Laurie Simmonds is a leading cause-marketing expert focussed on issues related to health, education, social justice and the environment.With the launch of Green Living Enterprises in 1999, Laurie created Canada’s first social impact marketing agency specializing in brand strategy, program development, custom content, marketing, communications and virtual and experiential event production. Her award-winning team has developed advertising and integrated marketing campaigns for corporations, NGOs and every level of government for over 20 years.Laurie has a longstanding interest in the connection between health and the environment. Her career has included being part of a select group of Canadians who completed The Climate Project training program led by Nobel Laureate, Al Gore, participating in the Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change, being a Canadian delegate at COP21Paris, getting named to Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by WXN, and co-founding the Women’s Health Clinic. She has also written and taught about the connection between health and the environment and is a passionate advisor to social organizations such as Eva’s Initiatives which is working to end youth homelessness.Laurie is a founding member of the Council of Advisors for GreenPAC, a non-partisan political action group and she sits on the boards of Clean Water Foundation and Environmental Defence Canada.