Candidate info
Particular qualifications:
I would fulfil the qualifications for a Regional Councilor in several ways: *Strong board and corporate governance experience: Nearly two decades of senior manager and executive level leadership in a national habitat conservation organization with close national and hemispheric collaboration with two other sister organizations *Strong executive-level leadership: National program lead for 10 years & member of an national executive management team. (CREA - 5 years, DUC 3-years) *International experience: Led organizational delegations to two UNCBD COPs (Montreal & Colombia); worked to build an International Housing Coalition with US NAR, Habitat for Humanity International and USAID ahead of the 2006 World Urban Forum in Vancouver. *Financial Literacy: MBA degree, education and experience in financial & management accounting, statistics, micro & macro economics. * Public policy development and advocacy: 32 years of experience in Canada, and in collaboration with international partners in the United States and Mexico. * Bilingual - English (native) & French (proficient)
Experience in fields of concern to IUCN:
*Direct hands-on conservation management/leadership: overall general manager of DUC's direct conservation program for the Province of Ontario (5-yrs). *Conservation public policy: lead of the national & international government relations program for Canada's largest land trust and wetland conservation organization - 13 years. *Volunteer lead & principal advocate/spokesperson for Canada's largest national conservation/environmental budgetary advocacy coalition (25 member organization (for 4 years) - the Green Budget Coalition.