Leading Moms: Fiona Douglas-Crampton On Being Brave
On October 3, 2012 VancouverMom.ca teamed up with our friends at Modern Mama and Entrepreneur Mom Now Vancouver to present Leading Moms. The day was full of inspiration, as we highlighted moms who are difference-makers in a variety of fields, from fashion to politics to business to the arts to science, and a whole lot more. We were treated to talks, videos, musical performances and a fashion show. We ate breakfast inside the H.R. MacMillan Science Centre, and we ate lunch outside in the sunshine. We were energized and motivated by the whole experience.
Videos from Leading Moms
If you weren’t able to make it to Leading Moms, we’d like to share some of the day with you to give you a taste of what happened. We think it will convince you to attend the next event, for sure. To that end, we’ve been sharing a video from the day every other week. This is your chance to re-live the most inspiring moments of the day, or to see it for the first time. If you haven’t seen them, you’ll want to check out our other videos:
[unordered_list style=”bullet”]- Leading Moms: Kicking it Off
- Leading Moms: Christy Clark Keynote
- Leading Moms: Photographer Dina Goldstein
- Leading Moms: Dr. Gail Murphy Talks Tasks
- Leading Moms: Sandra Heusel on Daring to Dream
- Leading Moms: Kim Graham-Nye on Business and Motherhood
- Leading Moms: Natalie Angell-Besseling and Shanti Uganda
- Leading Moms: Diana Stirling and Shannon Ward on Pretirement
- Leading Moms: World Hip Hop Mom Rocks the Mic
- Leading Moms: Ratana Stephens on Food and Family
- Leading Moms: Gurdeep Stephens in a Spontaneous Song
- Leading Moms: Eco Fashion with Nicole Bridger
- Leading Moms: Hip Hop Mom
- Leading Moms: Tracy Theemes on Being Good Enough
- Leading Moms: Carol Friedrich-Fong Talks BioTech
Fiona Douglas-Crampton
Fiona Douglas-Crampton has served as CEO of the Minerva Foundation since September 2011. The Minerva Foundation has helped create and fund programs that have assisted more than 3000 women and girls across BC since it started in 1999, Before assuming her role with the foundation, she was Director of Membership Marketing and Executive Director of the Women’s Leadership Circle at the Vancouver Board of Trade, and Acting Director of Fund Development at YWCA Metro Vancouver. Fiona believes in the importance of having mentors and being a mentor, and she is currently a mentor with the YWCA and the Vancouver Board of Trade. She regularly coaches people in career transition and delivers workshops on career search and relationship building for women in the job market. She lives in Deep Cove with her husband, her two children, and the family dog.
Amber Strocel is a writer, aspiring math teacher, suburbanite, wife and mom of two. She believes in the power of the Internet to connect people, and she believes that numbers are the poetry of the universe. You can often find her knitting, sewing, volunteering, working in her garden, and sneaking chocolate when no one's looking. She blogs at Strocel.com and shares her photos on Instagram as @AmberStrocel.