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Session 1: Women Who Lead - Speaker Bios
 Lucy van Oldenbarneveld
Lucy van Oldenbarneveld is the host of CBC News At Six in Ottawa. Previously, Lucy's work with CBC Radio has taken her from the Yukon, where she was host/producer of the afternoon show in Whitehorse, to Ottawa where she was Field Reporter and Friday host of Ottawa Morning. Lucy has worked in the Netherlands, China, and as a host, producer and reporter with Deutsche Welle World Service Radio based in Cologne, Germany. While there she worked on a number of high-profile stories, including pieces on the Iraqi hostages in Berlin, the Al-Qaeda cells in Hamburg, an in-depth look at the gun culture in Germany, and the floods that ravaged central Europe in the summer of 2002. She was also Deutsche Welle's radio and television correspondent at the G8 summit in Kananaskis.
In the summer of 2003 Lucy took a leave of absence to travel to Africa to teach a radio skills course to people who work in the Afrinet radio network. It's a station based on information programming, while most radio in Africa relies mainly on music. Her work took her to Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. And just last year, Lucy taught journalism at the National University of Rwanda in Butare as part of Carleton University's Rwanda Initiative. She blogged about her experience for Ottawa Morning.
Originally from Hamilton, Lucy has a degree in Political Studies from Queens University. She has run her own consulting company, and was part of a comedy troupe that wrote and produced a two-hour live show of satire and music. She speaks English and Dutch.
 Caroline Kealey
Ingenium's Founder and Principal, Caroline Kealey is nationally recognized as an expert communications strategist, speaker, trainer and facilitator.
Ms. Kealey has provided stewardship for the company's growth since she founded the firm in 2001. Fluently bilingual, she has over 15 years of experience in her field.
Ms. Kealey brings a unique blend of communications, marketing, evaluation and facilitation expertise to all client projects. She has published nationally and internationally on topics such as Web Strategy, social media and results-based strategic communications planning.
Her experience and insights into professional communications has led to an extensive practice in the area of training and workshop facilitation. Ms. Kealey is a core trainer and curriculum designer for the Canada School of Public Service and also delivers customized workshops, presentations and retreats across Canada. She has taught at the University of Ottawa, The Canadian Institute, the Canadian Public Relations Society and the National Communicators Conference
Prior to opening her consultancy in 2001, Ms. Kealey served in a variety of senior communications roles at Nortel Networks, Ottawa Economic Development, the Canadian Medical Association as well as several federal government departments.
Ms. Kealey is a winner of a Top 40 Under 40 Award as well as several provincial and national awards for communications and marketing strategies.
In addition to her extensive specialized training in organizational development, coaching, evaluation and Web communications, Ms. Kealey holds a B.A. with Highest Honours in Communications and an M.A. in Canadian Politics.
 Debi Rosati
Debi Rosati, CA, ICD.D is a Corporate Director focused on corporate governance and corporate strategy for emerging technology companies with over 20 years in financial, operational and strategic management in the technology sector. Debi comes with experience on both sides of the financing equation; she draws upon her entrepreneurial/operational experience as co-founder/CFO of technology start-up TimeStep Corporation (acquired by Newbridge Networks) and venture capital experience as General Partner at Celtic House. Debi has also held senior finance positions with Tundra (formerly Newbridge Microsystems, a division of Newbridge), Cognos (acquired by IBM), and BDO Dunwoody.
As a Corporate Director, she serves on the board of Sears Canada Inc, Ontario Lottery Gaming Corporation, neuroLanguage Corporation and Distil Interactive. Debi was chair of the Board of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) and formerly on the Board of Axis Investment Fund (acquired by Best Funds), Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA), and OLAP@work (acquired by Business Objects).
Debi is actively involved in giving back to her community through her leadership roles with the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) as co-chair of the Ottawa Chapter Executive Committee and as a member of the board of governors of Carleton University and board member of the Women in the Lead Inc, and as well as a member of the 20/20 campaign cabinet of the Ottawa Hospital Foundation and The National Advisory Committee, Brock University.
Debi graduated from the Institute of Corporate Directors, Directors Education Program (March 2008) and is an Institute of Corporate, Institute -certified Director, ICD.D (May 2008). Debi received her Honours of Bachelor of Business Administration (1984) from Brock University and is a Chartered Accountant (1985).
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