Experience

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  Canada Beef

  • Canada
  • Farming
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Director, Stakeholder Communications

    • Apr 2023 - Present

  • Manager, Stakeholder Communications

    • May 2021 - Apr 2023

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  Government of Alberta

  • Alberta, Canada

  • Speechwriter

    • Feb 2021 - Feb 2021
    • Alberta, Canada

    Worked efficiently and effectively with Alberta’s Minister of Finance and Ministry staff to further develop and finalize the Budget 2021 speech within designated timeframe.

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  Animal Health Emergency Management Project

  • Calgary, Canada Area

  • Awareness Activity Lead

    • Nov 2019 - Jan 2021
    • Calgary, Canada Area

    Created awareness of the Animal Health Emergency Management (AHEM) Project resources and demonstrated how the tools enabled Canada’s livestock industry to prepare for and respond to a serious animal disease outbreak. Facilitated significant collaboration with federal government organizations, provincial government departments of agriculture, provincial livestock groups, and producers.

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  Canadian Cattlemen's Association

  • Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  • Communications Manager

    • Jan 2010 - Aug 2019
    • Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Implemented a variety of strategies, tactics, and tools that supported and promoted the work of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA), the national voice of Canada's 60,000 beef farms and feedlots. Developed and deployed practical communications strategies that benefited beef producers and ensured accurate and timely information distribution to producers. Worked in collaboration with industry and governments to advance a more comprehensive and proactive approach to industry issues in the areas of trade, market access, policy, and regulation.

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  Calgary Herald

  • Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  • Business reporter

    • Feb 2001 - Dec 2009
    • Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Provided extensive coverage of agriculture (Agrium), transportation (WestJet, Air Canada, Canadian Pacific) and mining (Teck, Grande Cache Coal) beats. Small business profiles for Monday's Business section, general business news, trend reporting, feature reporting, special projects.

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  2000 and prior work history

  • Alberta Venture, Alberta Report, Cranbrook Daily Townsman, Creston Valley Advance, Calgary Sun

    • 1990 - 2000

    CEO profiles, business feature writing (Alberta Venture, freelance); news writing, write and manage sections Who's Suing Whom and Albertans (Alberta Report, freelance); daily news reporting, photography and darkroom, production (Cranbrook Daily Townsman), news reporting, photography and darkroom, production (Creston Valley Advance). Practicum (Calgary Sun).