Jyoti Gondek was elected to serve Ward 3 in October of 2017. Prior to that she was the Director of the Westman Centre for Real Estate Studies at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business where she established a unique program to bring students and professionals together in building strong and prosperous cities. For 12 years prior, she provided research-based consulting services ranging from creating complete communities to fostering healthy corporate cultures. Jyoti’s academic training includes an undergraduate degree in sociology and criminology, an MA in organizational sociology that examined corporate social responsibility, and a PhD in urban sociology.