Bev is Head of Financial Reporting and Corporate Controller at Servus Credit Union Ltd., Canada’s largest credit union, a position she has held for four years. She is a CPA who has served in finance leadership roles at Servus for 15 years. As Corporate Controller, Bev has extensive experience presenting financial results, translating complex financial and regulatory standards, evaluating audit performance, and providing insights on corporate structuring to the Board of Directors. She is a regular and trusted contributor at board meetings.

Bev is an accomplished leader with expertise across core finance functions in highly regulated industries, including financial services and oil and gas. During the first ten years of her career, she advanced from an accountant at an oil and gas producer to a controller within oilfield manufacturing, distribution, and service organizations. 

Bev is committed to strengthening financial integrity and enhancing operational efficiency through practical, business-led solutions. She is passionate about shaping and advancing the organization’s strategic direction through innovative thinking.

Bev is an active community leader and holds multiple volunteer board positions. She has served as Treasurer for a local Special Olympics affiliate since 2023 and volunteers weekly at Special Olympics walking events. She has been a board member of the Infusion Dance Festival since 2024. Bev is also the founder and executive advocate for an employee group focused on empowering women in leadership.

Outside of work, Bev enjoys spending time outdoors with her family and pursuing personal interests, including tap dancing.

Glenn Williams joined Arctic Co-operatives Limited in February 2014 and, for the last 12 years, has held  the position of Chief Financial Officer of Arctic Co-operatives Limited and Arctic Co-operative Development  Fund. Glenn brings over 40 years of business experience, including an extensive background in the Co operative sector. Before joining Arctic Co-operatives, Glenn held positions as President, CEO, COO and Vice  President of several disciplines across a plethora of industries. Glenn maintains a multitude of designations  in good standing, including CPA, CA, CIP (Hons.), CRM, RF, ICD.D, CAFM, CoopD.D, GCB.D, CCB.D. Glenn  graduated on the Dean’s Honour Roll from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Commerce  (Honours). Glenn is a previous board member of Assiniboine Credit Union and is a current board member  of Red River Co-operative where he is a member of the Audit Committee, Governance Committee and  Chair of the Nominations Committee. Glenn was elected to the Canadian Co-operative Investment Fund  Board of Directors in 2023, where he is Vice Chair of the Board and Chair of the Finance & Audit  Committee. Glenn previously served on the Council for the Insurance Institute of Manitoba for six years,  the last two years as Secretary Treasurer, and is a Graduate of the LEAD program within Arctic Co operatives Limited.

For the past 18 years Greg has been a member of the Sustainability & Citizenship team at Co-operators, supporting the company’s efforts to build more resilient and sustainable communities. In his role as Senior Consultant, Citizenship, Greg serves as the managing director of Co-operators Community Funds (CCF), the philanthropic arm of Co-operators established in 1995. 

CCF fosters an inclusive and sustainable economy through its support of charities, non-profits, social enterprises and co-operatives across Canada whose programming enables underserved youth and individuals with mental health challenges to progress along their path to employability. In addition to its philanthropic role, CCF is committed to a sustainable investing approach, recognizing invested assets can be leveraged to achieve positive social and environmental impacts that generate meaningful outcomes well beyond what could be achieved through grant-making alone. As the social finance lead at Co-operators, Greg also sources and manages a pool of smaller-scale community impact investments within CCF’s broader investment portfolio.

Co-operators has a long, proud history of championing the co-operative movement. This commitment is exemplified through the Co-operative Development Program (CDP), which Greg leads. Through its grant-related activities, the CDP promotes the growth of new and expanding co-operatives across Canada that are helping to address unmet needs within their communities.

Greg was recently appointed to serve as a Trustee of Co-operators Pension Plan Committee. He graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University, B.A. (Hons), and holds his Chartered Insurance Professional designation.

Kelly joined La Siembra Co-operative’s Finance Team in 2010 as the co-op’s Director of Finance, Investor Relations and Capital Manager. Today, she leads this portfolio as La Siembra’s Executive Director and one of six worker-owners committed to building sustainable livelihoods for small farmers through fair trade and economic democracy.

