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Board of Directors
Ben Traore, CPA, CMA
Senior Manager, Indirect Tax Services at KPMG Canada
Ben Traore holds a Bachelors degree in
Social Sciences from Humboldt University – Berlin, Germany and a Master’s in Business from ESCP- Europe Berlin-London.
Camilia Thieba, MSc
Epidemiologist and Program coordinator at Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta and University of Calgary
Camilia Thieba holds a Master’s in Cellular and Molecular Biology and a Graduate Diploma in Population Health Risk Assessment and Management from the University of Ottawa – Canada
Ndidi Uzo-Ojimadu MBA CPA CMA
Strategist and Financial Expert. Instructor at University of Calgary
Ndidi Uzo-Ojimadu holds an MBA from Delta State University and a Bachelor in Actuarial Science from University of Lagos – Nigeria
Okema Oyet
Okema Oyet, ESL/LINC Facilitator at Center for Newcomers.
Okema Oyet holds a Master degree in Education from the University of Calgary and a Bachelor in Political Sciences and Education diploma from Makere University – Uganda.
Serge Thieba
CEO and Senior Consultant at Agile Technology Services
Serge Thieba holds an Engineering degree from Karkiv Polytechnic Institute – Ukraine
Tiffany Novotny PAg MBA
Tiffany Novotny holds a Bachelor’s
degree in Environmental Science and a Master’s of Business Administration from the University of
Calgary – Canada
Volunteer of the Month
Marwan Maru
“It just takes one step to walk over a long distance, every single step and every single person’s effort is needed.”
Committees and Working Groups
Economic Mobility Working Group
Holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) with a focus on participatory socio-ecological modelling. A Master’s degree and development and the environment (Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil) concentrated on sustainable technologies and practices applied in hotels. A bachelor in Tourism, minor: Planning. (Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil).
Parent Advisory Group
Fluent in French, a doctoral assistant at the University of Calgary and a mother. Alida enjoys making a difference in her community through her participation in research and event planning at Hakili. She believes that we all need to do our part in order to make the world a better place.
A mother of two young boys, an IT Science Engineer and an avid traveller. Judith describes volunteering as a part of who she is and she wants to see parents and children succeed-especially through the coding program and parent cafe. She works hard as a volunteer member of the Parent Advisory Group to help parents feel supported and empowered.
Youth Empowerment Group
A husband, proud immigrant and an engineer. He has worked very hard to be where he is today and he knows first hand what challenges immigrants face when moving to a new place which is why he supports youth through the free computer coding program.
Operations Group
A university student studying communications at Mount Royal that is striving to give back to her community. Growing up in an underserved community as a minority, she understands the need for children and parents to feel supported and have the resources they need.