Chad is a cleantech scaling & Indigenous partnership strategist who leads with a focus on strategic connection, systems thinking, and long-term impact. He brings deep knowledge of policy and community development, identifies aligned opportunities, and generates high-level ideas that shape impactful, community-driven initiatives. He often serves as the bridge between vision and execution by helping to shape initiatives that are both technically sound and deeply rooted in the values and priorities of various Nations.

Ingrid Polini is Chief Operations Officer at ClimateDoor and Unify Partners, where she leads internal operations, platform development and venture support systems. She brings a global perspective and experience scaling early-stage ventures, as the founder of Safety Docs, a B2B software-as-a-service company, and as a former venture capitalist. At ClimateDoor, she guides portfolio companies through commercialization and helps founders secure capital, partners and grants. At Unify, she brings this experience to economic development work with communities and regions. Ingrid also hosts a podcast on founder journeys and is committed to building fair, inclusive ecosystems where diverse entrepreneurs can lead the climate transition.

Tiffanee Scorer is Director of Strategic Initiatives at Unify Partners and ClimateDoor. She works with First Nations, municipalities and remote communities across Canada to move priority projects from vision to action, co-developing roadmaps, funding strategies and partnerships in energy planning, modular housing, workforce development and clean technology pilots. Tiffanee is passionate about technology, creativity and positive impact, and about building the ecosystems that connect them. She is at her best bridging Nations, funders, innovators and technical experts, seeing how separate projects and partners can connect into something larger so that everyone involved can rise together. Her background combines entrepreneurship, technology and creative work. She led sustainability and corporate citizenship at World View, a high-altitude balloon spaceflight company, where she developed community partnerships and recycling initiatives for retired balloons. She co-founded TripLit, connecting content creators with purpose-driven organizations, as well as the tech companies Trackwork and Creator Circuit. Earlier, she directed Inter style's Color LAB, creating glass tile colours used in architectural mosaics around the world.

Magnolia Hamzeloee is a Project Manager at Unify Partners, where she coordinates research and stakeholder engagement for regional labour market studies in northern British Columbia. She holds a Master of Arts in Global Politics from McMaster University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and French through Simon Fraser University's French Cohort Program, including study at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Before joining Unify, she worked as a consultant with Political Intelligence and as a bilingual network coordinator with Climate Caucus. She is fluent in English, French and Farsi, and draws on her bicultural background to bridge perspectives in Indigenous relations, international relations and climate policy.

Lawrence Sparling, P.Eng., is a senior solution architect and technology consultant with more than 20years of experience designing collaborative, cloud-based production systems. At Unify and ClimateDoor,he leads technical development on platforms including the Indigenous Renewable Energy Map built for Cando and the Shared Spirits Pathways workforce platform. He also coaches ClimateDoor's AI development team, helping ensure that the tools they build are production-ready: secure, reliable and built on sound backend and data architecture. Lawrence is building expertise in OCAP®-aligned data governance and Canadian-hosted infrastructure to support Indigenous data sovereignty. Lawrence has built production systems for game studios including Electronic Arts, Rockstar and Capcom, along with lab information management for Butterball, QR-code traceability for Ethical Bean Coffee and a video-streaming platform on AWS. As Chief Technology Officer of Trackwork, he also built a software platform for SR&ED tax credit claims, drawing on his experience as a consultant on multi-million dollar claims.

Jackie Avent is a Winnipeg-based engagement lead who is building a network of Nations, community organizations and partners across Manitoba and Ontario. At Unify, she leads the team's work on the feasibility study for the Grand Council Treaty #3 Energy Institute, and she designs and supports community engagement and events for Nation-led energy planning. She also collaborates with Red River College Polytechnic on micro-credential training. Jackie spent nine years at FortWhyte Alive, where her roles included Director of Sustainability, before joining Red River College as an instructor to co-develop a new program in Environmental Education and Land-Based Learning. Her background also includes philanthropy, including with The Winnipeg Foundation, and active and safe routes to school programming with Green Action Centre. She studied science at the University of Manitoba and has served on the board of the Day Nursery Centre since 2016, including as President.

Roman is a Ts’msyen First Nations business professional with extensive experience supporting Indigenous organizations through governance, economic development, and community partnerships. As Indigenous Partnership Lead with Unify, Roman works with First Nations councils, community organizations, and partners to support projects in areas such as housing, food security, cultural initiatives, and economic development. His background includes senior leadership roles as Executive Director of the Prince Rupert & District Chamber of Commerce and COO / Co-Founder of the Ts’msyen Prosperity Society, where he led grant writing, policy development, and the establishment of organizational bylaws and governance structures. Roman brings a practical, relationship-focused approach grounded in on-the-ground experience working with Indigenous communities and regional partners.

