Colleen purdy

“It has always been my personal belief that I have been blessed with many opportunities in my life and so… where I can and when I can, I need to use my skill set to give back to my community. I hope that I can make a difference with my volunteering efforts and that I can continue to volunteer in some capacity for many years to come.
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Colleen Purdy has a wealth of experience in diverse financial settings. She was the Senior Financial Officer for one of the largest health regions in Alberta prior to the inception of Alberta Health Services (AHS) in 2009. She left to take on senior leadership roles with ATB Financial, leading several portfolios over 10 years.

Colleen was the Senior Vice-President responsible for financial planning and analysis along with leading Brightside, an ATB digital banking app before she returned to AHS as VP, Corporate Services, and CFO.

Her AHS portfolio contains finance (operations and planning), contracting and procurement and supply chain management, capital management, planning and performance along with administrative oversight of internal audit and enterprise risk management. 

Colleen is a chartered professional accountant who was honored with a recent Fellowship.  She has more than 25 years of experience in financial services, healthcare, and the retail sector.  She is an active community volunteer, currently serving on several boards and foundations.

All persons welcome at making changes

Making Changes acknowledges the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy which includes the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai, the Tsuut’ina Nation and Stoney Nakoda Nations of Chiniki, Bearspaw and Wesley and the Metis people of Alberta, Regions 5 & 6. We honour the hardships that were endured by the peoples on this land to allow us to be in this space to do the work that we do in our community. We respect the culture of the peoples who walk through our doors and we strive to provide space for them. We acknowledge that Indigenous peoples continue to experience hardships and our agency will be champions for change in our daily service to community. Making Changes is committed to inclusivity and recognition of all peoples who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.