Meet Our Board Of Directors

Councillor Veronica Kloiber is an elected official with the Town of Black Diamond. She is an entrepreneur at heart having owned either store-front or home-based businesses for most of her adult life. Veronica studied communications and journalism at Mount Royal University (then College) and uses her skills to support tourism initiatives within the region through the Foothills Tourism Association. A lover of dogs, horses and the outdoors, you can most often find her exploring the trails to the west of her home. 

A former small business owner in Okotoks, Kerri Ann received a start-up loan through Community Futures in 2014 and went on to build, scale, and eventually sell her successful business in 2021. She received Business Excellence awards from the Okotoks Chamber of Commerce in 2016 and 2018 for Best New Business and Community Impact respectively. 

Kerri Ann is currently the Executive Director of Give A Mile, a non-profit operating in Canada and the US, and offering flights worldwide for people with terminal illnesses to connect with their loved ones in person for a final goodbye. 

In addition to her volunteer role with Community Futures, she is a member of the Okotoks Youth Justice Committee. 

Serena is the CEO and Sole Owner of Because You Cann Inc. the 2^nd  Health Canada licensed Micro Cultivation facility in Alberta and 25^th in Canada. She is opening a cannabis Dispensary and is the owner of a cannabis education retreat centre. She has been on the Community Futures Highwood board from 2017- 2021 as an elected official for Vulcan County and is the current member at large for Vulcan County.  She and her husband are proud farmers in Mossleigh, Alberta. They have five children between the two to them and five grandchildren. Serena enjoys being on business focused boards and committees that benefit other businesses in the region.