Previously Donna served as a member of the Standing Committee on Private
Bills.
Donna was born near Tillsonburg, Ontario, and was raised on a cattle
farm in rural southwestern Ontario, where her parents and extended family
continue to farm today. She graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University with a
bachelor of arts degree in 1981 and earned her bachelor of laws degree from the
University of Western Ontario in 1984.
Since moving to Calgary in 1984, Donna has worked as a lawyer,
businesswoman and leader in the energy sector. Highlights of her 28-year career
in this sector include:
- Lawyer and negotiator with
TransCanada Pipelines´ exploration and production company during the
deregulation of energy markets in the 1980s;
- Corporate executive and
first female vice-president with Nexen Inc., an upstream oil and gas
company, where she was responsible for managing above ground risks in
domestic and international projects from 1991 to 2001; and
- Independent consultant,
advising global energy operators on how to manage non-technical risks in
resource projects over the past decade.
Donna founded Bridges Social Development in 2002, and served as its
executive director until 2011. Bridges is a volunteer organization that brings
together local champions and Canadian experts to train and mentor community
leaders in health care, law, journalism, education and politics in countries
like Yemen, Egypt, Oman, India and Nepal. In 2008, a global youth social
entrepreneurship initiative was launched, focusing on training youth leaders in
Canada, including youth from Diaspora, First Nations and Métis communities.
Donna is lead author of Corporate Integrity: A Toolkit for Managing
beyond Compliance, published in 2005 by John Wiley & Sons. Her second
book, Unveiling the Breath: One Woman´s Journey into Understanding Islam and
Gender Equality was published in 2009. In 2007, she was awarded a Global
Woman of Vision Award and was named a 'Compelling Calgarian' by the Calgary
Herald in 2010. Donna is a frequent guest lecturer at the University of
Calgary´s Haskayne School of Business.
While Donna has worked in more than 35 countries around the world, she
has lived in Calgary-Varsity for the past 20 years with her husband, Laurie
Glans. Together they have raised three sons, who are either attending, or have
graduated from, university. In addition to volunteering with local community,
inter-cultural and interfaith groups, she enjoys hiking, biking and working in
her garden.
March 18, 2013
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