Dawn Johnson has a talent for listening to client’s vision and needs to build action-oriented work plans, fundraising strategies, and relationships around those needs to fulfil client’s vision. She is extremely community minded working exclusively and intentionally in areas that have beneficial social, environmental, and economic impacts. As a change-maker and visionary Dawn has the ability to assess viability of projects and initiatives and create partnerships and strategic alliances to allow for full realization of goals and objectives. Leveraging fifteen years' experience in projects that have altered the trajectory of organizations and communities, Dawn has a successful career. Her strong background in working with Indigenous communities, her experience and perspective brings a benefit to all her projects. In the past three years while building the foundation for Clear Course Consulting, Dawn and her team have successfully garnered millions of dollars in project funding for clients. Dawn Johnson is a founding principal of Clear Course. Clear Course Consulting Ltd. Dawn has successfully created and implemented projects in Pemberton, BC for over two decades, and played an instrumental role in founding notable legacy projects including Stewardship Pemberton Society (SPS) which focuses on connecting community to nature. Since the SPS inception in 2006, Dawn has been in key leadership roles that were responsible for the construction of the One Mile Lake Nature Centre, Community Gardens, food sustainability programs and environmental education for hundreds of children and adults alike. Dawn was also a founding member of the Sea to Sky Invasive Species Council. Skills and Attributes• Intuitive with a strong ability to interpret and marry vision with action to achieve positive outcomes and results• Varied work and life experience across broad fields • Strong understanding of challenges and opportunities regarding community needs• Extensive experience in non-profit sector, social enterprise, and Indigenous relations • Strategically minded, relatable, skilled listener, critical thinker, natural mediator, self-starter, and inherently driven to achieve positive outcomes• Proficient and successful grant writer• Personal values and ethics strongly aligned with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals