Board of Directors

The CPHR Alberta Board of Directors is comprised of dedicated volunteers elected by the membership. 

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WHO WE ARE

Our Board

Lori Brienza

Lori Brienza

Director

Lori is a workplace lawyer with over 15 years of experience supporting organizations and HR professionals across Alberta. In her practice, Lori partners with senior leaders and HR teams to make strategic, risk-informed decisions that align people practices with organizational goals. Her experience spans employment, labour relations, human rights, privacy, and regulatory compliance. She is an experienced advocate before courts, arbitrators, and administrative tribunals, bringing a balanced and solutions-focused perspective to her work.


Lori brings to the CPHR Alberta Board a collaborative leadership style, strong governance experience, and a commitment to advancing the HR profession. She is passionate about supporting people-centered leadership, fostering inclusive and resilient workplace cultures, and helping organizations navigate the evolving world of work.


Lori is a frequent speaker on emerging workplace issues. She has held leadership roles with the Canadian Bar Association and previously served as a Public Member on the Board of Directors of the Alberta Motor Vehicle Industry Council (AMVIC).


She holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Windsor, and is a member of the Law Society of Alberta.


BACK TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Geordie MacPherson, CPHR, He/Him

Chair

Jesse Grieder, CPHR, He/Him

Vice-Chair

Mahyar Alinejad, CPHR, She/Her

Director

Lori Brienza

Director

Lyn Brown, ICD.D, She/Her

Public Director

Terri Davis, CPHR

Director

Rob Dombowsky, CPHR, He/Him

Director

Landis Jackson, CPHR, She/Her

Director

Rebecca Lee, CPHR, She/Her

Director

Adediwura Odiase, FCPHR

Director

Katherine Salucop, CPHR, She/Her

Director

Megan Vaughan, CPHR, She/Her

Director

Shauna Yohemas, CPHR, She/Her

Director

CPHR ALBERTA BOARD

Board Recruitment

We highly value diversity and support the election and appointment of diverse candidates to the Board. The Board believes that having directors of diverse gender, race and ethnicity, along with 

varied skills, perspective and experiences, contributes to a balanced and effective Board – one that is well-positioned to address the changing needs of the organization and our membership.

CPHR Alberta Board of Directors Inclusion and Diversity Statement

As the professional association dedicated to strengthening the human resources profession and upholding the highest standards of practice for our 6,000 members in Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, CPHR Alberta strives to be a culturally diverse organization that recognizes, supports, and values the inclusion of diverse groups and perspectives in support of our vision, mission and guiding principles. 


CPHR Alberta’s Board of Directors believes in inclusion and diversity, and recognizes the benefits inclusion and diversity bring to our volunteer Board of Directors. We are committed to integrating 

inclusive thinking and behaviors into all of the ways that the Board operates, recognizing that diversity promotes the inclusion of different perspectives and ideas, encourages innovation, ensures good governance, and supports good decision making.


CPHR Alberta aims to maintain a board comprised of talented and dedicated volunteer directors with a diverse mix of expertise, experience, skills and backgrounds representative of the diverse 

nature of the members we serve. We respect the value that diverse life experiences bring to our board and leadership. The Board strives to ensure that its membership reflects diversity in its broadest sense, and to connect diversity and inclusion with our vision and mission for the benefit of our members and the public. Diversity and inclusion drive excellence.