Last updated: September 29, 2024.

I work on strategy development and implementation, and communications on major societal issues, particularly those related to nature and the economy.

I do that through several different roles, including as the head of economic development for the for the Zero Emissions Innovation Centre, sometimes as a consultant, and often as a volunteer. Beyond ZEIC, I've been lucky to do this through a number of different roles over the course of my career that have operated at the local, national, and global levels.

Right now I am only able to selectively consider consulting work, but if you're interested to work with me, learn more here.

My Current Job

Right now I work at the Zero Emissions Innovation Centre, where I am the head of economic development and market transformation. ZEIC is a charitable capacity building organization with a $21.7 million endowment working to help businesses, governments, and citizens reach local and national climate goals by 2050.

Within ZEIC, I support some major initiatives and projects, such as:

  • A regional coalition to manage workforce development related to the energy transition.
  • Doing analysis in collaboration with financial institutions and regulators on BC's systemic risks related to climate change.
  • The Building to Electrification Coalition's efforts to build capacity in both in the construction sector and with local governments across British Columbia.
  • Developing economic models to do both ongoing monitoring and forecasting on the economic impacts related to the implementation of climate and energy policies in BC.

For my volunteer work, I am currently serving as a member of the Expert Task Force on Nature-Positive Cities, and on the Advisory Board of the University of Victoria Impact Investing Hub.

Talks, Presentations, and Interviews

Sustainable investing during tax season, CBC Vancouver, January 30, 2024.

"Shareholders of Planet Earth," Ten Minutes to Save the Planet, CBC Radio Podcasts, July 17, 2023.

"Vancouver’s Learnings from Denmark: Strategies on Climate Change and Green Buildings," mini-documentary narrator and interviewer, Vancouver Economic Commission, June 2023.

"Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance: Major Cities Talk Green Recovery." Parkhaus de Zwijger. September 22, 2020. 

“(Re)Building the Urban Economy, Revitalizing Our Neighborhoods.” Wellbeing Cities Forum. NewCities. September 15, 2020.

“Why Canada needs to think about accepting climate change refugees,” CBC Radio - What on Earth?  Podcast. May 21, 2021.

“BC Election Q&A: Environment.” CBC Vancouver. Tanya Fletcher. October 16, 2020.

"C40 Mayors: a climate youth leader's perspective," Danfoss' #ETtalksDrive, October 25, 2019.

Strategies, Plans, and Major Projects

A few of my past major projects include:

BC Heat Pump Technology Attraction Strategy. Project supervisor for the Vancouver Economic Commission. November 2022.

Vancouver-to-Copenhagen Learning Tour. Project lead and supervisor for the Vancouver Economic Commission. August 2022

Zero Emissions Economic Transition Action Plan. Project lead and lead author for the Vancouver Economic Commission. May, 2022.

Research and Writing

Through my newsletter, you'll see much of the content I've created, but here are a few major outputs outside of that that I am proud of:

"B.C. young people want more, not less, climate policy," Business in Vancouver, December 1, 2023.

“Another Vancouver Plan. So what?” Elevate Hub, November 23, 2020.

“Future-proof Canada’s economy by investing in youth hard-hit by pandemic,” Corporate Knights, July 15, 2020

The Future is Cascadia. Cross-border workshop and report for Simon Fraser University, submitted to the Cascadia Innovation Corridor Steering Committee. August, 2018

Leveraging Institutional Capital for Climate-friendly Investments. Policy brief for Global Affairs Canada, August, 2016.

“Can Raccoons Teach Us How to Build the City of the Future?” with Jen Roberton, Spacing Magazine, June 6th, 2016.