SPEAKER PROFILES - Partner Program
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Gwen Powell Gwen Powell's knowledge of communication, people and life skills is a result of the excellent training she received throughout her career as a Senior Executive Director for an International Company. She has worked with numerous groups in personal development within Canada and she spent 4 years on assignment in Australia. Gwen has devoted the past 18 years in helping others to become the best they can be, through one-to-one coaching and group forums using recognition, education and inspiration. Her heartfelt energy, contagious enthusiasm and commitment to each role inspire those who are involved in her programs. Dr. Olaf G. Aasland Olaf Gjerløw Aasland took his medical degree (MD) at the University of Oslo in 1970. Having worked for several years in various clinical and administrative settings, mainly in alcohology, community medicine and psychiatry, he completed his Master of health administration degree (MHA) at the same university in 1990. From 1988 to 1992 he was special advisor at the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, and from 1992, director of the Research institute of the Norwegian Medical Association. Dr. Aasland has, on several occasions, served as a temporary advisor to the WHO, mainly in the substance abuse field. From 1992 to 1999 he was a member of the WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Drug Dependence and Alcohol Problems. He is presently serving his second term as chairman of the board of program for health services research at The Norwegian Research Council. In 1996 he joined the staff of Department of Health Management and Health Economics as a part time professor. Gregory Hilderman Greg has been a partner in G2 Financial for the past 12 years and practicing comprehensive financial planning for the past 23. He is a Certified Financial Planner, Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant and has spent the past 15 years specializing in retirement, tax and estate planning. Greg has been instrumental in reshaping how numerous physician groups are compensated, with a focus on improving their current and future lifestyle. Some of the groups he has worked with include Neo-Natologists, Radiologists, Thoracic Surgeons, Neurologists and the Oncologists of Alberta and British Columbia.