The Taskforce for Women’s Business Growth is a national and non-partisan consortium of prominent women business owners, SME service agencies, academics, and industry associations. Founded in 2009, the mandate of the Taskforce is to grow women’s enterprises through the creation of public policy, advocacy, applied research, collaboration and sharing of best practices.
Taskforce Founding Members
Deloitte Professor
Telfer School of Management
University of Ottawa
Sandra Altner Chief Executive Officer
Women’s Enterprise Centre of Manitoba
Mary Anderson Executive Director
WEConnect Canada
Clare Beckton Executive Director
Centre for Women in Politics & Public Leadership
Carleton University
Penny Collenette Adjunct Professor
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
Anne Day Founder
Company of Women
Laurel Douglas Chief Executive Officer
B.C. Women’s Enterprise Centre
Dr. Sandi Findlay Assistant Professor
Business Administration & Tourism
Mount St. Vincent University
Laraine Kaminsky Global Diversity Strategist
Global LK
Isabelle Le Breton-Miller Associate Professor
HEC Montréal Department of Management
Stephanie MacKendrick President
Canadian Women in Communications
Sonia Menendez
Executive Director
Centre for Women in Business,
Mount St. Vincent University
Barbara Mowat President
Impact Communications Limited
Tracey Scarlett Chief Executive Officer
Alberta Women Entrepreneur
M. Brenda Robertson Founding Partner
Odgers Berndtson Ottawa
Paula Sheppard Executive Director
Newfoundland & Labrador Organization of Women
Entrepreneurs
Laura Small Chief Executive Officer
Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan Inc.
Joanne Stanley Co-Founder and President
Canadian Women in Technology
Ruth Vachon President
Réseau des femmes d’affaires du Québec
Marnie Walker President
401 Bay Centre
Maxime Westaway Executive Director
The International Alliance for Women
Betty Wood Governance and Operations
Global Banking Alliance
