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Gordon Trafton
Board Chair
Gordon spent 33 years in the rail industry holding a number of senior roles primarily in operations. He has served as a board director at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., since 2017 and chairs the Risk and Sustainability Committee while also serving on the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, since his retirement Gordon has served on a number of non-profit education boards. Gordon received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Transportation and Traffic Management from the University of Colorado Boulder. He maintains close ties to his alma mater, having served as chair of the Leeds School of Business Advisory Board where he continues to serve as a board member today. The Trafton family was the lead donor in the establishment of the Leeds Mentoring program which today matches over 1,250 mentors with more than 2,000 mentees through four tailored mentoring programs. Gordon continues to personally mentor and coach graduate and undergraduate students.
Chi Nguyen
Director

Serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Chi has had a broad range of responsibilities in highly complex organizations. Core to Chi is her passion for people, talent development and mentorship. She has over 26 years of Finance experience, including 11 years as CFO partnering closely with the CEO, Board, and investors leading dynamic, fast paced multi-billion dollar revenue growth-oriented companies through transformative mergers and acquisitions, integrations, and operational excellence to scale. Chi has worked closely with Brand Energy and Infrastructure and EmployBridge Holdings’ Boards, participated in the Board’s Audit Committee meetings and led the company’s earnings calls with investors for 16 years.  Chi graduated from the University of Virginia – McIntire School of Commerce in 1995 with a B.S. in Finance and Marketing. She is also a graduate of GE’s Financial Management Program, GE’s Experienced Finance Leadership Program and is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Manon Abud
Director
Manon is the Senior Director, Enterprise Strategy with the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) where she leads the development of the Strategic Plan and is responsible for operationalizing it. She supports the CMA Board Chair in all matters relating to strategic planning. Prior to joining the CMA Manon held roles as Vice President and Group Leader of Communication and Engagement at Hill + Knowlton Strategies and as a Managing Partner at Ascentum inc. She has held Marketing and Competitive Research roles in the Ottawa high technology sector and worked on Parliament Hill in the House of Commons as a Legislative Assistant. Manon holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts degree in organizational and interpersonal communication from the University of Ottawa. She is trilingual (French, English and Spanish) and is a former adjunct Professor at the Telfer School of Business teaching Strategic Case Analysis.
Glen Finnson
Director

Glen Finnson is a retired executive with 35 years of Technical, Operations and Leadership experience in the energy sector where he held large executive-level portfolios in Safety, Security, Health, Environment and Regulatory Affairs, in addition to Leadership Development. He began his journey in these areas in the late 1990’s and has invested heavily in his personal development throughout the remainder of his career. Glen is an Engineering graduate from the University of Manitoba and has completed the Operations Leadership Program at Queens University, as well as Executive programs from Queens University and Harvard. He has an extensive history developing leaders and helping them to bring out the best in their workforce in challenging environments. In his last posting, Glen worked with SCCi to develop a custom Leadership development program employing the use of Behavioural Science to accelerate and enhance the Leadership capability of the company’s 500+ leaders. Glen has a passion for leadership excellence and creating great workplaces where people can thrive.

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About Sacred Cow Company

We are a consulting firm specializing in the delivery of behavioral science solutions to business problems in Safety Culture, Behavioral Lean Sigma and Leadership Development.

We offer in-house training, keynote speeches, workshops, and consulting services to companies worldwide.

Where to Find Us

Sacred Cow Company East
639 Loney Lake Road
White Lake ON K0A 3L0
Canada

Sacred Cow Company West
Unit 136, 2905 – 141 St. SW
Edmonton, AB T6W 3M4
Canada

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For General Inquiries, contact us by phone at
+1 (780) 717.5681.

By email:
Sacred Cow Company inc. at info@scci.biz

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