Shauna Almas

Board Vice-Chair

Shauna Almas is a purpose-motivated Business Development professional.  She has been driving revenue growth and profitability across commercial, public and not-for-profit industries for 13 years and counting.

As a student, Shauna put herself through her undergraduate degree as an entrepreneur. During her MBA she worked in East Africa to address the need for better rural access to quality health care. In the early days of her career in the pharmaceutical industry she was involved with one of the most successful Canadian launches of a new pharmaceutical product in its class.

Specializing in fostering innovative relationships and identifying new business opportunities, Shauna is inspired by a favourite African proverb – “Alone, we go faster.  Together, we go further.”

Currently, as Director of Development, Shauna is establishing a new Business Development department as a member of the Leadership Team at the Canadian Cardiovascular Society.

In her spare time, she likes to be outdoors gardening, taking on sizeable DIY projects at home, and experimenting in the kitchen – sporadically successful at best, but certainly a lot of fun.