A credit union member since childhood, Kelly has been a part of the co-operative and social solidarity movement for over 25 years. In 2012, she was elected to the Board of Your Credit Union in Ottawa, and is serving out her final year as Board Chair, having completed her training in Regulatory and Compliance, Governance and Ethics, AML, Enterprise Risk Management, and Strategic Planning.

Kelly has proudly served the members of several national and international co-operative and fair trade organizations, including serving the Boards of the Ontario Co-operative Association, Fairtrade Canada and Green Campus Co-op. She is presently serving on the Board of Equal Exchange US – one the largest worker co-operatives in the United States, and she was recently elected to the Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation’s Board as a Director at Large.

Kelly started her education in Finance and Business Administration at BCIT and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economic Geography and Political Science from Carleton University. In 2017 she was honoured to receive the Co-operative Spirit Award for her work and volunteerism in the sector.

Kelly currently resides in Ottawa with her husband Derek and is an active member of the community promoting the co-operative and credit union model.

Kristen is partner in the firm and has practiced law at Taylor McCaffrey LLP since her call to the Bar in 1996 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her primary area of practice is corporate & commercial law, where she has had the opportunity to represent corporations, cooperatives and partnerships in their business endeavors, from structuring start-ups to crafting by-laws, assistance with general commercial contract matters, obtaining financing from traditional financial institutions, drafting shareholder and member agreements, and assisting with fundraising. She has represented clients in pursuit of matters with both the Manitoba Securities Commission and the Cooperatives Regulator and has provided general assistance to the Manitoba Cooperatives Association in lobbying for changes to applicable legislation.

She has assisted new generation cooperatives in assembling business plans and prepared them for equity drives. She also represents more traditional cooperatives and multi-stakeholder co-ops, and has assisted in drafting by-laws and articles of incorporation for every type of co-op, both provincially and federally. Kristen provides general legal advice to cooperatives in a variety of industries, including agriculture, housing, insurance, retail, and oil and gas, to name a few. Kristen has assisted cooperatives and credit unions in addressing multi-jurisdictional issues.

Kristen currently sits on the Board of Directors of Red River Co-op, a retail fuel and food co-op serving over 300,000 members located in Winnipeg and the surrounding region.

Martin McInnis is the Executive Director of the Co-operative Superannuation Society (CSS) Pension Plan, one of Canada’s largest and oldest defined contribution pension plans. Having spent over a decade working in the Canadian credit union system, including volunteer assignments overseas with credit unions in Mongolia and Uganda, Martin has a strong appreciation for the positive difference that co-operative enterprise makes in the lives of everyday people and their communities. He is proud to be managing the CSS Pension Plan on behalf of approximately 300 Canadian co-operative and credit union employers and over 58,000 employee members and retirees.  Martin has a wide range of experience in the areas of strategy, finance, operations, accounting, risk management and information technology. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours in Computer Science) from the University of Saskatchewan, is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder, is a Chartered Professional Accountant (FCPA), and holds the ICD.D and Co-opD.D designations. 

Michael Beland is Director of Operations and Support Functions at Desjardins Ontario Credit Union. In his role, he’s responsible for working with regulatory authorities and enhancing the credit union’s support functions such as finance, risk management, operational process management and compliance. He has previously been employed in various roles within the Desjardins, including strategic and major project management, for the past 9 years.

Michael is a steadfast cooperator who has been involved in all levels of the cooperative movement, including local co-operatives, co-operative federations and national co-op associations for over 20 years. His involvement has led him to work with cooperatives in various sectors, particularly in the areas of health services, shared services and financial services. He has worked in co-operative education, co-operative start-ups, cooperative management and cooperative development of nation networks across the country. He played a key role in founding the Canadian Cooperative Investment Fund. He’s also served on various boards, including the Coopérative de santé de Thurso.

He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in community and economic development. He also has a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) with a specialization in strategic project management from Université Laval.

