capital processes and programs with a goal to exceed client expectations and maximize resources. She has consultative expertise in areas such as talent management, organizational planning, leadership and team development coaching, HR software implementation projects, process improvement, employee engagement & team facilitation.
Erika Mohle
Consultant
Erika Mohle, M.Sc., R. Psych, is an Executive Coach and Psychologist. She is known for presenting practical and challenging solutions to support people in leveraging their strengths, achieving their potential, and maximizing teams. She draws on her background as a psychologist to elevate her clients through research-backed, personalized, and real-world coaching.
Erika has and does work with a variety of executives and leaders, ranging from those at companies with annual revenue of over 25B, to CEOs of smaller firms. She has extensive experience in individual coaching, executive assessment, and leadership development. Erika is a Certified Executive Coach, received her Bachelor of Arts in Honours Psychology from Wilfrid Laurier University, and her Master of Science in Counselling Psychology from the University of Calgary.
Hilary Murray
Consultant
Hilary is a human resources consultant with more than 25 years’ experience in a variety of industries, including energy. She provides advice and guidance to business leaders on organization design, compensation, compliance, employee engagement, performance management, and policy implementation.
Hilary has also worked internationally implementing HR programs and processes during times of company growth, both organic and through acquisition. Other specialty areas include change management and leader development.
With her years of experience, there is very little Hilary has not touched on in the Human Resources field. She brings expertise with clarifying client needs and ensuring the right people are involved to improve HR practices and strategies for success.
Hilary has a Human Resources Business Certificate from the University of Alberta and certifications in Organizational Development Fundamentals and Developing Organizational Capacity and Change Management from Queen’s University.
Cheryl Oishi
Consultant
Cheryl is a senior Human Resources leader with over 25 years of people leadership experience, equally at home in the executive suite or supporting on the frontlines. Her areas of expertise include strategic HR planning and execution, program development, policy creation and revision, employee relations, performance management, employee engagement, termination management, and workplace investigations. Having worked in healthcare, public education, and the oil & gas sector, Cheryl’s hallmark of success has been her ability to align people, policies, programs, processes, systems and measures to meet the unique needs of each organization. In every initiative, Cheryl brings her eye for detail, an ability to surface both risks and opportunities, and a collaborative approach.
Cheryl has a Ph.D. in Multiculturalism, a Masters and Bachelor’s degree in Education, and a certificate in Human Resources. She also holds a CPHR (Chartered Professional in Human Resources) designation.
Bruce Randall
Consultant
Bruce’s unique combination of theoretical and practical knowledge, and work in the law, education and not-for profit sectors means he is uniquely well suited to advise and teach not-for-profit Boards aspects of governance and operations.
Most recently Bruce served as founding Executive Director of Calgary Region Immigrant Employment Council for 12 years before stepping away to focus on his consulting and personal interests. His focus at the helm of CRIEC was strategy governance, financial, programmatic, project, outcomes/impacts, research, advocacy, communication and operational oversight, budget oversight and direction and guidance for staff.
He now fills his time with hands-on governance, Board training, general advice and corporate secretarial support for Board of Directors and 2 primary Committees. He also serves as a sessional lecturer teaching Law for the Non-profit and Non-Profit Governance courses. Bruce holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.), and Bachelor of Arts from McGill University.
Stacy Sargent
Consultant
Stacy holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Alberta and a Graduate Certificate in Public Health from the University of Lethbridge. She has almost 20 years of experience providing quality services in public and private healthcare settings and implementing health promotion strategies on both an individual and community level. In addition, she has advanced training in planning, implementing, managing, and evaluating public health policy and programming.
Stacy brings her extensive professional background in support of a diverse array of AccessHR projects. She is well-versed in a range of qualitative and quantitative methods and is dedicated to delivering client-centered, customized services using an ethical lens. Stacy is known for her attention to detail and ability to effectively analyze and distill large amounts of raw project data into accurate, focused, and actionable reports that resonate with their intended audience.
