Tegan grew up on a farm in the Peace Country, in the small town of Wanham just north of Grande Prairie. She graduated from the University of Alberta with a BSc in Civil Engineering in 2002, and moved to Calgary shortly after to pursue a career in the commercial/residential building industry. She has now just recently returned to Edmonton and is currently working for a developer in the downtown area.

Christine is the Coordinator for the Next Gen Initiative. She initially became involved with Next Gen being on the Next Gen Task Force in 2005-06 and led the Arts and Cultural consultations which engaged over 100 next gener's to talk about the current state of the arts and cultural scene in Edmonton.

Christine grew up in Edmonton and completed a Bachelors of Arts degree from the University of Alberta where she studied monkeys in Costa Rica and became interested in ecotourism and sustainable development. She then went on to complete a Masters degree in Environmental Studies at the University of Waterloo in Ontario. In her Masters degree she focused on sustainable tourism and community development in developing countries and did her research for her thesis in Samoa in the South Pacific.

Christine loves Edmonton for its arts and cultural scene. She was part of the Cultural Plan Steering Committee for the City of Edmonton's 2008 Cultural Plan, The Art of Living.

Ashley  is the co-chair of the NextGen Communications Working group.

Brian is a Strategic Coordinator and City Planner with the City of Edmonton's Sustainable Development Department.  Brian was born and raised in Timmins, ON and graduated from Northern College with a diploma in Architectural Technology. After College he continued his studies at the University of Toronto and received his BA specializing in urban, economic and social geography.

Brian's passions have always been architecture and urban planning and have led him to work for the City of Timmins as a Youth Planner and Building Plans Examiner, a Toronto based architecture firm as a draftsperson assisting in the design of homes for the Greater Toronto Area and Ottawa-Gatineau region, and for the City of Edmonton as a Planning Technician and Central Area Planner. 

You can find Brian running in the River Valley, reading the latest planning journal at the local cafe, snapping a few shots around town, or patiently awaiting his next flight home.

Carol is currently the Executive Director of the Alberta Students' Executive Council, a provincial advocacy group for 120,000 post-secondary students. Carol completed a BA in Communications from the University of Ottawa, and an MA in Communications from the University of Calgary. For the past six years, she's worked at the intersection of communications, technology and education.

Doug McLean is the Director of Account Management with Incite, an Edmonton marketing firm. He joined the company as a Marketing Manager in 2007 and now works with the Account Executive team on Incite's strategic client work.

Doug has previously worked in a variety of marketing roles in his career, primarily in the sports world. He was the Athletic Events Manager for University of Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas Athletics, the coordinator for the International Division at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and worked with the International University Sports Federation (FISU) in Brussels, Belgium.

A St. Albert native, Doug completed a U of A Bachelor of Commerce degree (with Distinction) in 1998 and has completed courses in McGill's MBA program.

Jordan is a writer and producer for ImagiNation, an award-winning independent film and television company based in Edmonton. He strives to stay connected locally, blogging and hosting Edmonton's Jam Union podcast when he can. When not plugged into the local music scene and current events he enjoys hockey, hiking, camping, reading up on the history of astronomy and staying abreast of space exploration. An urban planning nerd at heart, he's also written articles for both weekly papers on issues like Edmonton's food security strategy, and the integration of LRT planning and smart growth in the capital region as a critical solution to our urban sprawl.

He gave the opening presentation at Pecha Kucha 4, arguing for closure of the downtown airport in the context of the unique challenges and opportunities facing cities around the world. He believes that better transit and smart growth initiatives are vital to achieving the City Vision for 2040, but realizes they won’t happen without engaged and active constituents. On the eve of the 2010 municipal election, he organized and promoted a free “Rock The Vote!” concert, where city hall candidates like Mayor Mandel, Daryl Bonar and Ben Henderson helped create civic awareness among a demographic that is largely apathetic towards politics.

Stephanie Enders is ecstatic about promoting the arts in Canada and iscurrently a Project Manager at Bottom Line Productions, a marketing and communications agency with a focus on arts and not-for-profit clients. She graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Canadian Studies, then from Grant MacEwan College with a certificate in Arts and Cultural Management. Stephanie is passionate about the arts and thrilled to be working in an industry where the main focus is on supporting creativity.

Yuk-Sing Cheng is currently an Associate with an Edmonton law firm. Before moving from the West Coast to Edmonton for law school at the University of Alberta, Yuk-Sing completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Sociology at the University of British Columbia. He has had a longstanding interest in issues of youth engagement, advocacy, and urban sustainability from his involvement in the not-for-profit and volunteer sectors.