Keri Drennan
A bit about Keri
- Leadership Development
- Team Performance & Engagement
- Entrepreneurial Business Advising
Meet Keri Drennan
Keri Drennan is a Professional Engineer with over 24 years of progressive leadership experience in large, integrated corporations. She attributes her success to building relationships and shifting cultures and paradigms. Keri is passionate about engaging and inspiring people to think outside the box, which led her to establish Impact Leader in 2018. This venture focuses on transforming leaders and engaging teams by developing self-knowledge, building rapport, valuing diversity, and co-creating results.
In addition to her engineering credentials, Keri holds a certificate in Project Management and has extensive experience in change management, organizational effectiveness, and strategy development. Her expertise includes integrating cultures through transformative leadership and change management, successfully transitioning teams through various mergers and acquisitions.
Keri also serves as a business advisor, coaching entrepreneurs to develop their unique value proposition and business plans. Her ability to relate and hold people accountable has contributed to her success in this role.
Keri lives in White Rock, BC, with her husband of 30 years. If the sun is shining she can be found at the local Pickleball courts. Family and friends are of utmost importance and there is always a plan in the works to travel with them.
Keri's Group Overview
Keri is deeply passionate about helping people and organizations move forward. Keri chairs a forum group consisting of CEOs.
Group Member Overview
Keri leads and mentors her Forum Groups consisting of CEOs to help them resolve their biggest challenges.
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Meeting Locations
Keri’s forum group meet 7 times per year. Each member hosts the meeting at their preferred location which are hosted within Greater Vancouver.
Special Advisors
MacKay Chairs engage a committee of Special Advisors in their professional and group development, expanding the network and support available to our members and Chairs. These seasoned experts bring a wealth of knowledge and experience, elevating the quality of our Forums. By collaborating closely with Forum Chairs, they enhance the peer support system, tapping into a deeper pool of connections and expertise to foster even greater leadership development and business success.
Natasha Jeshani
Founder, Career Contacts
As the founder of Career Contacts, Natasha helps companies across Canada and the U.S. attract and retain top talent through customized recruitment and HR programs, including temporary staffing, permanent placements, executive search, and fractional HR consulting. Natasha is also the driving force behind Training Arch, a corporate training company that provides organizations with tailored learning programs delivered in person, virtually, or through pre-recorded sessions.
Tammy Rea
Regional Manager - Women in Enterprise, TD Bank
Tammy Rea is the Regional Manager for Women in Enterprise in Western Canada-Pacific at TD Bank, where she leads initiatives to support and empower women entrepreneurs across the region. In this role, she provides strategic guidance and resources to help women-led businesses thrive. In addition to her work at TD, Tammy serves as a Coralus Activator, contributing to the Coralus community's mission to support women entrepreneurs through mentorship, funding, and networking opportunities.
Hermina Khara
Partner, Odgers
Hermina is a seasoned leadership consultant and executive search partner with over 25 years of experience across financial services, technology, people strategy, talent acquisition, and entrepreneurship. As Co-Founder of a successful recruitment firm and now a Partner at Odgers, she has worked with organizations of all sizes—from agile startups and high-growth scaleups to established enterprises and mission-driven nonprofits. Hermina brings a people-first, purpose-led approach, combining strategic insight with hands-on execution to help build inclusive, high-performing leadership teams.
Mike Knapp
Business Growth Coach & Strategic Advisor, Incrementa (un)consulting
Mike Knapp is the Founder and CEO of Incrementa, where he helps organizations achieve meaningful growth through the Incrementa Strategic Execution Framework — a proven system designed to help businesses take a major leap forward in just 120 days.
Lisa Archer
Founder & Principal Consultant, Zing Strategy
As the founder of Zing Strategy, Lisa helps organizations transform their people practices into a true competitive advantage. With over a decade of experience in HR leadership and consulting, she has guided businesses through audits, compliance challenges, and long-term strategic planning, always with one goal in mind: creating workplaces where people thrive. What sets Lisa apart is her ability to bridge compliance with culture. She has worked across industries, from nonprofits to logistics and hospitality, helping executives reduce risk, streamline processes, and engage their teams. Her approach combines data-driven analysis with a practical, human-centered lens, ensuring leaders have both the strategy and the confidence to act.
Sandy Dennis
Founder & Managing Partner, Elite Search
With over 18 years of progressive success in leadership and executive recruitment, Sandy has built a career grounded in one guiding philosophy: people first, not the transaction. As Founder of Elite Search, a boutique executive recruitment firm based in Vancouver, Sandy specializes in helping entrepreneurial and growth-minded organizations build exceptional leadership teams. Known for a relationship-driven approach and deep understanding of organizational growth, Sandy partners closely with clients to identify, attract, and place leaders who align not only with business objectives but with culture and long-term vision.
WHAT CAN PEER LEARNING DO FOR YOU?
Vision
The collective group will be able to provide valuable insights as to future outcomes.
SHARED EXPERIENCE
A valuable platform for creating a collective narrative that strengthens connections and promotes a sense of community.
SUPPORT
Members find a supportive community that offers insights, understanding and creates a valuable network for navigating challenges and fostering personal growth.
