Mr. Ripley is a co-founder and serves as Chairman of Sequel Youth & Family Services, a national operator of behavioral health services in the USA and former Partner of Alaris.  Sequel currently operates 46 programs in 20 states, serving over 9,000 clients from 42 states and U.S. territories with over 4,000 employees. Mr. Ripley also is a founding partner and an Advisory Board member of CYWP Funds, a group of private equity funds located in the Washington, DC area which invest in operating businesses and real estate across the USA. Previously, Mr. Ripley was a co-founder and the principal owner of BGR The Burger Joint, a highly-acclaimed fast-casual gourmet burger restaurant concept.  Additionally, Mr. Ripley was a founding stockholder of Youth Services International (YSI), and served as its President and COO as well as its CFO.  Mr. Ripley also served as President and CEO of Precision Auto Care, a worldwide franchisor of automotive service centers, as well as Corporate Controller and then VP Eastern Division Operations for Jiffy Lube, the leading franchisor of quick lube centers in North America.  He began his career with Ernst & Young, CPAs in Baltimore, MD. Mr. Ripley is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Baltimore, and has served as a member of UB’s Foundation board for the past six years.  He is a member of the Chief Executives Organization (CEO) as well as the Young Presidents Organization (YPO). 

Bob Bertram is a Corporate Director and the retired Executive Vice President of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (“Teachers”), a position he held from 1990 through December 2008. Mr. Bertram led Teachers’ investment program and had oversight of the pension fund’s growth to approximately $108 billion from approximately $19 billion when it was established in 1990. His responsibilities included overseeing the real estate portfolio managed by its subsidiary, The Cadillac Fairview Corp., the development of private equity and infrastructure investments and the asset-mix and risk allocations of the pension fund. Prior to Teachers, Bob spent 18 years at Telus Corporation, formerly Alberta Government Telephones. Before leaving Telus Corporation, Bob was Assistant Vice President and Treasurer at Telus Corporation, including responsibility for managing the company’s $2 billion in investment funds. Bob is currently the Chair of the Strategic Committee of Glass Lewis, LLC, a director of The Cadillac Fairview Corporation, a member of the Independent Review Committee for the Strathbridge Asset Management family of funds, a director of Black Spruce Exploration Corp. and a director of several not-for-profit boards and societies including, the Canadian Foundation for Governance Research. Bob previously held directors roles with Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment, AltaLink, Nexen Inc., and Morguard Mortgage Investment Corp., to name a few.

Steve is the President and CEO of Alaris and has served in that role since he co-founded the company in 2004.  Mr. King has also served on the board of directors of Alaris since the company went public in 2008.  Prior to creating Alaris, Steve spent 12 years in the investment banking industry in both Toronto and Calgary, advising both public and private company entrepreneurs on their capital raising needs.  Mr. King is also a director of Metropolitan Investment Corporation, a private investment company.  In addition to overseeing the daily operations of Alaris, Steve is involved in every facet of the investment process and is an integral part of the relationships that are created with each of Alaris’ partners.

Ms. Ritchie is President and Chief Executive Officer of Richford Holdings Ltd., an accounting and investment advisory services company. Ms. Ritchie is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta. Ms. Ritchie is a member of the Board of Governors and Chair of the Financial Advisory Committee of RBC Global Asset Management. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Industrial Alliance Ltd. and Enwave Corporation.

Mr. Shier is General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Manager, Land at Paramount Resources Ltd., which he joined in November, 2008. Prior to joining Paramount, Mr. Shier spent over 24 years in private practice where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions and oil and gas and general commercial law. He is also on the board of Trilogy Energy Corp.

Ms. Langlois was a board member of SAIT from 2014 until mid-2020, serving as the Vice-Chair of the Board, Audit Committee chair, Member of the Executive committee and was formerly the Chair of the Investment Committee. She was a Partner at KPMG Canada from 2006 until early 2020.  She has 28 years of experience in a broad range of industries delivering assurance and securities services and also led the Corporate Services group for KPMG Calgary for three years and was the KPMG National Audit Partner in charge of People Strategy.  Ms. Langlois holds a Bachelor of Business Commerce degree with a major in Accounting from the University of Calgary, a CPA, CA designation, a CPHR designation and the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.