A KEY PREREQUISITE FOR INCLUSION IN OILWEEK'S RISING STARS FEATURE, NOW IN ITS SEVENTH YEAR, HAS BEEN LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL. The Rising Stars alumni list is full of current leaders in the industry: George Gosbee (chair, AltaCorp Capital Inc. and co-owner of the Phoenix Coyotes), Scott Saxberg (founder and president, Crescent Point Energy Corp.) and Leah Lawrence (current chair of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce) were all inaugural Rising Stars back in 2008. Janet Annesley (CAPP's vice-president, communications) and Kim Farwell (past president of APEGA) are 2010 alumni. Other classes include Todd Hirsch (chief economist for ATB), Heather Christie-Burns (oil and gas entrepreneur), Tim Shipton (who helped launch the Alberta Enterprise Group) and Debra Ross (founder of Gamma-Tech Inspection Ltd.).
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