I am a results-oriented senior leader with over 30 years of experience in program development, operational management, and strategic leadership. Possesses strong credentials in managing large, diverse teams, leading national committees, and navigating organizational change.
An autodidact since a young age, embracing many interests, I settled on architectural history – an inter-disciplinary field covering creativity, logic and praxis. I have a deep knowledge of Canadian architectural history and heritage conservation with decades of experience managing historic places.
An expert in stakeholder relations, I have built extensive networks across public and private sectors and academia. Proven ability to manage complex projects, multi-million-dollar budgets, and large-scale asset portfolios on time and on budget.
An articulate communicator and early adopter of digital tools, skilled in public engagement, promotion, and modernizing information management systems.
I have worked as an Executive Director of a professional non-profit, the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals. I lead the creation of a national heritage program at BGIS. I was a National Historic Sites Superintendent at Parks Canada in Eastern Ontario, manager of the Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office (FHBRO) and the Canadian Registrar for the Canadian Register of Historic Places (historicplaces.ca).
I am an adjunct professor at Carleton University in the School for the Studies of Art and Culture, Art History and have taught in the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Over the years I have produced many research papers for the Historic Sites & Monuments Board of Canada and the FHBRO, while also pursuing independent research projects on the history and heritage of Canadian architecture.
I led the federal-provincial-territorial collaborations, built an award-winning mobile app (“Edifica -History in Hand”) for searching historic places (Android and IOS) , and managed Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations and its national documentation centre on heritage.
My master’s degree is in architectural history (Carleton University), specializing in Canadian modern architecture. In terms of volunteer work, I am a past president of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, a member of Docomomo International and am a member of many other heritage organizations.
I am a former director of Heritage Committee for Ottawa’s Lowertown Community Association, and an executive member of the National Historic Sites Alliance, a national network of like-minded owners and operators of National Historic Sites.
My book, Exploring the Capital, is a full-colour guide to historic and contemporary architecture in the national capital region, published by Figure1 Publishing.