It brings Stacy a high level of satisfaction to be able to provide services that have a direct and positive effect on peoples’ lives. When she is not engaged in HR work, her commitment to the welfare of others has guided her other activities. Alongside a history of volunteering across various organizations, she is currently a part-time dental hygienist with Nation's Dental. This social enterprise mobile dental hygiene clinic serves equity-deserving populations and reduces their barriers to oral health care.
When she is not working, Stacy is likely camping, hiking, skiing, paddleboarding, or relaxing with her family and friends.
Peggy Smigarowski
Consultant
An accomplished HR professional, Peggy has expertise in enhancing corporate culture by partnering with leadership, management, and employees. Through her work, Peggy is committed to excellent customer experiences.
Peggy is keenly interested in her own personal and professional development and thrives on sharing her learnings with others.
She is Master Certified in TypeCoach, MBTI Step 1 & 11, Dare To Lead Trained, is a Registered Professional Recruiter (RPR) and holds her Leadership Certificate from Disney Institute.
Bonnie Tamura
Consultant
Bonnie is a coach and consultant, deeply committed to personal and professional development. Using deep listening, presence, and insightful questioning she has coached hundreds of diverse clients to build awareness and navigate career exploration, career shift and job search.
Bonnie holds a Bachelor of Education from the University of Alberta as well as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) designation with the International Coach Federation. She is certified in Harrison Assessment Tools and is a qualified MBTI practitioner.
As a lifelong learner, Bonnie continues her own professional development including the Body = Brain program, a deep dive into the neuroscience of embodied awareness and learning.
Norm Volk
Consultant
Norm is a coach, mentor, connector and finds the greatest fulfillment in helping others grow, adapt, and succeed.
He draws on his diverse professional background which includes experience in the Forestry, IT, and HR sectors to foster meaningful and trusted relationships with local farmers, landowners, trappers, and Indigenous communities.
Norm also guides organizations and individuals through career transitions, helping them find clarity and direction. He continues to build a career, and a life, centered around growth, learning, and impact, providing career coaching to professionals in transition.
Norm holds a Master of Business Administration from Athabasca University, a GIS Application Specialist Diploma from Sir Sandford Fleming College, and a Forest Technologist Diploma from Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.
Beyond his work, Norm is an outdoor enthusiast who loves skiing, snowboarding, biking, camping, and traveling; he is always eager to explore new places and cultures.
Steve Cutler BA
Principal
Steve is a Career Coach and Career Consultant with extensive experience working with hundreds of career transition clients. Recognized as an authentic and non-judgmental career coach who listens intently and asks questions that require thought, honesty and self-reflection, Steve has also been described as “kind, caring, and authentic”. He brings a calm demeanor and a dedication to clients.
In addition to individual career transition coaching, Steve has become a trusted confidante and advisor to leaders and human resources professionals as they consider ways to exit and support employees with respect and dignity.
Steve is most passionate about assisting people with transitioning from doubt and uncertainty to confidence and clarity. His ability to support and collaborate with people while they assess their current situation and deliberate on options moving forward, with both their personal lives and careers, is an asset to everyone he meets.
In addition to a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from York University, Steve’s background includes a foundational career in operations and coaching in both the business and sports worlds.
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Tony Berthelet
Consultant
Tony’s coaching style is forthright and compassionate and seeks to foster personal growth through powerful conversations unlocking hidden potential and helping people be more effective within their organizations and personal life. He has worked with leaders at all levels of regulatory bodies, exploration and production companies, various manufacturing and engineering businesses, and non-profits to improve individual and organizational performance.
Tony also facilitates strategy session development and facilitation, working with clients to shape and execute strategic initiatives that both sustain organizations and help them achieve their targets. He has also served on the boards of publicly traded companies and been a member of several industry groups including CAPP and EPAC.
He is a certified EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 practitioner, a member of the International Coaching Federation, is currently finishing the Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching at Royal Roads University, and is a proud citizen of the Otipemisiwak Métis Government: The Government of the Métis Nation within Alberta.
Michele Braun
Consultant
Michele is an HR consultant specializing in the strategic management of employee development, including competency identification and assessment, employee development planning, and curriculum design and delivery. In her work, she exhibits a commitment to solutioning that is equitable, accessible, inclusive and recognizes diversity.
