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As Chief Executive Officer of YW Calgary, Talia leads YWCA’s strategic priorities, including service innovation, systems resilience and community partnerships to advance safety, equity and opportunity with women and their families. Talia brings strategic depth and operational excellence by driving cultural transformation to ensure YW Calgary is a workplace of choice.
Talia has spent the past two decades in progressive leadership positions within the non-profit sector, with a focus on prevention services, evaluation, product design, social innovation, and impact. Since joining YW Calgary in 2019 as Chief Programs and People Officer, she advanced service innovation, strengthened key partnerships and championed a culture rooted in impact and accountability.
Holding a Master of Arts in Criminal Justice from the University of Fraser Valley, Talia focused her thesis on preventing sexual exploitation of youth in Canada. She has completed the Institute of Corporate Directors’ Governance Essentials and Working Effectively with Boards programs, strengthening her commitment to effective governance and board leadership.
Prior to her role with YW, she led the development and launch of The Social Impact Lab, a place for exploring new models to address philanthropic disruption collaboratively in downtown Calgary. She held leadership positions with United Way of Calgary and Area and Mount Royal University as a part-time instructor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Boys and Girls Club of Calgary.
Since 2023, Talia has served as a Board Member with Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, contributing her governance expertise and passion for the arts to support the organization’s mission.
Beyond her professional and volunteer commitments, Talia fuels another passion: RACING! With a self-diagnosed heavy right foot, Talia has had the need for speed her entire life! Talia’s first car was a 5.0 L Mustang and she didn’t have any trouble finding out where the speedo stopped. In 2025, she competed as the co-driver for team TADA Motorsports in the Targa Newfoundland 8-day, on-road rally event.
As Chief Financial Officer at YWCA Calgary, Bruce oversees the Finance, Facilities and Information Technology areas of the organization in addition to Risk Management, Compliance and Special Projects. Bruce has been the executive sponsor of several significant YWCA projects, including construction of the YWCA Crisis Shelter and Taylor Family Home as well as the implementation of the organization’s Enterprise Resource Planning and Human Resource Management systems.
Experience and Expertise
Bruce is known for his strategic leadership of finance and administrative teams at Board governed organizations. Prior to joining YWCA, Bruce held the role of Vice President, Administration and Chief Financial Officer at Banff Centre. Other roles include CFO of a TSX listed public company in Calgary and before that, partner at Grant Thornton LLP in Calgary and Toronto where he held numerous senior leadership positions.
Board and Volunteer Roles
Bruce has a long history of community involvement. He has served on the boards of Banff Canmore Foundation, Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society in Calgary, Rotary Club of Calgary Heritage Park as Vice President, the Calgary Chapter of Financial Executives International and York Support Services Network (YSSN) in Ontario. While at Banff Centre, he served on the Board of Trustees of Universities Academic Pension Plan (UAPP). Currently, Bruce serves on the Board of artPlace Canmore as Treasurer and Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee.