Kellie Garrett (nee Stephens)

Described as a trailblazer, restless spirit and voracious reader, Kellie Garrett is Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) senior vice-president, Strategy, Knowledge and Reputation. In this role with one of Canada’s top 50 companies, she is responsible for FCC’s business strategy, innovation, market intelligence, knowledge management and communication. She is an Accredited Business Communicator (ABC) with a Master of Arts in Leadership from Royal Roads University in Victoria, B.C. and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management program. Garrett is passionate about voluntarism and is past-chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Research Foundation, a board director with Canadian Business for Social Responsibility and past-chair of the Hospitals of Regina Foundation. A regular speaker on topics ranging from leadership and strategy to personal brand, Garrett is also a counsellor to parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. In 2007, Garrett was named one of Canada’s top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network and in 2009, one of Saskatchewan’s 10 Most Influential Women. Married with two children, when she’s not working, Garrett likes canoeing and travel. For the three brief and glorious months when it’s warm enough to grow plants in the Canadian prairies, Garrett spends as much time as she can gardening.