Experience

Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Climate Transitions

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  I am leading Tamarack's work on Climate Transitions and the Sustainable Development Goals, supporting cities and communities in their journeys towards ensuring a just, equitable and sustainable future for the next 7 generations and beyond. Through events, publications, communities of practice and other learning opportunities, I am helping advance the 2030 Agenda in Canada with a specific focus on the goals related to equity and climate change. I am leading Tamarack's work on Climate Transitions and the Sustainable Development Goals, supporting cities and communities in their journeys towards ensuring a just, equitable and sustainable future for the next 7 generations and beyond. Through events, publications, communities of practice and other learning opportunities, I am helping advance the 2030 Agenda in Canada with a specific focus on the goals related to equity and climate change.



McConnell Foundation

• Canada
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor, President's Office

  • Jul 2017 - Mar 2021

  Helped build the fields of social innovation and social finance and encouraged greater cross-sector collaboration and a transformed civil society-government relationship. I supported the federal Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy co-creation process and helped advance new ideas and initiatives to enable Canada to address climate change, advance Indigenous reconciliation, and ensure community wellbeing. Helped build the fields of social innovation and social finance and encouraged greater cross-sector collaboration and a transformed civil society-government relationship. I supported the federal Social Innovation and Social Finance Strategy co-creation process and helped advance new ideas and initiatives to enable Canada to address climate change, advance Indigenous reconciliation, and ensure community wellbeing.



Emploi et Développement social Canada (EDSC) / Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Policy Analyst

  • Nov 2014 - Jul 2017

  At ESDC I worked on social finance and social innovation policy, exploring how innovative approaches - such as impact investing and social enterprise - can help tackle persistent social challenges. To strengthen the social finance marketplace in Canada, my team led on developing a supportive legal/regulatory framework and helping build the market through direct support. I supported the Indigenous social innovation/finance file in particular, contributing to strategic thinking and planning, co-creating policy and pilots with National Indigenous Organizations, and providing advice to senior officials.



UNDP

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant, Innovation Facility

  • Sep 2016 - Nov 2016



Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Policy Analyst

  • Jun 2014 - Oct 2014

  Worked on a federal initiative aimed at increasing transparency and deterring corruption in the resource extraction sector. By establishing mandatory reporting standards that require extractive companies to report on significant payments made to governments at home and abroad, citizens will be able to hold their governments to account for the revenues received from their resources, ensuring resource wealth is shared by everyone. Worked on a federal initiative aimed at increasing transparency and deterring corruption in the resource extraction sector. By establishing mandatory reporting standards that require extractive companies to report on significant payments made to governments at home and abroad, citizens will be able to hold their governments to account for the revenues received from their resources, ensuring resource wealth is shared by everyone.



Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant, Foreign Policy and Corporate Communications Division

  • Nov 2013 - May 2014

  Assisted the Director of Foreign Policy Communications with preparations for meetings and other tasks, carried out research for senior strategists, and assisted the Consular Communications team with outreach activities, including producing a quarterly report and attending trade shows. Assisted the Director of Foreign Policy Communications with preparations for meetings and other tasks, carried out research for senior strategists, and assisted the Consular Communications team with outreach activities, including producing a quarterly report and attending trade shows.