Welcome

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.

TEAM

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Mary Conibear, MBA

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)

SERVICES

Crisis Readiness

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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

Analysis & Planning

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Strategic and operational planning

Project feasibility assessments

Process mapping

Alignment of vision, mission and values Translating complex or abstract concepts into simpler processes

Engagement

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Stakeholder, partner and client relations

Facilitation and speaking engagements

Coaching, leadership and management

Government relations

PROJECTS

Crisis Readiness

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

Analysis & Planning

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)

Engagement

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 

TESTIMONIALS

"High quality and exactly tailored"

 “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

"Made a tremendous difference"

"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

"Unanimous executive support"

"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

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