CINDY BOWDEN CLU, CH.F.C.

Cindy was a Trustee of The Institute and member of the Life Underwriters Association of Canada (LUAC) National Board of Directors from 1982 to 1988.

In 2003 she became a Trustee and Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Institute for Advanced Financial Education. She was Chair of the Institute from 2006 to 2008 and Past Chair for another 2 years.

In addition to chairing nominations for the Institute for 4.5 years she oversaw and recruited volunteers for 16 Institute committees and task forces until she retired from The Institute in 2011.

While Institute Chair she sat on the National Board of Directors for Advocis as well as numerous Advocis sub-committees for 2.5 years.

Cindy has been involved with the Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting (CALU) since its inception in 1991. She has been on the Group Benefits Issues, Finance/Audit/Investment and Annual General Meeting committees over the years.

She is on the Board of Directors for a non-profit long term care facility in downtown Toronto where she also sits on the Finance and Audit, Governance and Project Management committees.

Cindy was Chair of the Board of Directors responsible for alumnae and fundraising at Trinity College in the University of Toronto, a member of the St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation Board of Directors for 10 years, and Chair of her children’s school council.

She loves spending time with her children Alex and Emily and will celebrate her 40th wedding anniversary this year with husband Steve Hisey.

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From the time Dale joined London Life in 1974 fresh out of the University of Calgary, he has been an active leader in the industry and his community. He has enjoyed tours of duty as President of the Calgary Life Underwriters Association and the Calgary Estate Planning Council, national director and Treasurer of the Life Underwriters Association of Canada, director of FPSC, Chair of the CLU Institute, Chair of the Canadian MDRT Foundation and initial Chair of the Century Initiative. He held membership in MDRT, CALU and STEP for more than 2 decades.

Today, Dale chairs the board of cSpace Projects Inc., a community owned social venture that develops and operates real estate properties which serve as artist, cultural and community hubs. A long time and current volunteer with the Calgary Foundation, one of Canada’s largest community foundations, he concluded his board service as its Chair.