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British Columbia, Canada

Victoria, BC

Victoria

Coordinated the very successful campaign for the official opponent in BC's 2018 referendum on electoral reform. En route to a 61.3% victory, I was responsible for arranging province-wide speaking tours, volunteer coordination and managing social media.

Victoria, BC

As Chief, liaised between the Premier's office, Cabinet, First Nations, Stakeholders and the Minister to drive policy and deliver results. Lead team to manage multiple conflicting priorities ranging from media enquiries to stakeholder consultation and legislative initiatives

Ottawa, Ontario

Provided strategic advice to the Minister of Transport on policy files and oversaw on-going policy development in coordination with the Department of Transport.Managed stakeholder relations and external consultations on current and proposed government policy.

Ottawa, Ontario

Guided key policy portfolios for the Minister of Environment including the chemical management plan, regulatory oversight and the Species at Risk Act.Oversaw stakeholder relations in energy and resource sectors.

Ottawa, Ontario

Responsible for Ministerial briefings and Treasury Board preparation as well as office operations.

Designated as Study Director and Principal Investigator on the GLP/GMP study, plan and report. I was directly responsible for analytical method development and validation for environmental, industrial and pharmaceutical analytes and oversaw a team of analytical staff in the process.In addition, I was tasked with on-going development and documentation of.

Managed in-house environmental laboratory for environmental sector consulting agency. On-going responsibilities included overseeing CAEAL participation, managing of laboratory staff, external relations and client support and troubleshooting.

Contributed technical expertise in the organic and water analysis labs of ALS Environmental. Participated in regulatory round-tables and environmental audits.

Burnaby, British Columbia

Researched electrospray MS during graduate studies at Simon Fraser University.Also employed as a teaching assistant for undergraduate lab-based analytical chemistry courses which covered techniques including GC, AAS, AES, LC and ICP.

Msc, Analytical Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Graduate Chemistry Students SocietyThesis: Quantitation by atmospheric pressure ion source mass spectrometry

Bsc, Environmental Chemistry