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.

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. 

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.

Renate Burwash is the Director of Diversity & Inclusion at Gateway Association.

With over 20 years of workplace and community inclusion experience, Renate’s passion is to promote inclusive workplaces where everyone feels like they belong, and to show businesses the endless benefits to inclusive hiring.

Through one-on-one consultation with employers, H.R. inclusivity reviews, and workshops and other training opportunities, Renate helps employers gain strategies to build or enhance their inclusion approaches and learn how they can profit by hiring inclusively.

Renate’s practice is informed by years of collaborating with community disability advocates, employers, and government in leadership roles. Renate has presented at conferences across Canada and in the United States.

Buddy Winder is a co-owner, and Executive Director, of Winder Inclusive Communities Service (WICS).

WICS is a smaller, private, not-for-profit organization that supports adult with intellectual disabilities to become involved in their communities in meaningful ways.  Buddy is committed to inclusion, and dedicated to having people with disabilities seen as the contributing citizens that they are.

Buddy is grateful to be a part of the PDC as he feels that the best way to facilitate a meaningful systems change is with a unified voice based on collaborative approaches, rather than through proprietary actions.

Prior to starting WICS in 2010, Buddy spent 22 years in the field of Human Services, 18 of them in the disabilities sector.  Buddy has diverse experience within developmental disabilities, brain injury, facilitation, and immigration.