President: Kathy Fedori
Vice President: Coralie Braum
Treasurer and Communications: Astrid Kuhn
Secretary: LuAnne Morrow
WIFT Internation: Patricia Meilleur

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Kathy Fedori

My passion is to create happiness on the planet AND breakthrough results …to do “what cannot be done”. A little about my tenacious career, it rocks! … lots of adventure as a professional communications manager with solutions for start-ups, talent promotion and special events for more than 100 top tier national clients and celebrities. I have had the privilege of working with spiritual healers on 5 continents, CEOs in the oilpatch and the guys and girls next door in Calgary, to bring new conversations about issues we care about into our world. That morphed into 30 years of creating photographs, high profile journalism for newspapers including The Globe and Mail; many documentaries including The Patient (2009), filmed on location in Brazil, Myanmar and South Africa and a new show on health and breathing, The Qi Gong Minute (2012). I co-created a play we filmed, The Golden Hour (2011), that was broadcast 28 times this summer on Shaw TV and had the privilege and thrill of being one of the innovative funding associate producers on a short from the UK, Gone Fishing (2009), that was nominated for an Academy Award. My power source for the last seven years has been a senior level professional development program (Landmark Education) that stands for me like I now stand for you!
Check out Kathy’s: Twitter

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Coralie Braum

Coralie is an experienced and insightful Certified Management Consultant (CMC) with over 20 years experience acting as a business co-pilot and advisor to executives and emerging leaders in many sectors. She is a focussed, seasoned, and effective coach that has helped numerous clients to assess their opportunities, strategically plan, and to bring their vision into reality. She has a strong corporate background in technology development, marketing, hr management, and professional service firm management and growth. She is an entrepreneur by nature, and has been a partner in several very successful ventures. She has worked across Canada and internationally in Cuba, South America and Southeast Asia. Coralie owns Leaping Cowgirl Productions Ltd., which has a slate of over twenty projects in various stages of development. She brings to the boardroom table her famous (or was that infamous?) sense of humour, as well as her passionate interest in supporting women in the film, television and digital media industries.

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Astrid Kuhn

Astrid Kuhn is one of those girls who’s always dreamed of working in television …but pleased her parents studying commerce at the U of C instead. After running (in sneakers) her own corporation for 10 years, the TV bug bit her hard, so she sold her music business to study Broadcast News at SAIT. Immediately she became Calgary’s Weather Girl… fashionably warning women of warm winds and pointing out perfect stiletto weather. She’s worked as reporter, producer, weather anchor and TV Host for City TV, Shaw, Corus, CBC and now hangs her sandals at Global. Astrid’s been nominated for YWCA’s Woman of Distinction, AMPIA – Best Host and in 2007 named one of Calgary Inc.’s 40 Under 40.
Check out Astrid’s: Twitter   LinkedIn

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LuAnne Morrow

LuAnne Morrow is a lawyer and trade-mark agent specializing in Intellectual Property and Entertainment law with the firm of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. LuAnne was ranked by her peers as one of the Best Lawyers in Canada in the area of Intellectual Property Law. Prior to starting her career in law she was a professional stage actor and director and the founder of the non-profit theatre company The Shakespeare Company, where she directed or produced more than 30 productions including starting the Shakespeare in the Mountains festival in Canmore and a ground breaking all-female King Lear. LuAnne recently produced a short film called Insomniac which was awarded three Rosies. As a lawyer LuAnne works with producers and financiers for film and television projects, her personal mission is to help new producers understand the business of media and the law of copyright. LuAnne’s proudest accomplishment is her son Hayden who keeps her laughing and amazed at the wonders all around us! LuAnne is looking forward to lending her expertise and energy to WIFT-A.
Check out LuAnne’s: Twitter

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Patricia Meilleur

Writer/Production/Publisher/Media/TV/Development/Promotion/Fashion/Locations.
Patricia started her show-biz entrepreneurship in London,England. Her career started on stage and progressed to film documentary, television commercials, modeling and a close association with music artists.
In Canada she published an international oil and gas magazine. As a journalist she interviewed world leaders and top international personalities from all fields of enterprise. She was president of The Canadian Petroleum Writers’ Association for many years.
Ever interested in politics, Patricia ran for municipal,provincial and federal office.
She promoted and reviewed for a former director of Calgary’s Pumphouse Theatre.
As a movie script writer she has co-written with Hollywood professionals and maintains a personal collaboration with international artisans. She has travelled extensively in her career including to the jungles of Borneo. Patricia held title to Mrs. Congeniality, Calgary. Through her company, Starmoon Productions Inc, she is currently working on two movie scripts.
Patricia continues to encourage young women in their pursuit of careers in
the arts and entertainment business