Shelley Arnusch
Shelley Arnusch is Avenue’s Editor in Chief. She has two decades of experience working in magazines and 14 years of experience working on Top 40 Under 40 projects. Prior to Avenue, she held editorial roles at the Calgary Herald’s Swerve magazine and at Pique Newsmagazine in Whistler, B.C. She has won numerous awards from the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association and the International Regional Media Association for her work as an editor, and a National Magazine Award for her writing.
Mark Blackwell
Mark Blackwell (Top 40 Under 40 Class of 2022) is a General Partner at Builders, a Silicon Valley venture capital fund. He co-founded GNS3 Technologies and has led investments at Cenovus Energy’s venture fund, with prior roles at CIBC and Enbridge. He serves as Chair of the $1B+ University of Calgary Endowment Fund, Chair of the $100M Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund, and is on the board of Emissions Reduction Alberta.
Col Cseke
Col Cseke (Top 40 Under 40 Class 2018) is an award-winning theatre artist and community-builder and a passionate advocate for mental health, poverty reduction and civil kindness. He is the artistic and executive director of Inside Out Theatre, spearheads non-fiction storytelling projects under the banner of Field Work, and hosts the popular pop-up talk show Human Interest with Col Cseke.
Victoria Hodgkinson-Brechenmacher
Victoria Hodgkinson-Brechenmacher (Top 40 Under 40 Class of 2021) is Chief Scientific Officer at the Calgary-based international health data company Lumiio Inc., and executive director of the Canadian Neuromuscular Disease Registry, a national research program led out of the University of Calgary’s Hotchkiss Brain Institute. She is a passionate supporter of the increased use of data for rational, evidence-based decision-making for access to treatments and care.
Sandra Aigbinode Lange
Sandra Aigbinode Lange (Top 40 Under 40 Class of 2021) is Senior Legal Counsel with AltaLink (a Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company). Her practice focuses on dispute resolution, litigation, and regulatory law. She is a board member with the Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners, vice-chair of the City of Calgary’s Peace Officer Oversight Committee, past chair of the Canadian Bar Association Inns of Court Committee, and a volunteer lecturer with the Trial Advocacy course at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Law.
Käthe Lemon
Käthe Lemon is the president and co-owner of RedPoint Media Group, Calgary’s largest independent, locally owned media company. RedPoint is the publisher of Avenue and The Scene, and through RPM Content Studio creates award-winning custom publications, including Leap for the Alberta Cancer Foundation, Create Calgary for Calgary Arts Development and others. Prior to her current role, Lemon was editor of Avenue for 15 years and was named Alberta Editor of the Year in 2011.
Dr. Amy Metcalfe
Dr. Amy Metcalfe (Top 40 Under 40 Class of 2018) is a professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medicine, and Community Health Sciences at UCalgary; and the Maternal and Child Health Program Director with the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute. Her work has been supported by more than $30 million in funds from organizations that include the Canadian Institute of Health Research, the New Frontiers in Health Research, Calgary Health Foundation and Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation.
Ranny Shibley
Ranny Shibley (Top 40 Under 40 Class of 2012) is the founder and CEO of Bloom Benefits Group, which offers group benefits, life insurance and group retirement across Canada and all 50 States. Born and raised in Calgary, Shibley attended the University of Calgary, earning a bachelor’s degree in geomatics engineering. He worked in the energy industry for 15 years, then transitioned to the venture capital world for seven years, finally ending up in insurance when he founded Bloom in 2022.
