Stefan Rutkowski

Stefan was born and raised in Germany and moved to Edmonton in 1997. He is the President/CEO of CAREERS: the Next Generation, an Alberta-wide non-profit organization connecting youth to potential future career pathways through industry-based work integrated learning opportunities. Before joining CAREERS, Stefan was a global director with an international engineering and consulting firm and lived and worked in several countries. 

Stefan is passionate about supporting youth and young adults finding their path to successful and rewarding careers. He is currently a member of the College of Alberta School Superintendents Trades and Vocational Education (TAVE) Committee and was formerly part of Alberta Education’s Career Education Task Force. He also sits on the steering committee of the UofA’s Frank Robinson Youth Academy for Agriculture and the Board of the non-profit organization enCompass Community Safety Agency. He holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Geography from Philipps-University Marburg, Germany, and a Master’s degree in Responsibility and Business Practice from the School of Management, University of Bath, UK.