About Our Team

Organizing Committee

The TEDxCalgary event wouldn't happen without the efforts of a dedicated group of volunteers helping to drive the event forward. Meet our core organizing team...



 

Rahim Sajan, Curator

To highlight Rahim's fundamental role in TEDxCalgary, we've borrowed from the TED lexicon and dubbed him our "Curator", a term of great respect. From many conversations with interested people, it was Rahim who ultimately took the final step toward securing an event licence and who continues to lead our overall efforts as an event team. Rahi

Chris Hsiung, Creative Director

Business consultant or software engineer, video storyteller or student of the human venture, Chris Hsiung refuses to be defined by titles. Instead, he prefers to be guided by a spirit of learning about the world around him.

The break from tradition began with a fateful encounter with Romeo Dallaire and the horrors of the Rwandan ge

Trina Metz, Speaker Team Lead

When not mastering single track mountain bike trails with singular passion or adventuring to remote corners of this beautiful planet in search of stories; Trina can be found focused on corporate governance and business ethics as a senior advisor in a multinational corporation. She leads the speaker team at TEDxCalgary. A storyteller herself

Roopa Khanna, Logistics Co-Lead

Although she's often to be found hiding behind the scenes, Roopa is one of two logistics leads for TEDxCalgary, and has been working with us since our very first event in April 2010.

If it's going right, Roopa's behind it!

Natasha Sajan, Logistics Co-Lead

Natasha describes herself as a passionate student of life —a title she takes seriously! She is continuously turning over new stones and searching for the adventures and stories that lie ahead. Being a University of Manitoba Alumni with a background in Global Political Economics along with her experiences in Leadership Calgary and the Human Ven

Jonathan Perkins, Co-Curator and Director, Partnerships and Innovation

When he's not out meeting volunteers, prospective partners, and others interested in talking about TEDxCalgary, Jonathan Perkins works in the collaboration and knowledge management field with a large Calgary-based company. Since November 2011 he has been a member of the Calgary Police Commission, serving an inital two year term of ser

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