Pat Letizia is President & CEO of Alberta Ecotrust, a long-standing and critical source of funding, training, and skill building for Alberta’s environmental community. She was a founding director and past chair of the Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations as well as Environment Funders Canada, where she served three separate terms as Chair. She currently co-chairs the Leader’s Council for the Alberta Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Initiative – an advisory committee to the Alberta Minister of Culture and Status of Women. She received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her collective contributions to the community and was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alberta Emerald Foundation.