Tevi Legge. (Supplied by @TeviLegge on Twitter)

By David Opinko

Lethbridge’s Tevi Legge named “Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner”

Nov 22, 2019 | 5:00 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – “I still haven’t come to the realization that it’s happened. I think you see some of the names that’ve been honoured in the past and I see myself as a regular person and I don’t see myself comparable to Arlene Dickinson or Margaret Atwood.”

Tevi Legge said this is how she felt about being included in the Women’s Executive Network’s 2019 Canada’s Most Powerful Women list, which included her in the Mercedes Benz Emerging Leaders Category for Women Between the Ages of 30 and 40.

By trade, Legge is the Vice President of Strategy with ATB Financial but has been involved with countless other causes in the community.

Within her company, she has been leading the Elevating Women in the Workplace group for the last three years.

Legge says the initiative is about advancing women in the workplace and ensuring ATB understands and embraces gender equality.

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“We’ve created mentorship programs, we’ve highlighted International Women’s Day, we’ve had major events, we’ve understood where our flaws are and where we need to get better. We’re really being intentional about getting better as an organization and advancing women in the workplace. We’ve made a lot of strides over the past three years.”

Through the Snowball Effect Challenge, which Legge had a role in starting a few years ago, the community has collectively raised more than $200,000 in food and cash donations to the Interfaith Food Bank.

“It’s a social media campaign. It’s really simple for people to participate, #SnowballEffect2019. You tag someone like you’re throwing a virtual snowball at them and then you show a video of your contribution – you don’t have to do that, but it helps inspire people. It could be one can of food, like anything makes a difference.”

Other initiatives Legge has been part of include the Rotary Club, the Young Professionals Association of Lethbridge, co-founding the Southern Alberta Women in Business Network, and being a senator at the University of Lethbridge.

As a mom of three boys, Legge hopes to inspire other working moms and women, in general, to realize that anyone can make a difference in their community.

She believes it is important to remember that it’s not about having it all at once, but rather, creating an ecosystem of help and support around yourself so you can contribute to society.

“I really hope other people can see themselves in me that I’m just an ordinary person. I don’t feel like there’s anything special about me, I just feel like I’m here to do good things and advance the greater good of our community.”

The 100 women mentioned in the list were honoured at a gala in Toronto Thursday night, but due to a health complication, Legge was not able to attend in person.