Lisa Leblanc became Director General of the Canada Science and Technology Museum in October 2018. Before joining Ingenium, Lisa worked as Director, Learning and Canadian Children’s Museum Renewal at the Canadian Museum of History. Prior, she was responsible for program development and visitor experience of the Canadian History Hall at the Canadian Museum of History. Lisa was part of the team that developed the new Canadian War Museum. After the Museum opened in 2005, she was responsible for its visitor experience and program development. Lisa’s professional experience and development include working at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal, as well as at private art dealer, Miriam Shiell Fine Art in Toronto.

Lisa holds a Master of Arts in Art History with a specialization in museology from York University, as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art History and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre from Concordia University.

Dimple Thomas is a Systems Verification Engineer and theme driver of Diversity and Inclusion at Ericsson; a global leader in providing mobile communication solutions. She graduated with honours from McMaster University in Bachelors of Mechatronics Engineering. Dimple currently leads a team of engineers responsible for end-to-end performance of 4G and 5G cellular networks. She is also the theme driver of Diversity and Inclusion initiatives in Ottawa – high-school & university outreach, maintaining employee resource groups (ERGs), spreading awareness and creating diverse and inclusive workspaces.

Suzanne is a Canadian veteran with a military communications engineering and intelligence background. She has served mission-driven non-profits on boards and within think tanks, advisory and governance committees, and has decades of entrepreneurial experience. Her diverse business trajectory includes founding a digital publishing and strategic communications agency in the frontier market of Qatar, and co-founding an award winning, state of the art, brain-machine interface med tech company in Canada and Australia. She’s conducted business in 17 countries, signing dozens of multinational clients, as well as, celebrities and royals, and has closed and executed deals worth tens of millions of dollars. Her multiple awards include WISE 50 over 50, Female Founder, Local Hero, the Startup Canada National Innovation Award and the Canadian National winner of the international Creative Business Cup. She was cited as Entrepreneur to Watch in 2019 by Success Insights. Suzanne applies her mantras, The Art of the Possible and Solve for Human, to CATAAlliance’s vision of Canada as a growth innovation nation serving the homegrown tech sector.