 As entrepreneur, corporate executive, author, motivational speaker, philanthropist and mother, LuAn Mitchell-Halter has lived a life of wide experience, harsh reality and repeated triumph. Mitchell-Halter has reached the pinnacle of business success being named Canada 's Number One Female Entrepreneur for three successive years by Chatelaine and Profit Magazines. On the international stage, she has been honored annually since 2001 by the Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World. McGill University of Montreal has named Mitchell-Halter as the 2003 recipient of the McGill Management Achievement Award for excellence of achievement in business and community service. Mitchell-Halter's business experience began with her own salon, spa and modeling school and included - as Chair of the Board of Directors - shepherding Mitchell's Gourmet Foods from the brink of bankruptcy to one of Canada 's most successful value-added food processors. She orchestrated a strategic partnership with Schneider's Corporation that facilitated a $44 million expansion and creation of hundreds of new jobs. In late 2002 LuAn sold her interest in the company to Schneider's Corporation. Children's literacy and environmental awareness are among Mitchell-Halter's many interests. She has written several children's stories and visited many schools to give readings. From 1990 to 1994, she served as an advisor to "Kids for Saving Earth, North America ." She also holds a patent on "Save The Planet," an environmental board game she invented. Mitchell-Halter is an active community volunteer, having served on the Board of Directors of several charitable organizations, including the United Way , YWCA and Junior Achievement. Mitchell-Halter is President and CEO of Save the Planet Holdings and led Mitchell's Gourmet Foods from 1998 to 2003 as Chair of the Board. She serves on several outside boards including The Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World, Harvard University 's John F. Kennedy School of Government Women's Leadership Board and the University of Saskatchewan 's Institute of Agricultural , Rural and Environmental Health.
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