Our CFC 2013 Conference Chair Eva Friesen
By Jane Humphries
The birthplace of Canada’s community foundation movement is already getting ready to welcome us to their hometown. Since announcing in May that the CFC 2013 Conference will take place in Winnipeg, we’ve been working on nailing down some key details to make planning easy for you and your community foundation.
CFC’s next conference will take place June 6-8, 2013 at the Winnipeg Convention Centre in the heart of downtown Winnipeg. The Delta Winnipeg, which is linked to the Convention Centre, will serve as our main hotel.
The CFC Board has also appointed our CFC 2013 Conference Chair and I’m delighted to announce that Eva Friesen, President and CEO of The Calgary Foundation, has accepted this important assignment. Winnipeg is Eva’s home town, and she’s excited about working with CFC and The Winnipeg Foundation in this key leadership role.
Our host in Winnipeg: Rick Frost
We are also thrilled to have Rick Frost – CEO of The Winnipeg Foundation – as our Conference Host. There’s no doubt he and his team will show us a great time! We’re grateful to have Leanne Hammond Komori, Executive Director of Central Okanagan Foundation, serving as CFC’s Board Conference Liaison.
We’re already working with Eva on building our CFC 2013 Conference Planning Committee, which will be announced shortly.
The evaluations of our last conference, which was held in Vancouver in May 2011, were a goldmine of information for us. Thank you for taking the time to fill them out. We plan to build on our successes, and add in everything we’ve learned to bring you an exciting, inspiring, and innovative learning opportunity.
We are off and running!
Jane Humphries is CFC’s Vice-President, Organization and Professional Development, and CFC 2013 Conference Director
