Cathy Roozen, C.M., A.O.E.
Edmonton, Alberta
Member of the Order of Canada
For her contributions as a business leader and philanthropist who has been actively engaged in supporting a wide variety of causes.
Cathy Roozen has enriched the business and community sectors in Alberta. Admired for her corporate acumen and wise counsel, she is a leading light in the investment and banking sector, and a mentor to the next generation of business executives. As head of the Allard Foundation, she has supported health care, educational, arts and culture, and social service organizations both provincially and nationally. With such groups as Alberta Health Services and the Alberta Cancer Institute, she has been a hands-on leader who moves institutions forward.