Our Board...
Our board is comprised completely of volunteers from within the community of Legacy. From our elected board each year, 4 individuals are comprised of the executive leadership. An additional 7 director positions exist for a total of 11 directors that serve vital roles to support the ongoing maintenance and future growth of the Calgary Legacy Community Association.
Additionally our board has Advisor positions. These positions are volunteers that advise Directors in regards to specific areas of expertise and support in ongoing projects and tasks.
Our Board is currently recruiting for the following positions:
- Vice President (January 2024)
- Director of Fundraising (Currently Open)
- Director of Events x 2 (April 2024 – Advisor Roles open in Interim to learn what is required)
- Advisor of Memberships (Currently Open)
- Programs Advisor (Spring/Summer 2024) – 2 Roles Open
Board Meetings
The Board of Directors meet on the second Monday of the month from 7pm – 8:30pm. Currently our monthly meetings take place at Legacy Tim Horton’s. All current Calgary Legacy Community Association members are welcome to attend. If you are interested in attending a board meeting, please email [email protected] the Friday prior to Board meeting at 5pm to register.
Please note there are no planned meetings during the months of July and December.
**Due to January 1st falling on Monday for 2024, the CLCA Board has moved the January meeting to January 15th, (Third Monday of the month).
Executive Team
Moving to the community of Legacy in April of 2020, Ryan brings years of experience in Operations Management and Change Management Practices. With backgrounds in Healthcare, Hospitality and Community Development, Ryan brings these talents to the board to help push it forward.
To connect please email [email protected]
David is an educational technologist, IT generalist consultant, teacher and community builder. David is a past candidate for Calgary-Shaw with the Alberta NDP in the 2023 Alberta election, and former president of the CLCA. He holds a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies with focuses on Work Organization and Leadership.
To connect, please email [email protected]
Jose is a jack of all trades. Since coming to Canada with his wife, he has held many progressive positions in Operation Management roles and is a local entrepreneur as well. If that doesn’t keep him busy enough, he is always running around with his 2 very active children and keeping our books in order.
Elaine has been thankful to call Legacy home since 2019. She became involved in the community association shortly after moving in. She was a social worker for many years and now is a minister in a local church.
Board of Directors
Angela and her family have lived in Legacy for two years now. She will never forget when they went into a show home and one of the sale reps told us at “Christmas time the community is literally lit up.” She knew at that moment they were moving here. Her family love living in Legacy. They walk the ridge daily with the dogs. They love adventuring in the woods as well. Once she got all settled into Legacy and heard of all the events, Angela couldn’t wait to volunteer with the board.
Christy and her husband moved to Legacy in 2017, where they quickly fell in love with the small community feeling that Legacy had to offer. They started their family in 2018, which has now grown to three kids and a dog. Christy works in Equity Research for an Investment Bank and also helps out with the family business, Trimlight Calgary.
Vanessa and her family have called Legacy home since buying their first house in 2015. She brings to the CLCA her passion for connecting with people and planning social events to help create fun and memorable community experiences!
Brianne has lived in Legacy since 2021. She’s made this community her home, and loves to explore the many pathways, ponds and playgrounds with her young son and dog. She uses her experience in Marketing to create engaging social media content for the CLCA, and helps promote community events throughout the year.
Sarah has made her home in Legacy since March 2020 – first moving here to live with friends and then buying a house of her own after falling in love with the community. Sarah has a background in planning and development.
Moving to the community of Legacy in April of 2020, Samantha first served as Director of Events for 2 years. After just recently giving birth to her first child, Samantha has transitioned to a support role for the board of directors. With a background in organizational management, and events as well as finance Samantha supports various roles the board needs throughout the year.
This position is currently vacant and we are looking for someone with dynamic writing skills to apply for available grants and subsidies to help in funding additional community programming and look for future opportunities in relations to sponsorship development with local businesses and community partners.
To apply to be a member of our board, please email, [email protected]
Advisors
With a passion for gardens and grants, Evan joined the CLCA as an advisor in 2021 with high hopes of helping the community garden settle into its forever home. You’ll either find Evan out digging in the garden with his dog, or fostering relationships with people to help broadcast awareness of our community’s needs.
Frazer is the principal architect at his own design firm. Calling Legacy home for many years, you can often find Frazer biking the many pathways or playing baseball with his kids on one of our local diamonds throughout the summer. Frazer brings his natural skills in planning and design to the community association in a planning and design manner.
Chimaraoke Akuchie is proud to have called Legacy home with his lovely family since 2018. Working in healthcare with a background in, human services, and engineering, he brings a diverse skill set to our community. What he loves most about Legacy is its unique blend of diversity and rapid growth. It’s a place where we can all come together and make it even better. That’s why he chose to become an advisor of volunteering for our community board association. His goal is to help volunteer in Legacy and engage in our community activities making it an even more wonderful place for all of us to live. Together, we can build a brighter future for our community!
Janet moved to Legacy with her husband last December. Janet is a graphic artist that puts her talents to use for the CLCA towards event advertising and visual creations
