Dr. Trevor Maber engages in teaching and scholarship across a wide range of HR-related practice areas. He is an award-winning faculty member with the Edwards School of Business and associate faculty member at both Royal Roads University and Fielding Graduate University. As a facilitator, he leverages over 30 years of professional and academic experience to create positive change and highly-engaging learning opportunities for the students, clients and organizations he works with. In addition to his faculty appointments, he maintains an active consulting practice and speaks at conferences across North America and internationally. Trevor has also been an active contributor and supporter within the TED community for over 15 years as a TED workshop presenter and host, TEDx organizer and speaker, and TED-ED lesson designer and educator. He holds his PhD from Fielding Graduate University with a focus on organizational development and change, along with his MA in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding, MA in Leadership and Training from Royal Roads University, and BComm from the University of Saskatchewan, along with numerous coaching, facilitation and assessment certifications.

Rick Reid, BComm, CPHR 

Rick Reid is a human resources professional with twenty years of experience in a variety of strategic advisory and leadership positions in both public and private sector organizations. Currently a member of the human resources team at the University of Saskatchewan and working with the Edwards School of Business, Rick has a Bachelor of Commerce from Edwards, holds a CPHR designation, and has recently become a Certified Leadership Coach. 

Rick’s career has primarily focused in the areas of employee and labour relations, talent acquisition, and employee learning and development. He has extensive experience in conducting workplace investigations, conflict resolution, performance management, and leading organizational HR change initiatives. While in leadership positions, Rick has valued opportunities to coach, mentor, and support the growth and professional development of individuals, while working together towards building cohesive, high performing teams. Rick enjoys working with leaders and their teams on the development and execution of their strategic plans, developing strategic human resources programs that help support and drive organizational priorities, facilitating employee training and development activities, and supporting leaders and employees in both creating and working towards their career development goals. 

Chris Antonopoulos is a human resources professional with 17 years of experience across a number of strategic Human Resources and Organizational Development roles in both the Co-operative and Post-Secondary sectors. Currently a member of the Human Resources-Organizational Development team at the University of Saskatchewan, Chris holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the Edwards School of Business.

Chris’s career has primarily focused on the areas of Employee Learning, Organizational Development, Leadership Development and Talent Management design and delivery. Chris has extensive experience in adult learning and learning facilitation has also had extensive experience in helping to support organizational-change initiatives and in supporting strategic business planning processes. Chris is also certified in both the Everything DiSC^® Workplace and the LPI 360 ^® assessment tools.

Chris is very passionate about supporting new and aspiring leaders to further their development goals and aspirations while helping them to build and sustain effective teams and promoting healthy work cultures.