Kara Flynn
BA, ICD.D
Director
Kara Flynn is an experienced board director with extensive chair experience. She is a sustainability-focused professional with strong governance, management, regulatory, government relations, Indigenous consultation, sustainability and public relations skills. She is an executive and director skilled at developing winning strategies that balance risk, fiscal and human resources, stakeholder issues and regulatory requirements. She led a successful career as a senior executive at Syncrude in Fort McMurray.
Kara received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia and earned her ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors, where she graduated as valedictorian. She won the 2019 John Aldred Leadership Award and the 2014 C-Suite Community Relations Executive of the Year from Alberta Oil Magazine and received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her work with Indigenous communities across Canada.
Current directorships
- Edmonton Symphony Orchestra/Francis Winspear Centre for Music
- Vytal Filtration Inc.
Past directorships
- Aboriginal Human Resources Council of Canada
- Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business (National Co-Chair)
- CNC Industries Inc.
- Coast to Coast Experiences Inc. (Chair)
- Edmonton Elks Football Club (Audit and Finance Chair)
- Keyano College Board of Governors (Chair)
- Mining Associations of Canada, Indigenous Relations Committee (Chair)
- Nature Conservancy of Canada, Alberta
- TELUS World of Science (Chair)