Andy Crooks Andy Crooks
Andy lives in Calgary, Alberta and is the longest serving director on the CTF board.
He is a prominent Calgary Lawyer, and has for 25 years partnered with his wife and a venture capital investing firm, RichCrooks Enterprises Ltd. He has been active in politics and public policy for over three decades.
Andy is active in a number of not-for-profit initiatives: He is a member of the Board of Governors of Lakehead University and a lifetime director of Simon House, Canada's most successful recovery center for addictions. He is currently CEO of a private foundation dedicated to the creation of parks in Western Canada. In that capacity, he is nurturing a successful Public-Private Partnership with the Alberta government and Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park.
Andy is married with two adult sons who have left the nest.
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