Michele loves helping clients identify business problems and increase employee engagement through solutions that align people and organizations. Her career and interests are varied, having worked in the public and private sector, in non-profit organizations, and across a range of industries. Her education has followed a varied path as well, with Bachelor degrees in both Biology and English, and a Master’s degree in English from the University of Calgary, a PhD from Northeastern University, and an MBA from the Haskayne School of Business.
Anna Consoli
Consultant
Anna has a passion for helping people make a meaningful change in their career.
After many years in academia and health research dealing with complexity and vulnerability, Anna brings empathy, compassion and kindness into her coaching practice. She takes an honest and insightful approach to help her clients feel safe, inspired and empowered by their own resources, abilities, and talents.
Anna’s coaching involves partnering with her clients in their journey from uncertainty to clarity. Her goal is to help them enhance self-awareness, explore skills, identify strengths and provide them with a clear understanding of the unique value they can bring into a new job or role. Anna holds two bachelor’s degrees in Education and Psychology and a Master of Science in Public Health. Anna is a certified coach with the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching.
Joan Ermelbauer
Consultant
Joan is a Coach, Facilitator and Organizational Change Management (OCM) specialist. She has spent her career supporting leaders in creating sustainable change driven by business transformations and technology in large organizations, small businesses and non-profits.
In addition to being a Positive Intelligence Coach (CPQC), an Integral Master Coach™, Joan is ICF-certified (PCC). Joan is also Prosci certified and a facilitator of Immunity to Change (Harvard, Cambridge). Joan received an undergraduate degree (humanities) from Queen’s and a Master of Library and Information Science (MILS) from Western University. An active volunteer, Joan coaches leaders in non-profits through United Way, and is a mentor for Women in Leadership (WIL).
Angie Gareau
Consultant
Angie is a senior human resource professional with experience in the energy, construction, staffing and non-profit sectors. Angie started her career in executive administration, however had a passion for human resources. She pursued further education in human resources to
support her career.
Angie has held leadership and individual contributor positions where she developed and delivered HR advisory services, talent acquisition strategies, and talent development programs. Her collaborative and practical approach has resulted in culture-changing initiatives for the organizations and individuals she has supported. Angie is passionate about helping people to reach their greatest potential. Recognized for her ability to gain trust and develop strong relationships, Angie is comfortable working with all levels of an organization. In her free time Angie gives back to her community as a volunteer ESL tutor, career coach and mentor to young HR professionals.
Scott Hitchcock
Consultant
Scott is a seasoned HR professional with over 25 years of cross-industry experience, specializing in designing and implementing Total Rewards programs that drive strategic corporate objectives. His extensive background across HR, combined with strong collaborations across various corporate functions, has equipped him with the business acumen to navigate both operational and strategic challenges effectively.
Scott has led significant initiatives, such as developing the U.S. pay structure, job architecture, and step scale progression pay program for a major Canadian retailer, while also spearheading the redesign and rollout of a new flexible benefits plan. At an international technology company, he played a key role in aligning the Canadian job architecture with the global framework, and introduced the organization’s first corporate savings plan with a matching component, featuring a Shariah-compliant option for inclusivity.
Scott's humility and approachability allow him to connect effortlessly with employees at all levels of an organization.
Megan Joyce
Consultant
Megan is a Human Resources Leader with more than 25 years’ experience, in a variety of roles and industries. Her passion is helping employers build and sustain enviable cultures and has an unwavering belief in fostering an environment where individuals can bring their best selves to work.
Megan’s most recent internal HR position was an HR executive in a mid-sized energy midstream organization and is now an independent HR consultant, helping small to medium-sized employers build a high-performance culture and a strategic HR function. Her strengths include navigating complex employee relations matters, building simple yet responsive HR infrastructure, and advising on compensation and engagement strategies. She is known for her big picture orientation, her ability to forge relationships at all levels, and has a reputation of integrity, transparency and authenticity.