Sean works as the Executive Director of Union Co-operative, which is working to acquire properties in Waterloo Region for permanent affordability through community ownership. He is the Principal of Scaled Purpose, a management consultancy for non-profits, charities, and co-operatives. Sean is an instructor at Wilfrid Laurier University, and the Treasurer at the construction company Fourth Pig Worker Co-operative.

Sean holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University, and a Master of Environmental Studies at the University of Waterloo. Sean is currently a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Waterloo where he researches the governance and financial strategies of community organizations. Sean was a 2021 Bertram Scholar, a research award provided by the Institute of Corporate Director’s Canadian Foundation for Governance Research. In 2019, Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada awarded Sean with the Lemaire Co-operative Studies Award.

Andy Morrison retired in 2016 as the CEO of Arctic Co‑operatives Limited, a position he held since 1995. Andy was responsible to the elected Board of this aboriginal-owned and democratically controlled Co-operative federation. He provided leadership, direction and support in the business affairs and governance of Arctic Co‑ops, including operational and technical support services to the locally-owned and controlled Co-ops in the Canadian Arctic. Between 1986 and 1995, Andy was the General Manager of Arctic Co-operative Development Fund, the financial arm (Loan Fund) of the Co-op System in the Arctic. Andy also held financial management positions with Arctic Co-operatives Limited, including that of Controller. Under his leadership, Arctic Co-ops, Arctic Co-op Development Fund and the Co‑op System in the Arctic experienced very positive growth and development.

Prior to joining Arctic Co-ops, Andy held retail and financial management positions with Co-operatives in Atlantic Canada. He is a graduate of Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Andy serves on the Board of Directors of a number of organizations including:

as President of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Co-operative Investment Fund (CCIF), the new national Co-op Development Fund in Canada.
The Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of NorWest Co-op, a Community Health Centre in Winnipeg.

Andy has a broad range of Co-operative and corporate experience on the Boards of Directors of numerous Co-operative and private sector organizations in the fields of housing, insurance, communications, transportation, finance and advocacy. Andy and his wife Paula reside in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Since joining The Co-operators in 2009, Dave has held increasingly senior leadership roles within the finance area for the group of companies. Currently Dave is the VP, Financial Accounting Services where he is responsible for setting the strategic direction and ensuring operational success of The Co-operators shared service financial functions. Over his tenure with The Co-operators he has had a focus on financial reporting, operational accounting and financial systems. He has made significant strides in reducing operational expenses and increasing team engagement. Prior to this he worked in the auditing of manufacturing and not-for-profit sectors for PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Dave holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree with distinction from McMaster University as well as a CPA, CA designation from the Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants.

Dave lives with his family in Guelph and is active in the community through involvement as the president of a local nursery school cooperative, a member of the Guelph General Hospital Board of Directors and is a Guelph Minor Soccer coach.

Greg O’Neill has 30 years’ experience in the Canadian Co-operative sector. He served as a Director and Advisor to the Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation for many years. He managed a small loan fund for worker co-operative development in Newfoundland. He has also successfully served as a developer for numerous worker co-operative enterprises and as a contributor to the BC Institute for Co-operative Studies publication “Effective Practices in Co-op Development” for writing the chapter, “Capitalization of Co-operative Development in Canada”.

Greg has also had extensive experience with the multi-purpose co-operative members of Artic Co-operatives Limited. He spent 8 years as the General Manager of the Arctic Co-operative Development Fund. He also did planning for the creation of a development fund for the Fédération des Coopératives du Nouveau Québec (FCNQ).

Most recently, Greg has been working in the Canadian housing co-operative movement with the Agency for Co-operative Housing. He served as the Director of Lending and Default prevention Services. He was responsible for developing secondary financing plans for Housing Co-operatives in difficulty. He was also instrumental in developing a program for market-based housing co-operative refinancing with the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada.

The breadth of experience in a variety of Co-operative enterprises primarily in a senior role related to their financing makes Greg uniquely qualified to provide service to the Canadian Co-operative Investment Fund as a member of the Investment Advisory Committee.