Thomas Cumming, Chair

Thomas Cumming was previously a member of the Power Pool Council, and served as the Market Surveillance Administrator from 2000 to 2003. 

Tom is also a Director of Pengrowth Corporation and the Canadian Investor Protection Fund.  From 1988 to 2000, he was the President and CEO of the Alberta Stock Exchange. 

Prior to that, he spent 24 years with the Bank of Nova Scotia in Canada, Ireland and England.

Tom has a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Engineering and Business and has been designated a life member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta. 

Dr. Peter Flynn

Dr. Flynn holds the Poole Chair in Management for Engineers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta. 

Peter’s experience includes senior executive positions in leading telecommunications, energy and industrial management companies. 

He also has served as Director on several corporate and community boards, including the Board of EPCOR Utilities Inc. for 10 years. 

Peter holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta.

Mary Ritchie FCA

Ms Ritchie is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Richford Holdings Ltd., an accounting and investment advisory services firm based in Edmonton, Alberta.  Mary was honored by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants with the distinction of Fellow.

Mary is a member of the Baord of Directors and Audit Committees of Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. and Alaris Royalty Corp., both publicly traded companies.  In addition, she is a member of the Board of Governors and Chairman of the Audit Committees of RBC Funds Inc. and RBC Advisor Global Fund Inc., as well as a member of the Independent Oversight Committee for RBC Funds and Phillips Hager & North.

Mary recently completed two terms as a member of the Accounting Standards Oversight Council of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.  Mary's experience covers a broad range of diverse business and government portfolios.

Rafi G. Tahmazian

Mr. Tahmazian has over 20 years of experience in the energy sector and financial services industry.  He is currently a Managing Director of Canoe Financial LP and holds positions as both director and an advisory board member of several private resource entities and energy specific investment funds.

From 1996 to 2008, he was a partner at FirstEnergy Capital Corp., a leading investment dealer that focuses on the energy industry.  His final role prior to leaving FirstEnergy was as Vice Chairman and Managing Director.  From 1993 to 1996, he worked with First Marathon Securities and from 1989 to 1993 he was Assistant Treasurer of LL & E Canada.  Rafi has a Bachelor of Economics from the Universtity of Calgary.

Ms. Thompson is a co-founder and principal of Governance West Inc., a company specializing in assisting boards of directors in the governance of their organizations. 

She was involved in the deregulation of energy commodities from the early days as a Vice-President at Petro-Canada and has extensive experience in many aspects of the oil and gas and electricity industries. 

Stella has wide-ranging board experience and currently serves on the Boards of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Calgary Airport Authority, Genome Alberta, the Provincial Audit Committee, Reservlogix Corp., and Talisman Energy Inc. 

She previously served on the Board of ENMAX Corporation for five years.

She has a Masters degree in Economics and has been awarded the designation of ICD.D by the Institute of Corporate Directors. 

Douglas Topping, P. Eng., CDI.D

Mr. Topping is a retired professional electrical engineer registered in Alberta and Ontario and a certified director with the Institute of Corporate Directors. Mr. Topping has 40 years of experience in thermal power generating station planning, design, construction, commissioning, operation, maintenance and retirement, primarily in Alberta. Mr. Topping's engineering experience includes coal-fired, simple cycle and combined cycle natural gas, hydro, wind and biomass.

In addition to the Balancing Pool, Mr. Topping's board experience includes directorships with the Alberta Chamber of Resources, EPCOR Power LP, Alberta Motor Association and Capital Region Housing Corporation. Mr. Topping is Senior Vice Chair of the Alberta Motor Association and Chair of the Capital Region Housing Corporation.

Judith Athaide

Ms. Athaide is the President and CEO of The Cogent Group Inc, an independent consulting firm which assists organizations transition to, and thrive within, competitive markets. Her almost 25 years of experience in the energy industry has spanned the value chain from wells to lightswitch.

She has a Bachelor of Commerce degree (Honours), a Masters of Business Administration in Finance and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. More recently she has been awarded the designation of ICD.D by the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Ms Athaide serves on the Board of Directors of Cimarron Engineering, Cognera Corporation, Fortis Alberta and Phoenix Technology Services. She is also involved in a number of non-profit organizations, including the Business Advisory Council of the University of Alberta's School of Business, as an Executive on the Calgary Chapter of the ICD and as a member of the Steering Committee of the Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures.

William Stedman

Mr. Stedman is the Chairman and Chief ExecutiveOfficer of ENTx Capital Corporation, a private holding company. He has held this position since the inception ofENTx in 2001. From 1997 to 2000, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Pembina Pipeline Corporation, the operatingcompany of Pembina Pipeline Income Fund. Mr. Stedman was also President and Chief Executive Officer of Pembina Corporation, a privately held oil, gas and pipeline company, from 1993 to 1997.

Mr. Stedman has received a Bachelor of Science from Dalhousie University, a Bachelor of Civil Engineering (with Distinction) from McGill University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

He is a director of OMERS Energy Inc, Tundra Oil Marketing Inc, and Keyera Corporationand sits on the advisory board of Birch Hill Equity Inc.