Crystal Phillips is the Senior Director at the Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund (OCIF), where she leads strategic investments that strengthen Calgary’s economic future.

Her interdisciplinary background spans competitive sport, neuroscience, and venture capital. She founded and now chairs the Branch Out Neurological Foundation and is an angel investor through the emerging 1A Capital platform. Previously, she was part of the founding team at Thin Air Labs Fund I, helping raise and deploy capital into early-stage startups across Alberta.

Crystal is passionate about using capital – philanthropic, institutional, and personal – to drive meaningful progress and create lasting impact in communities.