Town of Oakville
Senior Economic Development Officer
Key Accomplishments
Digital Media - Tech Cluster Development
TGIF Tech Meetings/Bronte BIA/Silicon Halton at
Taste of Columbia
captured by a presentation given at
2016 IEDC Cleveland Conference
Creative Industry Show Case – Sept 2013
Haldimand County – Economic Development Officer
Downtown Revitalization Incentives Program, facade improvement program, community improvement program
Community Development and Event Coordination
– Mayor’s Breakfast
– Business Awards Breakfast
– Who Does What Workshop with local 5 Chambers of Commerce and 3 Business Improvement AreasFund Development Officer— NoKee Kwe Occupational Skill Development Inc.
– Successful in obtaining Ontario Trillium Foundation Grant
Project management, communications and outreach for the City of London’s Celebrate 150 – London’s Sesquicentennial activities
Ontario Municipal Cultural Planning Inventory Report prepared for the Ontario Ministry of Culture, managed jointly with Carrie Brooks-Joiner and Associates
Policy Analysis and research briefing notes for the Toronto Public Library’s Strategic Planning Process 2004-6
Forms Development for Municipal World Inc.
Research Assistant to Neil Bradford, Ph. D.— background research on local economic networks and coalitions in Ontario in mid-sized cities (funding provided by SSHRC) Contributions led to the CPRN paper, Cities and Communities that Work: Innovation Practices, Enabling Policies, 2003)
Curator – The Bod Squad, Forest City Gallery, Scene Magazine review, Gazette review
Municipal World Magazine – Building Alliances for Culture in your Municipality, 2004.
Medium – Able-ism and Ageism during the Covid pandemic & beyond (July 2020)
Cultural Planners’ Forum – Co-Authored with Greg Baeker (Toronto) and Bill Bullick (Seattle), 2005
Carleton Journal of Public Administration – The Three Questions: Prosperity and the Public Good by Bob Rae, A book review discussing the difference between vision and practice in the field of public administration, 2003
Ontario Museum Association – Recruiting and Hiring Museum Curators and Directors: A Human Resource Tool for Local Government, Museum Trustees and Cultural Managers. (2003) – peer‑reviewed publication.