About Us
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Ruth Kelly, Publisher Ruth Kelly is the president and CEO of Venture Publishing Inc., and the publisher and editor-in-chief of Alberta Oil, Alberta’s magazine on the business of Energy. In addition, Ruth is the publisher of award winning Alberta Venture, Alberta’s only province-wide business magazine and Unlimited, Canada’s next generation business magazine. Ruth served as the 2005 chair of the board of directors for the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce. She is a past president of the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association and currently serves on the boards of the University of Alberta, the Institute of Corporate Directors (Edmonton chapter) and the Banff Centre Leadership program. She is also president of the Edmonton Business Council for the Visual Arts. Ruth was recognized as a Global Woman of Vision in 1998, a YWCA Woman of Distinction in the Entrepreneur category in 2003 and received the Advertising Club of Edmonton’s 2004 Fellowship Award for contributions to the industry and the community. In 2005, she was selected as the Allard Chair of Business by the MacEwan School of Business and received a Centennial Medal for service to the province. She is currently co-chairing the capital campaign for the Art Gallery of Alberta. |
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Gordon Jaremko, Editor Gordon Jaremko has worked for newspapers and magazines — with occasional forays into wire services, books and broadcasting — since 1972 in Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa. Most of this career has been “on the street” in reporter or combined reporter-editor roles, primarily covering government, economics and industry but also including large doses of general assignment duty on topics from aboriginal affairs to welfare. |
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Kim Larson has worked in publishing around Alberta for the past 17 years.She has worked on various magazines and custom publications as a graphic designer and art director through out the Edmonton area. Kim is Art Director on Alberta Venture magazine where she works with her team to create compelling layouts that tell the story and engage the reader. |
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Duncan Kinney, Web Editor Web editor, community manager, photographer, videographer, writer, producer – Duncan Kinney is a digital native who seems to add new hyphenations to his job description every other day. A graduate of Mount Royal University’s journalism program, Duncan has freelanced for various newspapers and websites covering everything from daily news to the technology and start-up sector. An Alberta native, Duncan was born in Edmonton, raised in Calgary and had a brief stopover in Drayton Valley. Duncan is the web editor for all of Venture Publishing’s online properties. |
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Anita McGillis, Vice President of Sales When Venture Publishing Inc. was founded in 1997, Anita McGillis was there. When she’s out on a sales call or even among office staff, Anita represents what the company is all about: a positive environment equipped to meet a diversity of challenges. She loves the personal aspect of being in sales and the creativity that the role involves. Anita serves on numerous boards within Alberta’s advertising community and was recognized for her commitment with the Advertising Club of Edmonton’s 2008 Fellowship Award. Count on her to deliver a thorough understanding of how imagery, words and ad placement interact to create an effective marketing strategy. |
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Zoe Morris, Online Sales Manager With 12 years of sales experience, Zoë Morris started with Venture Publishing in 2006 as an account executive on Alberta Venture Magazine. Recently stepping into the role of Online Sales Manager for Venture Publishing, she also leads the Alberta Oil sales team on the albertaoilmagazine.com website advertising. Zoë is excited about her teams being able to now offer the most effective media mix available, Magazine on page plus online. |
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Dennis McCormack, Sales Manager (Calgary) Dennis McCormack started his sales career in his hometown of Lethbridge more than 20 years ago, and has since been in the newspaper, magazine and home-selling trades. Dennis’ career has taken him from an advertising manager, production manager and group publisher, to running his own monthly newspaper (Farm & Ranch) that was distributed in three provinces (BC, AB, SK). Dennis is responsible for Alberta Venture and its many special supplements and programs. |
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Joshua Frederick, Account Executive Joshua Frederick started his sales career seven years ago. He began in the aviation industry then moved into magazine sales in 2006. After getting his start in the publishing business with the Western Standard news magazine, and rising to the ranks of advertising sales manager, he moved on to Alberta Oil magazine. Josh joined the Venture team with the acquisition of Alberta Oil as an account executive, and has a dedication to delivering the highest level of customer service to his clients. |
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