Samaya completed her education in business management and worked in the financial sector for four years prior to switching gears and launching her prolific international career in education. With a host of distinguished accolades to her name (International Diploma in Montessori Pedagogy, Master of Education, Post Graduate Early Childhood Education, and much more,) she has spent over 15 dedicated years in the field of early childhood education. Her love of all things academic has led to her active involvement in Montessori school and preschool program development. Samaya's inextinguishable passion for early learning and development has furthermore earned her a coveted position on an education board in association with Alberta Education, where she has served as a key influencer on improvement in the quality of programs. Samaya believes in the power of education and empowering teachers through training, and continues to bring the best in programming to her role as director of programming at BrightPath. When she's not working to create optimum learning environments, you can undoubtedly find Samaya volunteering as a translator and writer for academic curriculums for international programs, involved in philanthropy, painting, hiking, traveling the world, or spending time with her husband and two children.

Mary started her career with BrightPath in early 2010 as an Area Manager for Northern Alberta and the BC regions. She quickly ascended to the rank of Director, Western Operations in 2016. She holds qualifications of Early Learning in both Alberta and BC and a seasoned expert in child care. She has spent over 25 years in early childhood education and has previously owned and operated multiple child care programs. Not only has she served as an AELCS (Alberta Association for Accreditation of Early Learning) site validator for six years, she continues to promote standards of excellence and monitoring throughout the centres she manages. What sets Mary apart is her unique ability to provide the best quality of care for families and their children. When she is not providing the best in care to BrightPath families, she loves to travel, is an avid foodie, lover of people, music, theatre and nature.

Carol has been fully invested in the child care world since 1984. Before coming to Canada in 1990, she worked within the local school board and for a private nursery in the UK. As a Registered Early Childhood Educator (RECE), she joined BrightPath in 1994, was promoted to Area Manager in 2013 and Director of Operations for Ontario in 2017. She played an integral role in numerous new centre acquisitions and was a vital player in the opening of the BrightPath Eglinton location. Carol has had the distinct opportunity to sit on regional funding advisory groups and has worked with Licensing on developing and reviewing policies under the CCEYA. In her current role, she works closely with the entire management team to ensure the delivery of our programs, quality assurance, mentoring and guiding of centre staff, Centre Directors and Area Managers, providing the very best opportunities and creating the most engaging environments for children and their families. When she's not actively engaged in the field, she enjoys spending time with her family, her one grand-puppy Zoe, baking, reading, travelling and spending time by the ocean.

An accomplished executive with more than 20 years of national and international Human Resources leadership experience and knowledge gained by working in diverse industries such as Marketing/Promotions, Professional Services, Retail, IT and Education.

• Director of Human Resources Canada – CROSSMARK
• Board of Directors - Haliburton Highlands Health Services
• Human Resources Partner – Seneca College
• Senior Vice President Human Resources – SOLCORP
• Executive Vice President Human Resources – Mosaic Inc.
• Vice President Human Resources – HMV Canada Inc
• Sales Manager – Sears Canada
Education
• CHRM – University of Toronto
• MBTI Professional – The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
• Bachelor of Arts - Western University
• Marnie’s work in HMV featured and profiled in The Talent Edge: A Behavioral Approach to Hiring, Developing, and Keeping Top Talent by Davis S. Cohen

Marnie and the HR team work closely with the Centres and Management to train coach/mentor with particular focus on the on-going development of managers in employee relations, leadership, succession planning and recruitment.