Tracey Scarlett has started and scaled innovative and technology-based ventures and has built ecosystems and financing programs to support entrepreneurs in growing their businesses. She has held numerous board roles focused in areas of venture financing, innovation, economic development and entrepreneurship. She brings significant governance and operational knowledge of entrepreneurial finance and the innovation ecosystem to her role at VCAA.

Erin Madro is a champion for sustainable energy solutions, driving transformation in the energy industry through early investments in groundbreaking companies. As Principal and Head of Energy at Evok Innovations, a venture capital firm with over $500 M AUM dedicated to industrial decarbonization, Erin leverages over a decade of business strategy and operations expertise in large-cap energy companies to support investments in alignment with Evok’s mission to create a cleaner, more sustainable future.

Erin is a director on the Boards of SensorUp and ARIX Technologies, and is a board observer at Koloma and Rodatherm Energy. She is a board member of Canada’s Cleantech Alliance, an advisory board member of the UCeed Energy Fund, and is a mentor for early-stage founders in the Creative Destruction Lab’s Energy Stream. Her academic background includes a bachelor’s degree in Chemical & Biological Engineering from the University of British Columbia (2013) and an MBA from the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary (2020). She holds a P.Eng and is registered as a member of APEGA. Her contributions to the industry have earned her recognition as one of Canada’s Top 50 “Changemakers” in business by the Globe & Mail.