About Our Team:
Lorne Taylor
Dr. Taylor is a consultant and businessman based in Medicine Hat, and was the founding Chair of the Alberta Water Research Institute. He is currently Special Advisor to Alberta Water Smart, a not for profit organization committed to developing and improving the management of Alberta's water resources. He is also a member of the Premier's Council on Economic Strategy.
As the Member for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Cypress-Medicine Hat from 1993 to 2004, he served as Alberta's Minister of Science, Research and Information Technology, Minister of Innovation and Science, and Minister of the Environment. While in government, Dr. Taylor was instrumental in the creation of the Alberta Ingenuity Fund, and Alberta SuperNet, a multi-million dollar high-speed, broadband network to every community in Alberta. He also envisioned and led the creation of Alberta's Water for Life Strategy and Climate Change Action Plan.
Dr. Taylor holds a Ph.D in educational psychology from the University of Calgary, and has held tenured positions at several universities. He left the University of Saskatchewan and returned to his families grain and cattle business. He was elected to the Legislature of Alberta in 1993.
He currently lives in Medicine Hat with his wife Lois and they have four married daughters.
Our Team
• P. Kim Sturgess (CEO)
• Lorne Taylor (Consultant)
• Ken Campbell (Consultant)
• Susan Davis Schuetz
• Sean Gifford
• Chris Godwaldt
• Dave Guichon
• Mike Kelly (Consultant)
• Mike Nemeth
• Victoria Pleavin
• Gary Reavie
• Megan Van Ham
• Jim Webber (Consultant)