Calla Strategies helps organizations with crisis management, strategic, and operational planning solutions. Each collaboration is carefully developed with your mission and business goals in mind, measuring progress and delivering results.
We have a genuine passion to build your capacity to set you up for success.
BACKGROUND
Mary Conibear, as Principal at Calla Strategies, provides practical advice to corporations, governments, non-profits, international organizations and major events on strategic, business, operational and readiness planning. Her ability to analyze complex priorities and understand potential outcomes helps organizations implement practical solutions. Mary’s enthusiasm and creativity has successfully propelled teams, partners, clients and stakeholders to achieve results together.
Mary has designed Calla Strategies to minimize overhead and control the quality of service and work. She maintains direct relationships with client executives and commits to providing valuable services. If a scope of work requires additional resources, Mary has access to a roster of trusted specialists who can join a project.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-conibear-46baa6/
EDUCATION
MBA (Strategic Management), Simon Fraser University
BBA (Accounting & Economics), Bishop’s University
MEMBERSHIPS
Business Continuity Institute (BCI)
Project Management Institute: Professional (PMP) Designation (active: 2005 – 2009)
Crisis leadership development and training
Business continuity management
Exercise design and facilitation
Emergency response plan audit and simplification
Hazard and vulnerability analysis
Business impact analysis
Strategic and operational planning
Project feasibility assessments
Process mapping
Alignment of vision, mission and values Translating complex or abstract concepts into simpler processes
Stakeholder, partner and client relations
Facilitation and speaking engagements
Coaching, leadership and management
Government relations
BC’s Agency for Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
BC Clinical and Support Services
BC Ferries
British Columbia Infrastructure Benefits Inc.
Canuck Place Children's Hospice
ICBC
Invictus Games 2017 Organizing Committee
LifeLabs
London 2012
Lower Mainland Labs
Security Secretariat for Major Events (SESGE), FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014
Sochi 2014
South Slave 2018 Arctic Winter Games
Toronto 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games Organizing Committee (TO2015)
Triovest
Vancouver 2010
World Academy of Sport
British Columbia Infrastructure Benefits Inc.
Calgary 2026 Bid Corporation
LA2028 Olympic & Paralympic Games
City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles 2024 Bid / Concert Properties Ltd.
M3 Development
North American Indigenous Games Lekwungen 2020 Bid
Patrick Roberge Productions Inc.
SECOR
Special Olympics Canada 2014 Summer Games
Transportation Investment Corporation
VANOC
viaSport
Whistler Sport Legacies
World Masters Games (City of Vancouver)
Canada Sport Institute - Ontario
Fraser Health Authority
Own the Podium
Pacific Institute of Sport Excellence
Security Secretariat for Major Events (SESGE), FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014
Toronto 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games Secretariat (Province of Ontario)
viaSport
“Mary’s work with the Government Olympic Executive was high quality and exactly tailored to the needs of the engagement. Mary also made a very positive impression with our clients and immediately established a position of authority by virtue of her past successes combined with a highly effective and winning personality which works with teammates and clients.”
– Tom Moran, KPMG
"Mary helped us with our emergency preparedness/crisis management training, and most recently created a business continuity plan for the organization. Through her common sense approach, focusing on what is relevant and real to the organization, Mary was able to engage all staff members in these areas. Her facilitation skills, use of ordinary language, her ability to inject some fun and games into the training, makes it a pleasant learning experience for all. Her excellent communication skills plus her expertise in the subject material make her an invaluable resource. I highly recommend Mary. She has made a tremendous difference in our organization."
- Joan Hill, Former Director Finance, Facilities & IT, Canuck Place Children's Hospice
"With Mary's guidance and expertise, we established our national business continuity program quickly and effectively, under a tight deadline. Mary's ability to speak clearly to the concepts and instil confidence resulted in unanimous executive support and a willingness to take an active role in championing the program. Mary's skills were very effective in obtaining the support and cooperation of our senior leaders and managers as they developed specific plans for their functional areas and tested them through simulations. As the executive responsible for BCP, Mary made my task so much easier to accomplish. She is highly skilled, and a pleasure to work with."
- Pierre Bou-Mansour, Senior Vice President, Operations, LifeLabs