Jeff Griffiths appointed to Board of Directors for LearningCITY Collective

ByJeff Griffiths

Our co-founder Jeff Griffiths has been selected to the inaugural Board of Directors for the Calgary “LearningCITY Collective” – a unique initiative to create a truly vibrant and rich learning culture in Calgary that includes all forms of learning: formal, informal and experiential, credited and non-credited, from all aspects of the learning ecosystem – school, work and community.  Jeff joins the board along with  Lee Ackerman, Aniisa Allahar, Jennifer Aubin, Heidi Brandley, Latosia Campbell-Walters RPP, MCIP, PMP, Keagen Cave, CPHR, CTMP, George Felobes, David J. Finch, PhD, Katherine Koplovich, Jeff LaFrenz, Janet Lane, Sara Leishman, Latifa Majidi, Nathaniel Miller, MBA, OLY, Erin O’Connor, Dan Olesen, Katerina Palova, Margo Purcell, Pablo Pina Poujol, Josh Pentland, Heather Robertson, Rahim Sajan, Rob St Denis, Alanna Wellwood, and D’Andre Wilson-Ihejirika, P.Eng, PMP, LSSBB.

Jeff will bring his perspectives as one of Canada’s leading #competencygeeks  to the initiative.

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