Maureen Geddes, MBA, C.H.R.P.
Founder and president of CANGRAM International Inc., Maureen Geddes has worked with over 50 organizations in Canada and internationally since 1996 on integrating diversity into business, gender communication, building mutual respect, and inspiring personal development. Maureen’s passion is creating fun and interactive ways to take action!
Her background includes the responsibility for diversity and employment equity at a large Canadian energy company. In full partnership with the unionized leadership, Ms. Geddes and her team successfully moved the organization forward through education, policy changes, and the creation of an operational Diversity Plan.
On the international stage, Ms. Geddes has represented Canadian business on an international “Breaking the Glass Ceiling” panel in Tokyo, at the request of the Japanese Ministry of Labour. She also travelled to India, where she met with leaders of business and government and spoke to various audiences, including the National Institute for Personnel Management, and the International Institute for Human Potential Development. In late 2005, Maureen spoke at the International Healthy Cities Conference in Taiwan, and is currently working on “Living By Design” programs in Jamaica and Canada.
Ms. Geddes is a Certified Human Resource Professional (C.H.R.P.), holds a Masters degree in Business Administration, and an Honours Bachelor of Commerce, from the University of Windsor. Maureen is a Professional Member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS), a member of the Diversity and Employment Equity Practitioners' Association (DEEPA), and currently serves as Co-president of the Canadian Equal Parenting Council (CEPC) and President of the Cultural Coalition of Chatham-Kent.
She is co-author of “Expert Women Who Speak, Speak Out” (Volumes I and V), and publisher of “IMAGINE Chatham-Kent 2023!”, and co-editor of GRIP magazine (Gender Relations In Progress). Maureen co-parents her two sons in Chatham-Kent.