Session 2: Advancing Social Finance with Corporate Social Responsibility, 10:00 am

CSR and Micro-Lending

Kimberley is the Senior Vice President of Marketing, Communications & Corporate Social Responsibility for Alterna Savings. Alterna operates in the province of Ontario where it serves its 129,000 members and manages assets in excess of $1.8 billion.

Kimberley has been working in the credit union system for the past 19 years, primarily in the marketing area. Her passion for co-operatives and the significant role they can play in community economic development, as well as individual empowerment, has been demonstrated throughout her career. Her work has been acknowledged through a number of publications both nationally and internationally. Kimberley was recognized by the Ontario Credit Union system when granted the Gary Gillam Award for Corporate Social Responsibility.

She holds an MBA through Athabasca University and lives in downtown Toronto with her daughter and grandson.