Stan Knight is a proud member of Opaskwayak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba, where growing up he saw firsthand the impact of substandard housing in Indigenous communities. His career has taken him through roles as an RCMP officer, building supply manager, insurance adjuster and certified home inspector, and into housing leadership with First Nations, including as Housing Manager for Tla'amin Nation, Housing Administrator with Nisga'a Lisims Government and Project Manager with the Scw'exmx Tribal Council. In 2018 he founded Zachary Knight Enterprises, whose flagship program, Inspector in a Box, trains community members as certified inspectors so Nations can complete their own inspections, cost estimates, energy retrofit planning and funding applications. The program is also offered as a franchise for Indigenous entrepreneurs. Stan co-founded the Knight Myers Memorial Foundation, which supports Indigenous learners and entrepreneurs through scholarships, a business incubator and interest-free loans. He serves on the Indigenous Clean Energy Advisory Council and on the Program Advisory Council for an energy program run by BC Hydro, FortisBC and the BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation. At Unify, he advises on Indigenous housing and energy and helps connect Nations with Unify's services and projects.

Lyle Morriseau is a member of Sagkeeng First Nation and has over 15 years of leadership and entrepreneurial experience promoting climate resilience and renewable energy solutions in Indigenous communities. He brings trusted relationships across Manitoba and Ontario, deep knowledge of clean energy policy and technology, and a long track record of public engagement and advocacy. His leadership ensures strong alignment with community needs and priorities.

Jessica Bloomfield is a proud member of War Lake First Nation and a strategy professional who brings both business sense and creativity to her work. As a Senior Strategic Advisor in the Indigenous Strategy, Research and Business Development department at Red River College Polytechnic, she helps put strategy into practice, supporting initiatives from concept to delivery and developing reporting frameworks aligned with the College's Strategic Plan. Her work advances Indigenous post-secondary education, and she embeds the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action throughout it. Jessica is passionate about innovation and about building strong working relationships with partners across the country. She raises Indigenous concerns and builds awareness through educational and professional forums, and advocates for northern Manitoba communities from a First Nations perspective. At Unify, she advises on community needs and engagement so that partnerships reflect the priorities of the Nations involved.

A seasoned cleantech and sustainability leader with 25 + years guiding low-carbon innovation across Europe, the UK, and Canada. As Chief Innovation Officer at Unify and ClimateDoor, he spearheads high-impact projects such as the LCBA EU Phase 2 initiative.

Ashley Pau is a Vancouver-based project coordinator and policy researcher at Unify Partners who supports research and strategy across Unify's projects. She holds a master's degree in Development Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam, majoring in Governance and Development Policy with a specialization in Public Policy and Management. Her research paper on stakeholder dynamics in cross-sector climate partnerships was nominated for the ISS Research Paper of the Year Award. She also holds a Certified Sustainability Analyst designation, and her research focuses on how actors with different backgrounds and motivations can work together on climate change.

Angela Adsit is a proud member of the Tahltan Nation and CEO of Indigenous Community Development & Prosperity (ICDPRO), where she partners with Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations to support understanding, economic growth and healing. She has served as chief executive of several First Nation economic development corporations and has held executive roles in both for-profit and not-for-profit Indigenous organizations. She also sat on her Nation's government board of directors, which oversees economic development in Tahltan territory in northern BC. Angela is an adjunct professor and a keynote speaker on Indigenous economic development, community wellness and reconciliation. She holds an MBA, a PMP and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and is pursuing a Doctor of Business Administration with research on Indigenous-defined wellness in economic development. Having grown up in both Indigenous and non-Indigenous worlds, she builds collaboration between diverse groups with a focus on moving forward in a good way.

Edgard is from the Tahltan Nation and is dedicated to aligning the resource and energy industries with Indigenous sovereignty and sustainable development. Besides being a sought-after youth leader, Edgard's mission is to empower Nations, build economic strength, and ideate systems of sustainable development through creating training pathways, leading complex industry and community negotiations, and ensuring community engagement is meaningful, empowering, and integrated into every stage of project development.

Shannon is a dynamic leader with over 25 years of experience in commercializing innovations across cleantech, ocean tech, environmental health, toxicology, ecological impact, and risk assessment. She has successfully led regional, national, and international multidisciplinary teams to develop strategic plans for solving complex environmental challenges. At UBC, she led the including their economic reconciliation efforts, advancing climate solutions in remote Indigenous communities to foster clean water, food security, renewable energy independence, and land sovereignty.