NMC Managers Connect 2023 – Calgary

Julie Wills recently joined the National Managers’ Community as the Regional Lead for the National Capital Region (NCR). Julie’s home organization is Justice Canada, where she has held various management and supervisory roles in the learning and professional development area. Transformative work experiences have included being the resource person for Justice’s Advisory Committee on Indigenous Peoples and managing the National Mentoring Program. She is a certified EQ-i 2.0 coach, and is in the process of obtaining her International Coaching Federation certification through the Adler Graduate Professional School. She is passionate about playing an advocacy, communication and coaching role to serve managers across the federal government.

Karen Wilmot is the Prairie Region Culture Ambassador for the Canada Border Services Agency where she is helping to support culture transformation on a regional and national level. She has more than a decade of experience in various leadership roles. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Victoria and a Master of Public Administration from Dalhousie University. Karen works to promote an empathetic and people-centric leadership practice. She has training in Character-Based Leadership and is currently completing her Human Systems Dynamics Practitioner certification. Over the last 18 months, Karen has become a professional-amateur Peer Coaching Circle facilitator through the National Managers’ Community.