Meet Your Community Futures Central Alberta Team
Our team of dedicated staff really care about your goals and would love to hear about your plans. Meet our team of specialists, proudly located in Red Deer. They’re here and ready to help you.

Kelly Kierluk
Kelly Kierluk joined Community Futures Central Alberta in 2009 and was appointed General Manager in 2018 by the Board of Directors. She has been working in small business development and financing for 28 years and is keenly aware of the challenges that small businesses face.
Kelly enjoys collaborating with stakeholders and community partners in building a supportive ecosystem for small businesses in Central Alberta. She understands the importance of community building and creating access to resources and tools to help entrepreneurs thrive and prosper at any stage of their business.

Dayton Bannab
Dayton has over 7 years of Small Business training and financing experience.
In his role, he works with entrepreneurs at their start-up or expansion phase and guides them through the process of developing their business plan.
He also assists clients through the process of obtaining small business loans.
Dayton enjoys seeing entrepreneurs’ dreams become reality through their hard work and determination. He looks forward to expanding our loan portfolio and continuing to serve client across our region.

Tyler Harke
Tyler is a life-long Albertan who comes from a family of entrepreneurs. He is excited to serve in both the Community Economic Development role as well as part of the Digital Services Squad.
Tyler brings over 15 years of experience in marketing and communications roles and looks forward to playing a key role in helping small business thrive in this great region!

Nancy Bownes
Nancy is a Loan and Office Administrator for Community Futures Central Alberta and has been with CFCA for 5 years. She assists with loan administration and provides support with managing and monitoring the CFCA loan portfolio.
Nancy is passionate about helping small businesses within Central Alberta and being a part of a successful organization that supports entrepreneurs and their journey.

Kelsey Krieger
Kelsey Krieger has over ten years experience working with local entrepreneurs through Community Futures.
She enjoys helping people move their business goals forward and being part of the CFCA team.

Debbie Romkes, BAdmin, CPB
Bookkeeper

Cathy Forner, CMC, PMP
Manager Catalyst Incubator and EDP Coach
Let’s see what we can do for your business
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