A GRAPHCOM SITE - Key Persons
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- Member of the Industry Board
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- Director
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Industry Board
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- CEO
- FOOD ISLAND PARTNERSHIP STAFF Member
- CEO of the Food Island Partnership
Bryan Inglis is the CEO of the Food Island Partnership, an industry-led not-for-profit partnership of businesses, technology providers, and government agencies dedicated to the growth and prosperity of the food and culinary sectors in PEI. The Food Island Partnership food cluster builds on excellence in agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture products, and facilitates value-added opportunities that leverage our outstanding science and technology infrastructure.
Before joining the Food Island Partnership, Bryan served as CEO of Co-op Atlantic. He joined Co-op Atlantic in 1986, and has held numerous leadership roles over his 30-year tenure. Bryan holds a B.Sc. in Agriculture Economics from McGill University (MacDonald College). Bryan has extensive retail experience in both food and primary agriculture. He has served on the Boards of Country Ribbon Inc., IPCO Inc., and the Atlantic Council for Bioenergy Co-operative Limited; and is a past Board member of Atlantic Beef Products Inc., Co-op Research Farms, and Valley Fertilizers Inc.
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- Director
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Industry Board
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- Director of Marketing and Communications
- FOOD ISLAND PARTNERSHIP STAFF Member
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- Director
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Industry Board
Heather Lizama has a background in geomatics with over 10 years of IT experience, specializing in client services. Heather received her undergraduate degree in Geography from Trinity Western University in B.C. and a post grad in GIS (Geographic Information Systems) from the B.C. Institute of Technology. She excels in documentation design, solution architecture, time management, prioritization and management of enterprise databases and applications.
Heather has a variety of public and private sector work experiences across Canada at universities, remote sensing firms, Canadian Forest Products, the National Capital Commission, and numerous consulting firms. Through these diverse work experiences, she provides the following roles for the Food Island Partnership: coordinating and troubleshooting systems and software, URL maintenance, support to the CEO and FIP Board of Directors, and provides assistance in project and event execution.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Industry Board
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- Director
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Industry Board
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- Director
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Industry Board
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- Director of Finance
- Director of Finance and Food Tourism
Kent Thompson is the Director of Finance and Food Tourism at Food Island Partnership where he manages the finances of the organization, leads a variety of strategic initiatives and works with companies in the food industry.
Prior to joining the Food Island Partnership, Kent worked with entrepreneurs through leading the launch of Lucky Fox Snack Co., working as Product Development Officer with the PEI Department of Agriculture, and operating the Blue Mussel Café. He was the Chief Operating Officer of the PEI 2014 celebrations and managed all operations and finances of the $27Million project.
Kent graduated from St. Francis Xavier University with a BBA majoring in Enterprise Development and received the CMA designation through the MBA-CMA program from St. Mary's University. He is a member of Directors of the Board of the Chartered Professional Accountants of PEI.
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- FOOD ISLAND PARTNERSHIP STAFF Member
- Director of Company & Product Development
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- Director
- Member of the Board
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- Chairman of the Board
- Chairman of the Industry Board
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- Director
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Industry Board
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- Member of the Industry Board
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- Director
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Industry Board
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- Vice Chair of the Board
- Vice Chair of the Industry Board
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- FOOD ISLAND PARTNERSHIP STAFF Member
- Social Media Coordinator
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- Director
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Industry Board
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- Director of Finance
- FOOD ISLAND PARTNERSHIP STAFF Member
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- Member of the Board
- Member of the Industry Board
- Secretary
- Treasurer
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- Director of Company & Product Development
Tyson MacInnis' role is to help new and existing food companies grow by providing advice, connection to mentorship, expertise and partnership opportunities, and linkages to appropriate funding support.
Tyson is a partner in three seasonal tourism and food related businesses, and was previously the COO of PEI AgriAlliance and Manager of Innovation Programs at Innovation PEI. Tyson gained experience in food product development and grocery retail in his past role as Director of Commercial Development with the FoodTrust of PEI. During his time as Director, the company developed a patented premium potato merchandising branded system and unique ready-to-serve potato products that were sold in 300 grocery stores. Tyson holds an MBA from Dalhousie University and has completed courses in Venture Mentoring at MIT and Product Development at University of Guelph.