| RUTH KELLY Ruth Kelly is the president and CEO of Venture Publishing Inc., and the publisher and editor-in-chief of Alberta Venture, Alberta’s only province-wide business magazine. Venture Publishing also produces contract magazines for Alberta Mental Health Board, Capital Health, Consulting Engineers of Alberta, Finning Canada, Growing Alberta and Merit Contractors. Ruth served as the 2005 chair of the board of directors for the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce. She is the immediate past president of the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association and serves on the boards of the University of Alberta and the Institute of Corporate Directors (Edmonton chapter) and an advisory board for the Banff Centre Leadership program. She is also president of the Edmonton Business Council for the Visual Arts. Ruth was selected as the 2005 Allard Chair of Business by the MacEwan School of Business and received a Centennial Medal for service to the province. She is currently co-chairing the capital campaign for the Art Gallery of Alberta. |