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.

Karen leads the development and implementation of the tourism sales and servicing for all markets in order to increase Winnipeg's economy.

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.

Tiffany assists Dayna with issues management involving 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.

Sandra leads a team of Market Intelligence professionals collecting and assessing the best, accurate most relevant information about Winnipeg to support companies considering a relocation or expansion into Winnipeg. Providing leadership through reliable data and industry expertise, the MI team supports EDW as a knowledge based data driven organization.

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.

On Maternity Leave until Fall 2021.

Lukas is responsible for planning, developing and implementing EDW’s data strategy.  He manages the development of the EDW data warehouse from data discovery through to design and data visualizations. He delivers high quality, reliable data solutions to support business investment and tourism in Winnipeg.

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 supports the Market Intelligence team through data management, work coordination and research. She is responsible to provide the best, accurate and most relevant information to support the organization and client requests.

Sector: Financial Services

Bill leads 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 proactively identifies new prospects to attract to Winnipeg by developing relationships with leading site selector consultants to inform them of and promote Winnipeg's strong value proposition. He also represents YES! Winnipeg on international business missions and welcomes 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.

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.

Sectors: Life Sciences, Agribusiness, and Transportation & Distribution
Sheena proactively identifies new prospects in the life sciences, agribusiness, transportation & distribution sectors. She engages and collaborates with clients to better understand their specific needs and remove any barriers to their development and growth in Winnipeg.

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. 

Ilona serves as the primary contact for investors of YES! Winnipeg.  She is responsible for implementing the strategy and necessary activities to attract, retain and engage investors to sustain private sector funding to further the initiatives of YES! Winnipeg and Economic Development Winnipeg.

Corinne works closely with the YES! Winnipeg business development team to retain existing investment, support local company expansion, and attract new investment to the city.  Corinne also works closely with EDW’s Market Intelligence team to ensure effective flow of project work and intelligence to inform the efforts of YES! Winnipeg, among other responsibilities.

Sector:  Tech / ICT

Noah proactively identifies new prospects in the Tech/ICT sector. She 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.

Laurie is responsible for leading the coordination of events, communications and activities with YES! Winnipeg’s investor network in conjunction with EDW's President and CEO, Dayna Spiring, and the Vice President, Sales and Business Development, Ryan Kuffner.

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.

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.

Jen is responsible for the Team Winnipeg and Winnipeg Tour Connection partnerships and initiatives. She provides project-specific support to the meetings and conventions and travel trade teams and Tourism Winnipeg's industry events.

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 research and lead generation support for Tourism Winnipeg sales team.

Danica is responsible for inventory management and the delivery of front line visitor counseling.

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

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

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.

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

Maddy is responsible for creating and distributing digital content across all platforms. Maddy also facilitates the distribution of the e-newsletters, blogs and industry communications.