Committee

Dynalife, Business Partner, Human Resources

Jamie Lynn Heintz dedicated the past 13 years of her career focusing on recruitment in the healthcare industry. Jamie has spent the last 8 years working at DynaLIFE and is currently a Business Partner in the area of Talent Management and Strategic Initiatives.Jamie graduated from NAIT in 2004 from the Business Administration Program obtaining both a Management Diploma and Human Resource Management Certificate.  Prior to joining DynaLIFE, Jamie worked for employers which included Alberta Health Services and The Capital Care Group.

In his role with Prospect Human Services, Dave consults industry leaders and decision-makers to improve their capacity to recruit, retain, and accommodate under-accessed talent, including young adults, people with disabilities and people with military backgrounds. As a Workforce Advisor, Dave helps break-down barriers to employment and support employers through information, education and by building actionable plans with them. He has over 35 years of business experience and has had roles such as Regional Manager, Sales Director, Director of Stores of mid-sized retail and financial services companies.  He has lead and directed project management of acquisitions and re-branding initiatives. Dave has also worked directly with clients going through career transitions, providing support, and career coaching.

Heath Birkholz is a multi-disciplinary social justice advocate. The disciplines Heath is as a practitioner are: arts and grass roots advocacy.

In the discipline of grassroots social justice, Heath works as a Community Advocate Coordinator for Edmonton’s Self Advocacy Federation. We provide persons identifying with disabilities a community to voice concerns and maintain an equitable quality of life. Heath also works as an Edmonton Representative for the Albertans Advocating for Change Together which enables Self Advocates from across Alberta to collaborate and strengthen the Self Advocates ability to voice concerns and maintain an equitable quality of life. Heath also helped found Right to Love Calgary and Alberta Advocates for Change Together. Heath is a collaborative workshop facilitator. Heath has experience developing and facilitating anti-oppression, conflict-resolution and relationship workshops. Heath also identifies as an artivist with values in anti-oppression, and a person who experiences disability. Heath brings personal experience mixed with my community work and education. Within the discipline of arts Heath has been involved with CRIPSIE as performer and Community Liaison, Orchesis as a Board Member and dancer, and Inside/Out Theater Calgary as actor and co writer. Heath currently is writing and performing an independent solo political monologue for the Gravity Cabaret.

Shauna is the Program Director of Quality and Innovation at Chrysalis, An Alberta Society for Citizens with Disabilities. During her 10 years with Chrysalis, she has been involved in many programs and start-up efforts aimed at creating more innovative opportunities and solutions for people with disabilities. She is also the Partnership Broker for Edmonton’s Pan Disability Connection-a collective impact initiative led by service providers, advocates and and employers all working together to eliminate systemic barriers to employment for persons with disabilities. Shauna has lived in Edmonton with her husband Dave and son Rocco (shiba-inu) since 2009 and is originally from beautiful Nova Scotia. 

Brooks is the Co-Founder of MatchWork, a web based platform that supports the identification and translation of unique attributes into marketable products and services. He has spent over 10 years working in the non-profit sector, with the last 8 focused specifically on disability related issues.

Brooks has explored broader provincial sector matters through the Alberta Council of Disability Services (ACDS), and supported organizations in business development, innovations, and social enterprise. He is the co-founder of MatchWork, a platform that helps people to discover their employable skills and talents.

Brooks’ current interest is in understanding and addressing systemic barriers to community connections for persons with disabilities, with particular focus on community economic development.

Anna-Maria is dedicated to helping workplaces build a culture that values diversity. She worked for the Canadian Human Rights Commission for five years, where part of her responsibilities included providing training and guidance to employers around domestic human rights responsibilities, such as the duty to accommodate.

In 2013, Anna-Maria took on the role of Special Projects Advisor in Diversity and Inclusion for Enbridge, one of Canada’s Top Diversity Employers for the past four consecutive years. Her current areas of responsibility revolve largely around policy review and development, employment equity and data analysis, promotion of inclusion initiatives, and employment of Aboriginal peoples and persons with disabilities.

Anna-Maria is one of the founding members of the Pan Disability Connection, and recently served for two years as a member of the Accessibility Advisory Committee for the City of Edmonton, including chairing the Policy Review Subcommittee.