Ryan directs all business development strategies for Economic Development Winnipeg. He also leads the YES! Winnipeg initiative to attract new business and works with local companies to facilitate their expansion, increase their market potential and grow their network.

Jason is responsible for the development and execution of marketing plans and market intelligence strategies to support EDW’s efforts to attract new investment, skilled talent, job growth and new visitors to the city.

Natalie is responsible for managing the Business Development Managers, Sales Administrators and Client Service Manager in order to optimize overnight visitations across all markets.  Natalie is also responsible for attracting business events through the U.S. meetings and conventions market as well as the economic sectors of Energy and Environment and Information Communication Technologies.

Kim's responsibilities incorporate all aspects of the day-to-day financial management duties of the corporation, as well as directing all finance-related administrative activities.

Ilona is responsible for developing and implementing the strategy and necessary activities to attract, retain and engage corporate partners to sustain funding to further the initiatives of Economic Development Winnipeg.

Tiffany assists Dayna with issues management including such aspects as scheduling, event planning, meeting management and communications-related tasks. She also serves as the primary liaison for EDW's board of directors and coordinates all board-related activities germane to the organization.

Shannon provides primary administrative support to the EDW Executive Team including calendar management and travel coordination. She also supports the Executive Assistant to the President & CEO in organizing office-wide projects and events.

Chris conducts in-depth research and analysis on the Winnipeg regional economy to identify trends and key economic indicators. He delivers valuable information to our business community in the form of commentary, insights, forecasting and economic modeling.

Ron describes Winnipeg’s business development value proposition through the study, analysis and interpretation of industry trends and economic indicators. He is responsible for facilitation of strategic planning, staff training and development, as well as the management of projects promoting operational efficiencies across the organization.

Abigail is responsible for supporting the management of various data sets, developing reports and dashboards as well as troubleshooting data anomalies. She communicates insights that support business initiatives across the organization.

Amanda leads the YES! Winnipeg’s Business Development team, and works with the team to proactively identify new prospects and advance each opportunity to a successful conclusion by supporting the team in understanding what assistance the client requires and engaging appropriate collaborators to deliver what the client needs.

Alberto leads YES! Winnipeg's Foreign Direct Investment team to proactively identify and attract new companies to Winnipeg. He develops strong relationships with global site selector consultants, provincial and federal partners to promote Winnipeg's strong value proposition. He also represents YES! Winnipeg on international business missions, facilitates and oversees all incoming international delegations.

Yvonne leads YES! Winnipeg’s Talent team, helping local companies and potential investors in the city to retain, attract, and develop the talent they need to help grow the economy.

Shyam serves as the primary contact for the YES! Winnipeg Talent team. He is responsible for implementing the strategy and necessary activities to attract, retain and develop talent.  He works closely with Business Development, Foreign Direct Investment, Investor Relations and our partners to ensure business has access to deep talent pools.

Yelena is responsible for YES! Winnipeg talent partnerships and initiatives.  She works closely with EDW’s business development team, and YES! Winnipeg to ensure business has access to deep talent pools.  Yelena is also responsible for leading the coordination of talent events and missions.

Wynne is responsible for the Workforce Skills Development Program creation, deliverables and outcomes. 

Sectors: Advanced Manufacturing, Aerospace, Energy & Environment

William proactively identifies new prospects within his sectors of responsibility and advances each prospect to a successful conclusion by understanding what assistance they require and engaging appropriate collaborators to deliver what the client needs.

Christine proactively identifies potential foreign investors for Winnipeg. She leverages prospecting tools and marketing intelligence to create a strong business case for why potential investors should locate and grow in the Winnipeg region. At the same time, she is developing strong relationships with foreign-owned local businesses to encourage new investment. 

Sectors: Life Sciences, Agribusiness, and Transportation & Distribution

Brenden proactively identifies new prospects in the life sciences, agribusiness, transportation & distribution sectors. He engages and collaborates with clients to better understand their specific needs and remove any barriers to their development and growth in Winnipeg.

Sector:  Tech / ICT

Noah proactively identifies new prospects in the Tech/ICT sector. He engages and collaborates with clients to better understand their specific needs and remove any barriers to their development and growth in Winnipeg.

Sector:  Creative Industries
Jocelyn proactively identifies new prospects in the Creative Industries sector. She engages and collaborates with clients to better understand their specific needs and remove any barriers to their development and growth in Winnipeg. 

Crystal is responsible for the Work-Integrated Learning Engagement Framework project, its deliverables and outcomes. In partnership with the University of Manitoba, EDW's YES! Winnipeg team is creating a simplified model to make it easier for employers to recruit students, while increasing their number of work-integrated learning placements.

Dana works closely with EDW's business development team, YES! Winnipeg to support local company retention, expansion and attraction of new investment to the city.  

Jessie works closely with EDW's business development team, YES! Winnipeg to support local company retention, expansion and attraction of new investment to the city.

Veronica supports YES! Winnipeg's FDI team in the promotion of Winnipeg’s competitive advantages internationally. She develops relationships with foreign-owned businesses to generate investment and business opportunities for YES! Winnipeg. She also provides strong market intelligence tools for businesses to make informed decisions and coordinates site visits for international delegations.

Annie is responsible for attracting sports, special events and meetings and conventions to Winnipeg through the sport federations, unions, corporations as well as the key economic sectors of Advanced Manufacturing, Aerospace and Creative Industries.

Grace is responsible for attracting meetings and conventions to Winnipeg through the Canadian association and third party meeting planner markets as well as the economic sectors of Agribusiness and Life Sciences.

Sarah is responsible for selling and promoting Winnipeg as the destination of choice for the travel trade market.

Lynnea is responsible for managing client services by assisting clients in promoting their meetings, conventions, sports, special events and group tours that will be in Winnipeg in order to maximize attendance and elevate customer satisfaction.

Crystal is responsible for managing  the customer relations management system, Simpleview,  as well as supporting the sales activities of the Business Development Managers and expediting the bids and proposals in order to attract meetings, conventions, sports and special events to Winnipeg.

Brittany is responsible for managing the two marketing and sales consortiums of the Team Winnipeg, Winnipeg Tour Connection and broader tourism stakeholders’ programs and initiatives.

Julie provides support to the Tourism Winnipeg's Project Manager and Business Development Managers. She is responsible for administrative functions, maximizing sales activities, partner engagement and assisting with events that contribute to increasing the visitor economy.

Tyler is responsible for marketing as it relates to Economic Development Winnipeg. He executes strategic marketing plans to increase business investment and visitation to Winnipeg.

Eleanor manages the corporate communications activities specific to EDW. She executes a broad spectrum of deliverables based on strategic marketing & communications plans that span both digital and print formats. Eleanor is the primary point of contact for EDW-related media inquiries. 

Gillian is responsible for writing and editing tourism marketing communications, handling travel media requests, developing story ideas, and the travel media program. 

Mike is responsible for development and execution of Tourism Winnipeg's social media plan. He is also responsible for all creative online and offline writing for various marketing mediums.

Kelly is responsible for managing the content of the Tourism Winnipeg publications and website, approving all partner entries in Simpleview, compiling earned media, responding to image requests and managing the internal image gallery and photo contest.

Maddy is responsible for curating and creating digital and video content to promote and tell the Winnipeg story.

Karen is responsible for the graphic design of the sales and marketing initiatives and maintains the brand standards.

Danica is responsible for creating and distributing content on Economic Development Winnipeg’s digital properties and sharing Winnipeg stories to foster economic development for our city.

Abby is responsible for creating and distributing content on Economic Development Winnipeg’s digital properties and sharing Winnipeg stories to foster economic development for our city.