Developed a voluntary low carbon resiliency standard for the public sector buildings portfolio to fulfill a CleanBC Roadmap commitment.
Managed a consulting contract and engagement with over 150 stakeholders, analyzed options and provided advice to leadership.
Evaluated and contributed to reports, plans, programs and legislation to recommend best practices and performance indicators, and synthesized findings for a range of deliverables.

Political Assistant for Vancouver City Councillor
Managed project focused on funding building retrofits. Coordinated research and consultation with business and community leaders to prepare findings.

Director of Sustainability and Government Relations, Equinox Power
Led grant and Environmental Social Governance strategies, and prepared applications.
In charge of communications, strategic planning, as well as public and private sector engagement.

Managed five philanthropic programs focused on accelerating Canadian climate innovation and the net zero transition for small businesses. Partners included the Universities of BC and Calgary.
Prepared agreements, presentations and social media content, planned events and engaged experts to advance the bank's priorities. Secured over $1,400,000 in funding for all initiatives.
Contributed to HSBC's net zero operations and clean energy strategies, including recommending best practices, monitoring and reporting progress to targets, and engaging employees.
Presented to senior leadership, contributed to reports, recommended partners, delivered a training program for 30 senior bankers and prepared disclosures.

Director of Development, Foresight Clean Technology Accelerator
Prepared proposals for the BC Government related to growing the clean tech sector, as well as mining and bioeconomy.
Secured partners, developed Memorandums of Understanding and planned events.

Director of Development and Communications, Orka Water
Led outreach to potential clients, customers and investors regarding plastic-free drinking water solutions.

Director of Communications, GHG Accounting
Developed the company’s purpose, mission and vision. Prepared presentations, proposals for carbon reduction strategies and website content.

Developed and executed grant, procurement, advocacy and responsible supply chain strategies. Secured over $220K in grants for commercialization and hiring. Closed one sale with the City of Richmond, two more sales were in the funnel totalling over $100K, with others in the pipeline.
Raised company profile via targeted stakeholder engagement. Led meetings with over a dozen ministers and senior leaders, prepared presentations for city councils and wrote project proposals.
Granted acceptance to various government programs, including one for interest-free funding.

Led creation of a sustainable store design strategy with consultant and internal teams. Granted budget approval for $270K to implement energy, water and waste efficiency measures.
Awarded $400K over five years for an energy/carbon management tracking service, enabling team to measure reductions and create long-term plans and goals.
Secured resources for textile landfill avoidance and revenue generation programs resulting in sales of 58,000 items, earning $667K, and recycling 2M pounds of clothing.
Established Zero Waste Distribution Centres globally and oversaw ongoing box reuse program to achieve $530K in savings and reuse 530K boxes in 2017.
Other responsibilities: Budgeting, hiring five team members, managing team, presenting to senior leaders, conducting legislative reviews, and developing branding, performance indicators, reports and web content.

Worked as part of a fast-paced team to:
Prioritize requests and media issues, provide staff across divisions and ministries with clear direction, timelines and advice, develop and review products, and meet deadlines for the Premier and other senior officials.
Advised the Assistant Deputy Minister and other leaders on policies related to air, land, water and waste, including climate change mitigation, adaptation, and biodiversity.
Recommended improvements to the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) regulations and programs.
Represented Ontario on the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment Task Group. Project manager for team tasked with developing measures to increase national waste diversion. Developed work plan, budget, and conducted needs assessment, analysis, and stakeholder engagement.
Managed progress review of Ontario's Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan involving 14 ministries.
Contributor to Ontario's post-2014 plan and web content.
Led development of Ground Source Heat Pumps Regulation 98/12 for geothermal energy and related communications strategy.

Led inter-ministerial teams to meet goals in Ontario's Climate Change Action Plan and Green IT Strategy, and develop the Information and Communications Standard for web accessibility. Prepared communications plans, jurisdictional scans, briefing notes and presentations on related topics.

Managed a project tasked by the Premier to identify regulations that inhibited the growth of B.C.'s clean technology sector.
Contributor and editor for the PTC's 10th and 11th Reports that recommended policy options to the Premier related to clean technology, energy and economic development.
Sole organizer of stakeholder consultations involving 160 participants across BC that informed the reports.

Sourced and established relationships with senior executives from various industries. Analyzed and reported on sector trends and tracked market and company growth.