2024 Young Leaders Happy Hour Networking Event

Register now for the next QNET Young Leaders Event!

Enjoy an evening with the QNET Young Leaders’ group. Emerging leaders have the chance to participate in an event that brings together a variety of professionals to enhance their career journey through networking, learning and personal growth.

QNET Young Leaders
Happy Hour Networking Event
Date: Tuesday, June 11
Time: 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. (program begins at 6:15)
Location: Barn Hammer Brewing Company (595 Wall Street)

New! Fee: $10 (includes a free beverage!)

Fireside Chat & Networking
We’re excited to feature a leadership Fireside Chat with an amazing group of young leaders (bios below): 

• Moderator: Trish Johnson, Group Savings and Pension Consultant, RBC Group Advantage
• Tyler Birch, Founder, Barn Hammer Brewing Company
• Steven Hnatishin, Benefits Specialist, Cascade Group Benefits Inc.
• Nathan Rasmussen, Program Manager, Made Safe
• Jackie Wild, Founder, Tito Boy Restaurant & Founder, Delight Digital

Thank you to our Sponsors!

Fireside Chat Speaker Bios:

Tyler Birch
Founder/President
Barn Hammer Brewing Company, Mammoth Canning, BBQ Nowhere, and Stout Heart
Not one to shy away from the unknown, Tyler is a risk taker whose basement home brewing passion escalated rather quickly. Barn Hammer opened as the first Taproom in Winnipeg in 2016 and is forever in a state of forward motion as it evolves to keep up with Tyler’s momentum to push brewing boundaries.

Steven Hnatishin
Benefits Specialist
Cascade Group Benefits Inc.
Steve’s journey began in 2005 with a decade in the heavy construction and mining industries extending to a role in safety & health in 2011. The pursuit of safety & health excellence led Steve to the non-profit industry in 2017 serving Manitoba manufacturers for the next 8 years. Armed with leadership experience and the education from a recent MBA Steve took the opportunity to champion an expanded employee benefits initiative at Cascade Group Benefits. Steve is dedicated to building relationships that extend beyond work showcased in time spent volunteering for the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals and coaching youth hockey.

Trish Johnson, RPA (Fireside Chat Moderator)
Group savings and pension consultant 
RBC Group Advantage
As a Group Consultant at RBC Group Advantage, Trish help Winnipeg-based businesses design and implement comprehensive financial wellness plans for their employees. With over 4 years of experience in the banking industry and a certification as a Retirement Planning Associate (RPA), she provides skills and expertise to deliver tailored and effective solutions for her clients. 

Trish also has a background in entrepreneurship, where she ran a food trading business back in her home country in England for over 3 years, and was also a freelance web designer.

Jackie Wild
Founder
Tito Boy Restaurant & Delight Digital
Jackie Wild is a seasoned communications and marketing professional with over a decade of experience managing successful community-focused initiatives within the public, private and non-profit sectors. As a racialized woman in business, she understands the critical role anti-racism advocacy plays in advancing equitable outcomes for her kababayan (fellow country people) and the broader business community. In 2022, Jackie launched Tito Boy Restaurant, Winnipeg’s first south-end Philippine eatery, offering traditional and fusion culinary creations. A champion of community building, Jackie serves as president of the Manitoba Filipino Business Council, volunteers as board secretary with the Manitoba Museum, small business advisory council co-chair with The Winnipeg Chamber, interview chair with the Loran Scholars Foundation and board member with the Health Sciences Centre Foundation. In 2020, Jackie was named one of CBC Manitoba’s Future 40 recipients and featured in the Filipino Journal’s 20 Filipinos to Watch list.

Nathan Rasmussen
Program Manage
Made Safe
Nathan has worked in the manufacturing industry for 23 years, gaining experience in Foundries, Sheet Metal and Millwork. In his manufacturing career, Nathan has spent 18 years as a Safety Professional providing cross functional leadership, and now with a team of 15 advisors and trainers he is responsible for staff and Made Safe’s impact on the larger safety community as a whole.