Ken Bautista, Co-Chair
Ken is an interactive creative director and entrepreneur. His most recent venture is Seek Your Own Proof, an online game where kids are challenged to investigate science and history as agents of a fictional spy agency. Seek Your Own Proof is exclusively distributed by Discovery Kids, the kids brand of the world’s number one nonfiction media company Discovery Communications. In his spare time, Ken has led and founded several non-profit organizations focused on growing the creative and technology community, including artsScene Edmonton, Startup Edmonton, TEDx Edmonton and Digital Alberta. Ken’s companies have won several awards including Best in Show at the Fusion Digital Media Venture Forum in Vancouver, Pitch It! Winner at KidScreen Summit in New York, and Most Promising Company at the Canadian New Media Awards. He has been invited to speak at international events including the Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum in Hong Kong, Banff World Television Festival and Canadian Arts Summit, and was recently featured as one of Avenue Edmonton’s 40 Under 40.

Michael Brechtel, Co-Chair
Michael is a graduate of the Bachelor of Commerce program at the University of Alberta, and is the Director of Strategy at McRobbie Optamedia, one of the fastest growing ad agencies in Western Canada. Michael was the founding chair of interVivos, founding co-chair of artsScene Edmonton, and one of the four “instigators” of the Reboot Alberta movement. He currently sits on the board of directors of the Alberta Party, and is excited at the prospect of bringing all these undertakings together to make Edmonton an exciting place for the next generation of civic leaders to come, live and build a world-class creative community. He was named one of Edmonton’s “Sizzling 20 Under 30″ for 2008, recognized as “Next Up” by Alberta Venture in 2010, and as one of Edmonton’s 2010 40 under 40 by Avenue Magazine.

Cindy Fulton, Program Coordinator
For three years, Cindy worked as Program Coordinator at the Northern Alberta Business Incubator where her primary focus was on helping entrepreneurs connect. This included organizing social gathering, business planning sessions and workshops, and business briefs. She also spent time sitting on organizing committees in the community including St. Albert Chamber of Commerce, St. Albert Small Business Week Awards of Distinction, and the Vision of Success committee, a special speaker series featuring successful women in business. In late 2009, she started a new venture, Cindy Fulton Events, putting her passion for event coordination and project management to work. She has worked on several projects including social and corporate events, weddings, as well as not for profit initiatives. This also includes event coordination for artsScene Edmonton, Startup Edmonton, and TEDx Edmonton.

Tiffany Linke-Boyko, Operations Coordinator
Tiffany has spent the last eight years with Extreme Dream Ministries as an event organizer planning youth conferences all over Canada and overseas.  Some of her highlights have been organizing a conference at a soccer stadium in Malawi, Africa and organizing the annual YC Alberta that takes place each May at Rexall Place in Edmonton with 16,000 delegates.  She also enjoys supporting and promoting Edmonton opportunities through her involvement with artsScene and Startup Edmonton.

Sam Jenkins
Sam is excited about driving arts, technology and culture in the City of Edmonton. As the Director of Business Development for iomer internet solutions, Sam works with public sector and large enterprises in developing strategy for how technology can influence business. Born and raised in the City of Champions, Sam is also the Vice Chair of the Edmonton International Fringe Festival, North America’s largest fringe theatre festival, and one of Edmonton’s most recognizable brands.

Cam Linke
Cam Linke is a software entrepreneur and startup community evangelist in Edmonton. He is the co-founder of Startup Edmonton, brought DemoCamp to Edmonton two years ago to build the tech community, and continues to work building resources and networks for startups in the city. Recently having worked at one of Edmontonʼs brightest tech startups, Nexopia.com, Cam is now building a software company to help people deliver great experiences with mobile applications.

Alana Williams
Having spent her University years cultivating business acumen thinking she’d be an accountant or lawyer, Alana yearned for the addition of creative industry in her life. Hence, she found herself drawn to advertising. With 7 years experience in Edmonton’s advertising community, she currently holds a position as Account Supervisor with RED The Agency and maintains a Director position on the Advertising Club of Edmonton Board. In addition to volunteering with artsScene Edmonton, Alana also plays a recurring character on the online kids spy-fi game Seek Your Own Proof.

