Campaign Cabinet

Enzo Barichello is former managing partner and co-head of the Government Affairs and Public Policy practice at Bennett Jones LLP, acting in commercial electrical power and gas transactions, mergers and acquisitions with a focus on transactions in the pharmaceutical sector, forestry purchase and sale transactions, major commercial leases, and major commercial and financing transactions. He also acted on airport management and operations transactions and related joint ventures. Currently, Enzo is a consultant with EJ Barichello Consulting.

Enzo has lectured on drafting and negotiating commercial agreements and presents corporate/commercial seminars to clients on various topics relevant to his clients’ businesses.

Enzo serves on the boards of various corporations in different sectors. He was chair of Edmonton Global and a governor and interim chair for the Board of Governors of MacEwan University. He is past vice-chair and director of the Edmonton Regional Airports Authority and a past board member of the Forestry Industry Suppliers Association of Alberta. He is a former managing partner of the Edmonton office of Bennett Jones and former director on the Bennett Jones LLP Board of Directors.

Enzo is a member of the Canadian Who’s Who, published by University of Toronto Press as a reference source for leading and influential Canadians.

Lisa Baroldi is an award-winning business and community leader. She is currently founder and CEO of Progress (un)Ltd. and was formerly president and CEO of the Building Owners and Managers Association Edmonton (BOMA Edmonton). Prior to joining BOMA Edmonton, Lisa was a senior advisor to the Canada-United Arab Emirates Business Council in Toronto and Dubai and executive director of an economic development authority in Northern Alberta. Other previous roles include associate editor of Diplomat & International Magazine in Ottawa and CEO of Progress Unlimited, a global consulting firm that has been involved in many ground-breaking initiatives such as Canada’s first New in Town Indigenous Welcome Service and Kahkiyaw, which is the first collaborative service delivery for urban Indigenous children, youth and families in Alberta. Through Progress Unlimited, Lisa has provided economic, community and business development services since 2007 in Canada, France, Sierra Leone and the United Arab Emirates. She has obtained $100 million dollars for projects since 2011 and has brought attention to and action on various issues.

In 2009, Lisa co-founded the national intercity exchange, Designing Downtown.

Lisa holds a master’s degree from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and degrees from L’Institut d’études politiques de Lyon and the University of Alberta, where she was awarded the Dr. John MacDonald Medal in Arts for overall superior academic achievement in the BA Honours Program. In 2015, Lisa was selected for the prestigious Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference. In 2012/13, she was named one of Edmonton’s top 40 under 40, top 100 women in business and Alberta Venture magazine’s Ten Rising Stars.

Traci Bednard is the president and CEO of Explore Edmonton. She has spent her career promoting Edmonton, joining Explore Edmonton in November 2021 after two decades with Edmonton International Airport (YEG). Traci has travelled globally promoting Edmonton as a place for investment, aviation and tourism. She has led marketing and sales, ESG, community relations, advocacy and partnerships, including tourism and Indigenous tourism partnerships.

Traci is committed to community service and industry advancement, lending her executive leadership experience to several organizations’ boards of directors, including the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, Edmonton Global and Covenant Foundation.

As a graduate of the MacEwan Public Relations program (diploma, class of ‘97), and someone working every day in Edmonton’s downtown, Traci is excited to join the effort to build the new MacEwan University School of Business building, home of the Triffo School of Business, and the many benefits it will generate for innovation, business connections and the visitor economy in Edmonton’s downtown.

Sine Chadi is the founder and CEO of Imperial Equities Inc., a publicly traded industrial real estate company, and has been the principal driver of its growth and development, overseeing all day-to-day aspects of the Corporation’s development and management. He has worked in the real estate and development industries for more than 45 years. He is the owner of several companies involved in real estate sales, asset management, property management and mortgage financing. In addition to his business career, he also served in the Alberta Legislature (1993-1997) as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Northwest Edmonton.

Mr. Chadi is an active community leader who has determinedly and financially supported many community groups and charities. He has received numerous awards for his business achievements and community involvement, including being recognized as a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (2002), the Alberta Centennial Medal (2005), a finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year (2008) and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012). He was inducted into the City of Edmonton Hall of Fame (2013), the Alberta Business Hall of Fame by the Junior Achievement of Northern Alberta and NWT (2022) and received the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal (2023) and the Alberta Order of Excellence (2025).

Mr. Chadi is a renowned philanthropist and fundraiser in the Edmonton area, donating and raising millions of dollars on behalf of a myriad of organizations, including the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital’s pediatric unit, where $7,000,000 was raised and the Chadi Family Foundation made a lead donation of $1 million toward the Chadi Centre for Pediatric Rehabilitation. His charitable activities are conducted through his companies and increasingly through the Chadi Family Foundation, which prioritizes education, healthcare, the arts, sports and other community causes. He is a current board member of the Parkinson Association of Alberta and the Gordon and Diane Buchanan Family Foundation and a past board member of the Capital Care Foundation and the Glenrose Hospital Foundation.

Darrell Halliwell is the former managing principal of DIALOG’s Edmonton studio, which has over 150 team members. He was a member of the leadership team, responsible for the strategic direction and management of the firm as a whole.

In practice, Darrell brings a wide range of architectural experience gained in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and the Northwest Territories. His project involvement at a senior level has included prototypical “one of” assignments to numerous commercially driven initiatives.

Darrell’s focus is on achieving success through in-depth project knowledge and effective team management.

Janet Riopel, a lifelong Edmontonian, has deep roots in our community and considerable experience in managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects.

Janet honed her skills and experience in the land development industry, with other ventures including working with Canada’s Governor General, the Alberta Government, Katz Group, CAREERS The Next Generation, EPCOR and Port Alberta. Most recently, she was the president & CEO of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce.

Janet is a director on the boards of Melcor Developments, Nearctic Property Group and Invest Alberta Corporation. Past service includes roles as board chair of the Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation, Edmonton Chamber of Commerce and Compassion House Foundation. She was board chair of MacEwan, a board director of NAIT, campaign chair for United Way and president of the Urban Development Institute Alberta.

Her community service has brought her much recognition. She was honoured with the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, has twice been named one of Alberta’s 50 most influential people and was a Global TV Woman of Vision. Janet has received the Urban Development Institute’s Merit Award and the City of Edmonton’s Outstanding Service Award. She is a member of the International Women’s Forum and the Institute of Corporate Directors.

As senior vice-president at Qualico Properties, Mike oversees the leasing, development and property management of all Qualico income-producing properties in Canada, including mixed-use, office, retail, residential and light industrial buildings.

Having always had an affinity for architecture and urban development, Mike considers his contributions to the built environment to be the most gratifying aspect of his career. Mike is able to execute at a high level by growing and fostering trusted relationships and conducting himself with the utmost integrity and transparency.