Lois Mitchell
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Her Honour the Honourable Lois Mitchell CM AOE |
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| 18th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta | |
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Assumed office June 12, 2015 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | David Johnston |
| Premier | Rachel Notley |
| Preceded by | Donald Ethell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Lois Elizabeth Boulding 1939/1940 (age 76–77) Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Spouse(s) | Doug Mitchell (m. c. 1962) |
| Children | four |
| Residence | Calgary, Alberta |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia |
| Profession |
businesswoman, philanthropist consultant, organizer |
Lois Elizabeth Mitchell CM AOE (née Boulding; 1939 or 1940) is a Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist who is the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. Her appointment as Lieutenant Governor was made by Governor General of Canada David Lloyd Johnston on the Constitutional advice of Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper, effective June 12, 2015. She is the viceregal representative of Queen Elizabeth II of Canada in the Province of Alberta. A former teacher and founder of a consulting firm, Mitchell is also a longtime organizer of events and active volunteer in the Calgary community, along with her husband, Doug.
Mitchell was born in 1939 or 1940 and raised in Vancouver. She attended the University of British Columbia and studied physical education, graduating around 1961. She later worked as a teacher in British Columbia for two years before moving to Calgary. She is the founder of and a senior partner at Rainmaker Global Business Development, a marketing and consulting firm based in Calgary and the president of Amherst Consultants.
Considered one of the most prominent people in Calgary, she is also a member of the boards of directors of UBS Bank Canada, Mitacs and Canada World Youth, the governor of the Canadian Women’s Hockey Association, a co-founder of the Global Business Forum, and one of twelve founders of Crime Stoppers Calgary. She has also been a board member of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce (also a former chair), International Institute for Olympic, Paralympic and Sport Pedagogy, Special Olympic Foundation, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and Hockey Canada Foundation. Mitchell also is the Chair of the Latin American Research Centre at the University of Calgary and in 1997 was named a Honorary Consul of Colombia to Alberta by the Colombian ambassador to Canada. She and her husband, Doug, have donated to and organized many hockey and sport-related events.
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