Ida Albo is a

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businesswoman and the owner and managing partner of the

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. Albo has served as co-president of the CentreVenture Development Corporation. She is on the

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of the

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Foundation, and was BA (Hons.), Class of '81. She is the vice chair of the board of directors at the Pan Am Clinic Foundation. In February 2012, Albo opened Yoga Public, a 20,000 square foot yoga facility, in Winnipeg. She is the chair of the Guardian Angel Benefit Committee for the Cancer Care Manitoba Foundation. She has also served as a board member of the Tourism Association of Winnipeg, the

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, the Health Sciences Centre Research Foundation, Citizens Against Impaired Driving, and the Pan Am Clinic Foundation. She was named a

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in 2015 for "unwavering commitment to the well-being of her community."

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