Alyson is a proven leader with two decades of senior-level corporate experience. After graduating from law school, she practiced litigation and family law with the Atlantic law firm of Stewart McKelvey. In 1994 she left private practice to co-found a national buying group for communications companies throughout Canada. With a progressive, enthusiastic team, she grew this business to include conducting regulatory affairs and lobby efforts on behalf of over 100 companies.

In 2016, she left the communications industry to co-found another company, Resonance Inc., a company that focuses on Alyson’s passion – creating and maintaining productive and healthy workplaces. Resonance offers services from general Board governance, strategic and organizational planning, to all aspects of employment law including workplace investigations, conflict resolution and restoration as well as management and employee training. Recently, Alyson left Resonance which is now under the very capable leadership of Trisha Perry.

Alyson is a serial volunteer with various organizations such as YMCA (Chair of the Board, Chair of the Endowment Fund), Chair of Family Plus, and a member of 100 Women Who Care. She served on the Board of Atlantic Lottery as well as chairing its governance committee. She is a certified mediator, a Workplace Investigator and has an ICD D designation from Rotman’s School of Business.

Alyson lives in Rothesay NB with her husband, Steve Ward, and well-loved ( if not well behaved) dogs named Rosie and Louie. Her children are her greatest accomplishment.  Alanna, married to Kevin, is mom to the smartest grandchildren in the world. Alanna is a  pediatrician at the Doctor Everett Chalmers hospital in Fredericton. Sam, her son, lives in Halifax where he practices law with Stewart Mckelvey.