Catherine Brownlee is President and CEO of CBI Business Solutions and a Calgary-based executive, entrepreneur, and community builder with more than 30 years of leadership experience across business development, executive search, stakeholder engagement, advocacy, and community impact.
Catherine is known for bringing people and organizations together, building trusted relationships, and helping move complex initiatives from idea to execution. Her work has spanned business, government, nonprofit, philanthropic, and community sectors, supported by a professional network of more than 95,000 contacts.
She has served in leadership roles with Alberta Enterprise Group, Calgary Women in Energy, Canada Powered by Women, the Rotary Tom Jackson Stay in School initiative, the Rotary International Convention 2025, and the Rotary Club of Calgary Stampede Park. Catherine is also a bestselling author and speaker focused on careers, networking, business development, and confidence.
She is honoured to serve on SAIT’s Board of Governors and contribute to its important role in applied education, workforce development, entrepreneurship, innovation, and Alberta’s future.
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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.