SOUTHERN INTERIOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC SUMMIT
2025 Speakers
2025 Speakers
Mike Stolte
President
Centre for Innovative & Entrepreneurial Leadership
Laurel Douglas
Chief Executive Officer
ETSI-BC
Alan Chow
Business Economist, Economics
Central 1 Credit Union
Eloho Ennah
Economic Analyst, Economics Central 1 Credit Union
Gitane De Silva
Founder and Principal GDStrategic
Dale M. Jackson
Executive Director of Economic Development
Skw’lax te Secwépemcúl̓ecw
(Little Shuswap Lake Band)
Grahame Go
CEO
Splatsin Development Corporation
Paul Donald
Simpcw First Nation
Chair, Economic Trust of the Southern Interior
George Casimir
General Manager, Community Futures Development Corporation of Central Interior First Nations
Rhys Laug
Director of Facilities & Capital Projects – Quaaout Lodge & Talking Rock Resort
(Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw)
Ellen Walker Matthews
Chief Executive Officer
Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association
Jamie Bourne
Thompson Okanagan Indigenous Tourism Specialist
Indigenous Tourism BC
Jennifer Horsnell
Senior Director
Destination Development
Destination Canada
Cassandra Zerebeski
Policy Director
Tourism Industry Association of BC
Erica Hummel
Director, Destination Development & Stewardship
Destination BC
Lisa White
Director Community Development + Engagement
Tourism Kamloops
Nic Zdunich
Destination Development Manager
Tourism Kamloops
Dale Wheeldon
President & CEO
BC Economic Development Assoc
Tammy Verigin-Burk
Executive Director
Castlegar & District Chamber of Commerce
Kate Watson
Executive Director
Salmon Arm Economic Development Society
Kelley Glazer, MA
Executive Director
Destination Osoyoos
Kent Fawcett
Co-Executive Director
Kamloops Food Policy Council
Krista Mallory
Manager
Invest Kelowna
Steve Sirett
Executive Director Southern Interior BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit
Joanne Sweeting
Executive Director
Tourism Golden
Phil McIntyre-Paul
Senior Strategist
Shuswap Trails Alliance
Rebecca Richards
Principal, Hedgehog & Heron Consulting
Grow and Connect Food Supply Chain Initiative
Damian Couture
Chief Administrative Officer
Village of Cache Creek
Leigha Horsfield
Executive Director
Community Futures North Okanagan
Pete Bourke
Executive Director
Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce & and Columbia Valley Economic Development
Acacia Pangilinan
Executive Director
Kamloops & District Chamber of Commerce & Merritt & District Chamber of Commerce
Mike Militmore
Founder
Riversong Guitars
Greg Kyllo
Business Leader and Entrepreneur
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