Ingrid Kihl
Consultant
Ingrid is a Human Development Coach – co-creating development for people in all stages of career and life. A certified Integral Master Coach™ and a Gallup - certified Global Strengths Coach.
Foundationally a Human Resources Manager, Ingrid has supported all stages of the talent life cycle, coaching Leaders to excellence in all stages.
Ingrid has a 14-year body of work in Career Transition coaching more than 1000 people. Known to be compassionate, easy to speak with and a focused catalyst for the transition journey. In the last 8 years, Ingrid has studied and certified in Retirement Coaching – assisting the rapidly aging demographic and the organization to navigate this dramatic change in both career strategy and work force planning.
Ingrid completed studies in a BSc. Human Kinetics, is EQi2.0 and Leadership Agility certified and a 15 year member of ICF.
Chloe Lyons
Consultant
Chloe brings 15+ years’ experience in human resources and talent acquisition/recruitment. She has worked across diverse industries, including insurance, health care, finance/banking, technology, fitness, and industrial/consumer goods. She also specializes in optimizing talent management, employee engagement, and organizational development.
Chloe helps businesses navigate the complexities of workforce management to deliver sustainable growth and enhanced productivity. She has also successfully guided organizations in implementing best practices, building inclusive corporate cultures, and developing scalable HR solutions. By aligning human resources with business objectives, Chloe empowers organizations to maximize their potential and achieve long-term success.
Chloe also provides customized career coaching and transition support to professionals at various stages in their career including resume creation, interview preparation, job search strategies, and career planning.
Chloe holds a Bachelor of Arts from Western University with a specialization in Psychology and a Major in Sociology of Law, Crime & Deviance. She also has a Human Resources Certificate from Fanshawe College and is a certified Career Strategist and Career Development Practitioner.
Shannon Maher
Consultant
With over 20 years of experience spanning education and Human Resources, Shannon brings a unique blend of skills and expertise to the table.
Early in her Human Resources tenure, Shannon led training and development teams eventually shifting focus to include more diverse functions in various industries including Telecommunications, Retail, Oil & Gas and IT. Shannon specializes in compensation, HR Program development, policy creation and revision, employee relations, performance management and leadership development.
In addition to holding a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education degree, Shannon obtained designations as both a CPHR (Chartered Professional in Human Resources) and a SHRM-SCP (Senior Certified Professional from the Society of Human Resources Management). Shannon is recognized for blending analytical acumen with pragmatic solutions, leveraging a strong work ethic and a great sense of humour.
Pauline Melnyk
Consultant
Pauline is a recognized leader, Change Management Practitioner, Accredited Trainer and Coach; she expands the options available for Managers and their teams in various types of industry, not-for-profit agencies, adult education and governmental departments.
25+ years experience as a business and human resource professional, Pauline works to impact the individuals on teams in a positive way directly, willingly collaborating and sharing knowledge in change management, creative problem solving, leadership consulting, group coaching, issues management and stakeholder facilitation. As Certified Trauma Informed, Positive Psychology and Enhanced Narrative Leadership Coach, Pauline Melnyk provides a thought-provoking, creative approach with positive psychology interventions to the topic of Change.
Nini Obiaga
Consultant
Nini Obiaga BSc, CPHR brings close to two decades of professional HR leadership experience in a variety of sectors including non-profit, hospitality, healthcare and professional services organizations. Her work in the corporate world fueled her passion to work with small and medium sized organizations to help build their HR systems and programs from the ground up. Her approach has always been about using an entrepreneurial approach to the HR function to make it more efficient, and cost-effective while keeping employees engaged.
Nini has extensive experience in policy and employee handbook development, workplace investigations, strategy, talent management, employee relations, and training & development. She is a hands-on, personable, and practical professional and always seeks the best for her clients. She holds a degree in Project Management and has a certificate in Human Resources Management. Nini is an active volunteer and mentor to growing HR professionals with Calgary Region Immigrant Employment Council (CRIEC) and CPHR Alberta.
Meagan O'Reilly
Consultant
With a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Certification in Prosci Change Management, Meagan is foundationally trained in investigative roles and stakeholder management.
