Lori Ackerman
Lori Ackerman
Lori Ackerman is chief administrative officer for Prophet River First Nation in BC.
She also chairs the North Peace Community Foundation at Fort St. John, and is a board-member of the Fraser Basin Council and the Telus Interior and Northern BC Community Board.
Lori was first elected to Fort St. John city council in 2005, and later served three terms as mayor (2011-2022), representing the city on many local, regional, and provincial boards and committees.
Among awards and honours, she was named in 2016 as one of the Top 35 Most Influential Women in BC by BC Business Magazine and was recognized as 2019 Canadian Energy Person of the Year by the Energy Council of Canada.
Lisa Baiton
Lisa Baiton is president and CEO of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP).
Prior to joining CAPP in 2022, Lisa served as the first managing director and head of global public affairs for the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, one of the 10 largest retirement funds in the world.
CAPP represents the Canadian upstream oil and natural gas industry. Its member companies operate from coast to coast, representing nearly three quarters of Canada’s oil and natural gas production and 20% of Canada’s balance of trade.
CAPP directly and indirectly employs some 450,000 people, is one of the largest employers of Indigenous peoples in Canada and is the largest source of Indigenous private equity ownership.
Lisa Baiton
Ken Coates
Ken Coates
Ken Coates is professor emeritus of the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan.
He was, for over a decade, director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Northern and Indigenous Program. He specializes in Indigenous and rural economic development, and has been a longtime supporter of Indigenous rights, self-government, and engagement with the natural-resource economy. He has been involved with the Alliance from its early months.
Raised in the Yukon, Ken has worked and lived across Canada, and recently moved from Saskatchewan to BC. He makes regular contributions to public conversations about Indigenous economic development through lectures, writings, media interviews and publications. He is also president of Coates Holroyd Consulting.
Shannon Joseph
Shannon Joseph, a professional engineer, is chair of Energy for a Secure Future, a nonpartisan initiative of business, labour, municipal and Indigenous leaders, and industry organizations. It is focused on building a secure energy future for Canada and its international allies.
She is a director of Tamarack Valley Energy, a Canadian oil and gas company operating in Western Canada. She is also a Fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and a member of the energy committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan.
Previously, Ms. Joseph served as a vice-president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, and was founding director of the Municipalities for Climate Innovation program with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
Shannon Joseph
Denise Mullen
Denise Mullen
Denise Mullen is Director of Environment, Sustainability, and Indigenous Relations at the Business Council of British Columbia.
She is also director of strategic projects at Ausenco, an international Australian company in engineering, consulting, and project management services in the minerals and metals sector. It has offices and operations in BC.
With more than three decades of experience in natural-resource management, she specializes in policy development, environment, energy regulation assessment, and Indigenous engagement.
She has contributed to the development of legislation, authored guidelines for project reviews, and participated in multi-stakeholder initiatives focused on resource development. Her work spans key areas such as emissions taxation, clean fuels regulation, environmental assessment, water management, land-use planning, and biodiversity policy.