Andrew Greer

Managing Director, Purppl
BC Interior Lead, Thrive Impact Fund

Andrew Greer works with nonprofit and social enterprise leaders to align impact strategy, governance, and revenue decisions for long-term sustainability. As Managing Director of Purppl, he leads a team of 30+ Entrepreneurs In Residence supporting organizations navigating funding uncertainty to build sustainable impact-aligned business models, strengthen board and leadership capacity, and steward assets responsibly.

Andrew also serves as the BC Interior Lead and a board member of the Thrive Impact Fund, where he helps expand access to flexible, community-rooted capital for impact-driven organizations across British Columbia. He currently serves on the board of the Central Okanagan Foundation.Andrew has diverse experience working in, starting, and serving as a Board member to nonprofits, co-ops, and social enterprises, including leading programs and partnerships at Accelerate Okanagan and as a top Canadian sales manager for Xerox.

Omar Yaqib

Servant of Servants (Executive Director), IslamicFamily
Co-Founder, Flourishing Systems

Omar Yaqub, DSL ICD.D MBA BSc, serves the team at IslamicFamily, a multi-award-winning social change organization that is disrupting systemic inequity through service, research and beauty. Under his leadership, IslamicFamily has grown into an Imagine Canada- and Great Place to Work-accredited charity. Omar is also the co-founder of Flourishing Systems, a tech social enterprise owned by IslamicFamily that provides trauma-informed case management software (Transform) to social service agencies.

At FutureProof, Omar will share what it took to build, govern, and learn through a revenue-generating venture rooted in a settlement organization – what worked, what didn’t, and what’s next.Omar brings over two decades of experience in  the for-benefit sector, has taught in the University of Alberta’s MBA program, and is a former Historian Co-Laureate for the City of Edmonton.

Omar has been  awarded a Doctor of Sacred Letters from St Stephen’s College, EMCN’s RISE award  for Community Leadership, and the University of Alberta’s Co-op Mentorship  Award. He is a settler on Treaty 6 territory.

Kelly Terbasket

Co-Founder & Program Director, IndigenEYEZ
Found & Program Director, kinSHIFT

Kelly Terbasket is a nonprofit and social enterprise leader and facilitator with 30+ years of experience working at the community, nation, and provincial levels. Through IndigenEYEZ and social enterprise kinSHIFT, Kelly supports leaders and organizations to strengthen relations, navigate conflict, and address systemic challenges by revitalizing Indigenous ways as the foundation for tackling current challenges. Kelly has a Bachelor of Social Work, Executive Coaching certification, and extensive training in Creative Facilitation through Partners for Youth Empowerment (PYE Global).

Coming from mixed Syilx and European ancestry, Kelly brings deep lived experience in bridging worlds — a perspective she weaves into her facilitation and storytelling. She is widely sought for her ability to create grounded, relational spaces that help groups engage honestly at a time in history when connections across differences are essential. At FutureProof, Kelly will open the forum with an Indigenous-led storytelling and reflection experience that invites participants to slow down, connect, and situate financial and organizational decisions within broader relationships to community, land, and responsibility.

Kelly lives in her family’s ancestral home on the Blind Creek Reserve in Syilx territory in the South Okanagan-Similkameen.

Trixie Ling

Founder & Executive Director, Flavours of Hope

Trixie Ling is a storyteller, cross-cultural bridge builder, and a Taiwanese-Canadian settler living on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded Coast Salish Territories. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Flavours of Hope, a non-profit social enterprise that envisions a society where newcomer immigrant and refugee women flourish and experience belonging in the community through cooking, storytelling, community-building, and entrepreneurship. Through the non-profit’s Dream Cuisines Food Business Program, Trixie has helped to launch 20 feminist food businesses owned and operated by talented newcomer women entrepreneurs since 2021. 

Trixie hopes to create a more equitable, just, and inclusive society where newcomer women are leading with cultural pride and making a positive impact in the community through sharing their cuisines, traditions, and stories. She finds much joy and hope in sharing food with friends, neighbours, and strangers around a table.

Carla Langhorst

CEO, Just Like Family Home Care

Carla Langhorst is an innovator. When approached with the opportunity to become part of Just Like Family Home Care, she spearheaded the first social acquisition by charities in Canada. With her vision, Just Like Family has been transformed into a social enterprise, with the majority of profits going to charities. She strives to transform home care across Canada for Just Like Family franchise owners and the families they support. 

Throughout her career, Carla has provided leadership, coaching, mentorship, and education to thousands of entrepreneurs and small business owners. Believing success comes from collaboration, Carla has a long history of creating partnerships that transform organizations and people. She previously led innovation at The United Church of Canada, building hundreds of new relationships and supporting more than 700 new innovations. She holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of British Columbia, with a specialization in supply chain management and organizational behaviour.

Kim Mangan

Entrepreneur In Residence, Purppl
Board of Directors, Caetani Centre

Kim Mangan brings more than 25 years of leadership and management experience rooted in a deep commitment to community. She has served as an Executive Director in the nonprofit sector, most recently leading the Kamloops Music Collective, where she guided organizational growth and expansion. Over her career, she has helped organizations navigate periods of growth, financial complexity, and change, working closely with boards to align strategy, governance, and long-term organizational sustainability. With many years of experience in finance, including CIBC and GE Capital Finance, Kim brings practical insight into financial oversight, revenue planning, and organizational resilience.

As Entrepreneur In Residence at Purrpl, Kim coaches boards and senior leaders in building financial literacy, clarifying decision-making and accountability, and creating sustainable governance structures that enable organizations to navigate uncertainty, diversify revenue, and maximize long-term impact. She is much beloved for her skill in equipping boards with practical tools to embed effective governance practices.