Beginning her career in Government Social Services, Meagan is comfortable bringing creativity to structured environments. Her time in Social Work led to the development of a varied tool kit Meagan uses to excel in people management, client relationships and difficult conversations.
As a communicator and influencer, Meagan can strategize, collaborate, and activate end-to-end delivery, while creating buy-in from all levels of organization. She has facilitated successful outcomes across diverse roles in areas such as New Home Construction, Mortgage Investment and small business Consulting. Most often hired for strategy, research, needs analysis and assessment, Meagan loves connecting with people and bringing processes to life.
Janice Richardson
Consultant
Janice Richardson is an experienced Career Transition Associate with a strong background in human resources, recruitment, career coaching, and operations. She excels in guiding individuals through career transitions, providing tailored support to help them confidently navigate their professional journeys. Known for her empathetic and motivating approach, Janice has earned a reputation as a dependable and approachable coach.
Her career spans diverse sectors, including manufacturing, oil and gas, IT, healthcare, retail, and various non-profit organizations. Janice holds a Bachelor of Business Administration specializing in Human Resources from the University of Regina and has earned Career Coaching certificates through the Career Professionals of Canada. She is a member of the Career Professionals of Canada, the Career Development Association of Alberta, and CPHR Alberta.
In addition to her professional work, Janice volunteers with Mainsprings Pregnancy and Family Support Centre, offering career coaching to single mothers and newcomers, equipping them with strategies to secure employment and enhance their self-sufficiency.
Lindie Serrurier
Consultant
Lindie is a former lawyer turned HR professional, Workplace Investigator, Facilitator and Trainer. Having transitioned from practicing law to managing a law firm, to creating an anti-bullying curriculum for elementary and junior high students, Lindie has found her passion in fostering and enabling respectful workplaces in all the work that she does. Lindie’s legal experience, combined with her people skills, make her an excellent workplace investigator.
She has a true passion for people and has a reputation as being a non-judgmental listener, who truly connects with the people that she meets. Lindie holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Cheryl Stock
Consultant
Cheryl Stock is a seasoned human resources consultant with over two decades of experience driving organizational success through strategic HR initiatives. Specializing in talent management, learning and development, and HR analytics, Cheryl delivers customized solutions that enhance employee engagement, optimize team performance, and provide actionable insights for informed decision-making.
Holding a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources and Labour Relations, Cheryl is a long-standing member of the Chartered Professionals in Human Resources (CPHR). She is certified in DiSC Workstyles, Emotional Intelligence EQ 2.0 & 360, 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, HR Analytics, and holds an International Coaching Federation certification. Cheryl’s expertise includes designing leadership development programs, implementing data-driven HR strategies, and leveraging technology to improve processes, communication, and learning.
Her accomplishments span leading key initiatives, embedding organizational values into programs and policies, and managing large-scale change projects. Known for balancing stakeholder interests and uncovering insights through metrics, Cheryl is a trusted advisor and collaborator.
Beyond her professional work, Cheryl is committed to community engagement through volunteerism. Her strategic mindset, collaborative approach, and passion for fostering growth make her an invaluable partner for organizations navigating today’s dynamic business landscape.
Ashlee Tichonuk
Consultant
Holding a Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching from Royal Roads University and a Change Management Certification through Prosci, Ashlee combines solid theory with practical application and expertise. This unique blend of experience enables a coaching approach that is both empathetic and results-oriented, helping clients envision a path forward and walk it with confidence.
With a decade of experience in organizational development, Ashlee has partnered with leaders across the spectrum, from front-line managers to senior executives, specializing in leading change and transformations. She has a track record of empowering leaders and developing their teams to achieve their goals, within private and public sectors, including non-profits.
Ashlee's journey into coaching was a natural progression from solving individual client problems to recognizing the impact of these individual challenges on the whole of the organization. This realization steered her towards leadership development. Her unique ability to serve as a thought partner for leaders in ever-changing environments became a calling. Her talent in facilitating deep reflection and strategic thinking has set Ashlee apart as a coach who inspires anyone she works with to unlock their full potential.
