Lisa Mclaughlin Email and Phone Number

Reporting to the President and Chief Executive Officer, responsible for all aspects of NCC’s conservation program nationally with additional emphasis on strategic direction setting, major grant management and major donor fundraising for conservation initiatives. Member of the Executive Management Team.• Responsible for the implementation, and reporting of the current NCC-government of Canada $250M partnership• Leading NCC’s Indigenous Engagement Framework;• Responsible for the development and implementation of all conservation policies and procedures, all land acquisition and disposition project quality control, spatial data management, conservation record management, science research and conservation communications• Identified, engaged and successfully solicited major gifts from foundations and individuals for conservation initiatives• Manage a business unit of 22 staff

As the Chief Conservation Officer for the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), Lisa is the lead staff with respect to NCC's overall national conservation activities including policy development and implementation of NCC's strategic priorities for conservation planning, science, securement and stewardship. Lisa regularly makes presentations to external audiences and engages in conservation related policy and partnership development discussions with senior government, industry and conservation organization representatives.

Reporting to the Director of Conservation, responsible for program fundraising, managing logistics, staff deployment (10 indirect geographically dispersed reports), registration infrastructure, marketing, communications, safety and volunteer recruitment. Delivered over 100 events annually in all 10 provinces with an average engagement of 1100 volunteers per year.