Calgary Arts Development President & CEO since 2013, Patti Pon is a veteran community and arts champion with an extensive track record of leadership and service in Calgary. Patti has deep and diverse experience in the arts sector, having served in senior leadership positions at the EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts (now Arts Commons), Alberta Performing Arts Stabilization Fund, and Alberta Theatre Projects, among others. In the community, she just completed her full term on the board of The Calgary Foundation and serves on a committee for the Calgary Stampede. She was a founding board member of the Asian Heritage Foundation (Southern Alberta) and served on the steering committee for imagineCalgary as well as on the board of CKUA Radio Network. Patti has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and received the 2013 Harry and Martha Cohen Award, recognizing significant contribution to Calgary’s theatre community.