Mary (Margaret)​ Bateman

Ms. Mary (Margaret) Bateman was appointed to the board in 2019. She is past CEO and senior partner of Calder Bateman Communications – a firm she co-founded in 1990, and which merged with Calgary-based ZGM Modern Marketing Partners in 2018.

For more than 40 years, Ms. Bateman has provided strategic counsel and planning expertise to public and private sector clients engaged in a range of public policy issues. She has also led complex multi-stakeholder engagements on behalf of governments at all levels.

Ms. Bateman currently serves on the board of Edmonton’s 2001 Legacy Foundation. She was board chair of Edmonton Airports when it financed a billion-dollar expansion through capital markets, and negotiated closure of the city's municipal airport. Ms. Bateman is also a past member of the Board of Governors of Augustana University College, which is now part of the University of Alberta, and past board member of Alberta Blue Cross Corporation.

Ms. Bateman is a former managing director of the Government of Alberta's Public Affairs Bureau and vice-president of Alberta Housing Corporation.