The Ghost River Theatre Board of Directors are made up of an eclectic group of passionate volunteers drawn from Calgary’s diverse professional community. The Board serves as ambassadors for GRT’s artistic works to the broader community and provides valuable oversight and guidance to ensure GRT remains a sustainable not-for-profit arts organization within the cultural ecology of Calgary, Alberta and Canada.
2024-2025 BOARD of directors
EXECUTIVE
Hafiz Damji -President
Hafiz is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) with experience in multiple industries over the years. He has a passion for volunteering for several organizations within the arts as well as in business and with gender issues. When not volunteering, he loves attending shows, and socializing in general.
Collette Quinn-Hall - Vice President
Collette is excited to be a member of the Ghost River Theatre assemblage. She is an advocate for community-based arts embracing an innovative and collaborative spirit. Collette is a retired arts-integrated educator and, currently, is a Ph.D. student at the University of Calgary’s Werklund School of Education. Her work involves the intersection of arts, education, and feminist posthumanism. She enjoys attending events in the vibrant city of Calgary, gathering with family and friends, walking river paths with her puppy, and writing a little poetry.
Charles Rubin - Treasurer
Charles is a Staff Accountant at SG LLP Chartered Professional Accountants.
Janet St. Germain - Secretary
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DIRECTORS AT LARGE
Tiffany Coles - Director
Tiffany is an educator for with the Calgary Board of Education for the past 28 years, and has taught and been administration in arts centred-learning schools. She is passionate about creative processes, and works to advocate for process valued learning. Currently Tiffany is a school administrator and doctoral student at the University of Calgary. Her doctoral work is focused on learning rooted in relationship to each other, to the land, and with yourself. Learning from and alongside indigenous communities to develop learning based on truth, reconciliation, and reciprocity. Tiffany enjoys spending her time in different parks in the city and province, on the land, and in the rocky mountains with friends and family. Tiffany is grateful to be a part of the Ghost River Theatre team.
Scott Davidson - Director
Scott is a partner at MLT Aikins Law Firm in Calgary where he works primarily with patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks and the protection of intellectual property.
Inna Lazman - Director
Inna is a lawyer with experience in civil litigation and commercial law and an interest in governance. She has been practicing law in both private practice and in-house settings for over 16 years. Inna holds a Juris Doctor degree and a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) degree from the University of Calgary. She has always had a passion for the arts and a strong desire to contribute to the arts community in Calgary. When she is not practicing law, Inna can be found attending plays, concerts, festivals and art galleries. Inna is honoured to have the opportunity to lend her skills to the board of directors of Ghost River Theatre.
Amanda Nixon - Director
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Nathan Pronyshyn - Director
Nathan has served as a member of Calgary’s theatre community for 20 years and was at the helm of Vertigo Theatre’s former Y Stage series for 10 seasons. He holds an MFA from the University of Calgary where he is currently the Simulations Coordinator in the Faculty of Social Work, exploring the intersection of Social Work and performance. He has been moved by the work of Ghost River Theatre dating back to shows like The Highest Step in the Word, One, and Eye for an Eye, and is excited to support the continued growth of such a vibrant company.
Anna Shepard - Director
Anna Shepard (she/her) has spent the last decade studying and working in theatre, and has recently expanded her focus to health care, studying Diagnostic Medical Sonography at SAIT. As a multidisciplinary artist, her practice spans video design, direction, devised creation, and fine arts. Anna is a Ghost River National Devised Theatre Intensive alumni, and is excited to be a part of the Ghost River team.
Douglas Stretch - Director
Doug has been an educator for his entire adult life and an artist for longer. He has taught grades 1 through 9 and worked with high school students through youth groups and coaching. For the last 20 years, he worked as an administrator and instructional leader. As a visual artist, he has worked with a variety of media, primarily focused on realism. After retiring from classroom teaching, Doug took teaching positions at both University of Calgary and Mount Royal University in the Faculty of Education. He teaches in STEM, educational psychology and assessment. His other role is to supervise student teachers in their practicums. He admires Ghost River Theatre’s innovative approach to the use of multimedia and multisensory elements.