|
Sarah Raiss is Executive Vice-President, Corporate Services, responsible for human resources, information systems, aviation and corporate services for TransCanada. Prior to her position with TransCanada, Ms. Raiss was President of S.E. Raiss Group, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in strategy, culture change and merger integration. From 1989 through 1994, Ms. Raiss held various positions at Ameritech. She served as Vice-President of Customer Service, Training and IT Support for the $2 billion Ameritech Long Distance Industry Services business unit and was one of 120 top leaders appointed by the Chairman of Ameritech to move the company from a network-based regulated company to a marketfacing competitive company. She also served as Director of Strategy at Ameritech Advertising Services. Prior to joining Ameritech, Ms. Raiss was a Senior Consultant at Metzler & Associates. Ms. Raiss began her career at Michigan Bell in engineering, facility and technology planning. She also held the positions of manager, long-range technology planning and
product manager, transportation and information services. For the third year in a row, Ms. Raiss has been named on Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 list. The listing, compiled by Women’s Executive Network, recognizes CEOs, senior executives, corporate directors and public sector leaders who are proven achievers in a variety of fields. Ms. Raiss was also part of the inaugural list announced in November 2003.
Ms. Raiss is currently a member of the Advisory Committee on Senior Level Retention and Compensation for the Treasury Board of Canada, the Management Associates Council at the University of Calgary and sits
on the Board of Directors of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Calgary Petroleum Club. She is the current Chair of the Calgary Chapter of the International Women’s Forum of Canada, and was Co-Chair for the 2004 United Way of Calgary and Area campaign. Ms. Raiss holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Math and a Master of Business Administration in Strategic Marketing and Organization Behavior from the University of Michigan.
Prior to January 2002, Executive Vice-President, Human Resources and Public Sector Relations. | 