Evelyn Ackah
Evelyn Ackah (Top 40 2010) is the founder and managing lawyer of Ackah Business Immigration Law and has more than 25 years of business immigration law experience. She has built her career on one guiding principle: every client’s dream deserves to be nurtured and protected. Her personal immigration journey, combined with her legal expertise, knowledge and compassion, ensures that her clients feel secure, respected and confident as they pursue their paths to immigration and citizenship. Ackah believes that borders should never hold anyone back.
Neepin Auger
Neepin Auger (Top 40 2025) is a Cree artist, educator, author and mother from the Bigstone Cree Nation in northern Alberta. She has been painting for more than 20 years, having studied under her father, Dr. Dale Auger, a renowned Indigenous artist and member of the Calgary Stampede Western Art Show Hall of Fame. She holds a Master of Education degree from the University of Calgary and currently serves as the principal of Manyhorses High School. Auger is also an accomplished author and illustrator of children’s books, including Discovering Animals and Discovering People.
Lawrence Korngut
Lawrence Korngut (Top 40 2015) is a neuromuscular neurologist at the Neuromuscular Program, where he diagnoses, studies and treats conditions related to the nerves. He is a professor at the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute. His research focuses on clinical trials of potential new therapies and collects real-world health data to improve health outcomes in neuromuscular diseases like ALS. He co-founded Lumiio, a Calgary-based health data technology company.
Tsering Asha Leba
Tsering Asha Leba is the senior editor of Avenue where she develops the publication’s editorial direction and content. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Calgary, which informs her storytelling about civic engagement, city building and celebrating life in Calgary. In 2025, her work behind the Avenue Innovation Newsletter, a weekly newsletter profiling local tech entrepreneurs, was recognized with the Gold Innovation Award by the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association.
Käthe Lemon
Käthe Lemon is the president and co-owner of RedPoint Media Group, Calgary’s largest locally owned media company. RedPoint publishes Avenue and The Scene, and creates award-winning custom publications including Leap on behalf of the Alberta Cancer Foundation, spur on behalf of the Calgary Foundation, Create Calgary on behalf of Calgary Arts Development and others, through RPM Content Studio. Before acquiring RedPoint, Lemon was editor of Avenue for 15 years. In 2025, she received the Achievement in Publishing award from the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association.
Byron Neiles
Byron Neiles (Top 40 2001) has more than 30 years of experience in the energy industry. In 2024, he retired as the executive vice-president and chief administrative officer at Enbridge Inc. He serves on the board of directors of ENMAX, Calgary Economic Development and the University of Calgary Board of Governors. He holds an MBA from the University of Calgary and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He is also a lifelong volunteer serving numerous organizations in social services, civic leadership, health, education, sport and arts.
Brent Pickerl
Brent Pickerl (Top 40 2007) is co-founder and president of Sandstone Asset Management Inc. Alberta born, he holds dual degrees from the University of Saskatchewan in finance and economics. He is a licensed portfolio manager, a chartered market technician and an alum of Singularity University’s Executive Program in Silicon Valley. He has a strong international orientation and deep respect for his firm’s responsibility to address global challenges as it delivers exceptional results for its clients and community. He has served on committees and boards for several arts organizations.
Colleen Pound
Colleen Pound (Top 40 2012) is a founder and CEO of her third startup, Proxure, a data analytics company that provides actionable analytics to improve business outcomes for clients. She has an international MBA spanning Canada, Denmark and France, and completed her corporate directors designation (ICD.D) through the University of Toronto. She currently serves as a senator at the University of Calgary on the Management Advisory Council at the Haskayne School of Business, and is a regional ambassador for Women Get on Board.