CPA Alberta Board Chair and Founder and CEO of Shine Advisory
Maureen is a dynamic and caring Indigenous leader within the Métis Nation of Alberta, Edmonton, and Alberta. She is the founder and Principal at Shine Advisory, an inclusive consulting firm that inspires courage and achievement through elevating financial accountability, governance, and strategy.
Maureen’s experience comes from a decade in accounting and executive leadership roles, with a passion for community building and driving social impact. Her enthusiasm and contributions to the community extend beyond her background in auditing, accounting, technology, operations and governance to being a passionate champion for business growth and transformation, Environment Social Governance (ESG) and sustainability, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. Maureen’s industry experience is diverse spanning health sciences, education, construction, innovation, and financing within private business, government, regulatory and charitable sectors.
Maureen currently serves on five boards and is proud to bring an often-underrepresented perspective through the unique combination of her identity as a Métis woman, expertise as a CPA, CA and ICD.D, and experience as a millennial-aged professional, who grew up in rural Alberta. In the spirit of transformation and growth, Maureen brings value to her Board roles through innovative thinking and a deep understanding of complex stakeholder relations.
Over the last fifteen years, Maureen has honed her governance expertise and today serves in leadership positions on several of her current board appointments. Maureen is the Vice Chair and Governance Committee Chair of the Board of CPA Alberta, Chair of the Business Development & Policy Committee of the Alberta Gaming Liquor and Cannabis Commission (AGLC), Audit & Risk Committee Chair of the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation (AIOC), Audit & Finance Committee Chair of Edmonton Unlimited (EU), in addition to Board and committee positions on the Mainroad Group. Maureen is also the Programming Co-Chair on the ICD Edmonton Chapter Executive.
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