Kelli Stevens

Kelli Stevens is with the Suncor Energy Foundation, where she is responsible for the Foundation’s community resilience funding priority, and for helping to build the capacity needed to address complex issues – in and outside of Suncor. Kelli’s previous work includes managing a multi-stakeholder project focused on youth gang prevention, supporting the Institute for Community Prosperity and Trico Changemakers Studio at Mount Royal University, and undertaking corporate communications and strategic issues management work. She originally comes from a small town in northern Alberta, which is where she first saw the power of volunteerism and citizen-led community development. Kelli’s formal education is in Communications (BA) and Social Work (MSW).

“Calgary is hard-working: we throw ourselves into things we care about whether it’s work, play, or community building. Calgary is also welcoming: show up with an idea or an interest, and people with similar ideas and interests are likely to take you in.”