A self-motivated and active Community Leader with a sincere focus on making my community a better place. I care as much about the people around me and their well-being as my own success, so I am always looking for partnership opportunities that are mutually beneficial as well as innovative and exciting. I have extensive experience over a 15 year career across Federal Government but also at municipal and provincial levels. I am well known for my strategic insight and communications expertise, as well as providing invaluable expertise from a policy, regulatory and political perspective. Special areas of interest include science, technology & innovation, health and the energy sector. I am also an entrepreneur - since 2016 I have operated Outdoor Action Ontario, an outdoors-oriented advocacy and promotion company. Through "OAO" my passions for outdoors advocacy and photography intersect. I have travelled all over Ontario and also North America as a part of these outdoor pursuits and I strongly advocate for more people to get involved in outdoors recreation for their own personal benefit.