Currently Chief Executive Officer for the Wood Manufacturing Cluster of Ontario (WMCO) and partial load Professor for Georgian College.Currently leading and directing the development of the WMCO Wood Industry Cluster in Ontario. Responsible for cluster growth, and providing resources and guidance for manufacturers. Facilitation of strategic projects and events, as well as facilitating board governance and providing senior leadership to the organization and staff.As partial load professor at Georgian College, delivering courses in Business and Administration and also courses in Communications and General Education to all other program areas of the college.With multi-sector experience from humanities and public sector to private sector and manufacturing, I leverage this to network solutions and benchmark best practices to enable dynamic learning experiences for Georgian College students in a various program areas. Ability to get people working together across diverse mandates to a common cause as a skilled facilitator, teacher, community developer, team leader, business developer, strategic planner, and problem solver.Over 30 years working experience in public (humanities) and private sector (manufacturing) in Canada and overseas in various leadership and front line capacities that encompass human resources, training, education, human services, and international development.Achieved a Masters Degree (MAIS dual major) in Adult Education and Work, Organization, Leadership from Athabasca University (Thesis study: Linking Motivation, Culture and Profitability: A Quantitative and Qualitative Snapshot of Incentive Program Metrics in the Industrial Workplace), a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Social Science and Applied Human Studies from the University of Guelph, certified in Human Resources Management .Specialties: Leadership, business development, teaching/training human resources, facilitation, strategic planning, problem solving, community development, manufacturing.