Marc Carnes
Originally from Ottawa, Marc has over 10 years of professional experience as an advocate and promoter of music and the arts. Currently he is the Director of Development for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and Francis Winspear Centre for Music.

Galen Scorer
Galen Scorer is the Interactive Strategist at RED The Agency. He comes from a long and varied background in media arts. As an educator he has taught at several universities in interactive arts. As a video editor he mastered the art of trailers and documentaries for BioWare’s videogames. For five years he was the Research & Technology Manager at the Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab. As a programmer he has worked on numerous interactive physical and virtual experiences and even developed the software for the interactive feature film Late Fragment. As an artist he has shown his interactive installations internationally and talked at conferences about the intersection of technology and our human body.

Merran Carr-Wiggin
Merran Carr-Wiggin is studying Art History and Drama at the University of Alberta. She has acted in numerous festivals such as New Works, Nextfest and the Edmonton Fringe and sings with Kim Mattice Wanat’s Studio. She is a board member of Harcourt House Arts Centre. She is thrilled to be part of Edmonton’s vibrant arts community and is happy to be working with artsScene.

Kim Evans
Kim began her career in communications working for Northlands, promoting major events. Following that, she lead the public relations activities for the world’s largest shopping and entertainment complex, West Edmonton Mall. In her current role with Alberta Film, Kim is proud to promote her province as a filming location and help support the talented Albertans who make up the local film, television and digital media industry. A lifelong Edmontonian and supporter of all things arts and culture, Kim is excited to be a part of the artsScene Edmonton group.

Marcus Coldeway
Marcus is an artist by name and Graphic Designer by trade. Principle of his own Graphic Design firm Marc-it Creative. Marcus loves handling the creative process from beginning to end and working closely with clients. Marc-it Creative tailors creative packages and messaging suitable to the client’s needs and goals with a sound eye for the future and what has yet to be done. Always promoting the Design mantra of “Fat-Free Design” Marcus and his work strives to clean up the visual world. “There is a lot of Clutter out there but this cannot last”. With a background in Psychology and Marketing, Marcus has the creative sense and understanding to handle the ever-changing needs of clients and the market place. Marcus is a graduate of University of Alberta, with a major in Art & Design and Psychology. His works are on display at some of Edmonton’s art hubs including the Northern Alberta Jubilee Sculpture Garden. Marcus’s artistic talents include Graphic Design, Sculpture and Architecture, Textbook illustration, and Painting. Marcus is also a Professional DJ spinning a mash up style of Funky breaks and Funk.

Paul Steier
Paul credits his dad for instilling him with an entrepreneurial spirit and introducing him to Edmonton’s start-up community. Affirming his desire to create opportunities for creative and business minded people to collaborate he has since become involved with the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise, The Technology Commercialization Centre and Startup Edmonton. Recently, he has begun using short video as a tool to provide exposure for emerging artists and entrepreneurs and their art, business, products and events. He is a member of the artsScene Edmonton organizing committee and produces their videos.

Ellie Capak
Since graduating with a Museum Studies degree from the University of Toronto, Ellie has worked in the arts administration field in a variety of capacities. Currently she spends her days as the Art Collection Registrar with the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and her nights as an aspiring seamstress.  She is an avid consumer of anything to do with design, culture and art and enjoys volunteering with artsScene and the Edmonton International Film Festival. You will find her pounding the streets or utilizing the transit system as she refuses to buy a car.

Sasha Newton
Sasha is a Copywriter at RED The Agency and in love with the arts world. A good day for Sasha is defined as one in which she encounters exciting new visual art, theatre, music, writing or film– and it’s a particularly fine day when local artists created the magic. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Film Studies from the University of Alberta, and has studied Media and Communications Theory at McMaster University. Also an avid creative photographer, Sasha has studied photography in France at The American University of Paris. Volunteer work is also a passion of hers: in the past, she helped create a documentary film for the Autism Society of Edmonton and Area’s theatre group and was Media Coordinator for a major fashion show staged by iHuman Youth Society.

Asia Szkudlarek

Cary Williams