Bio

Dynamic, future-forward leader with entrepreneurial edge and successful track record advancing government and industry partnerships to deliver strategic results at scale. Sought out to provide strategic legal and policy counsel, visionary foresight, navigation on complex legal and systemic challenges, and to deliver success with triple bottom line benefits. Especially skilled at systems thinking, translating complex business, legal and economic risks into simple language, and executing fast-paced, high-impact projects that achieve desired outcomes. Passionate about projects at the intersections of technology, trade, and wicked economic, social and environmental challenges. What People Like to Know: Technology and intellectual property law expert. Former trade negotiator. Global speaker. Published author. Founder of a first-ever United Nations Sustainable Development Goals + in-kind giving movement, to catalyze positive change through hyperlocal impact activities in communities around the world. Successful leader of Canada's first blockchain trade association. Strategic advisor to executive leadership in domestic and multi-national corporations, SMEs, regulatory agencies, non-profits and governments. Proud to be recognized as an IT World Top Women in FinTech and Blockchain, Obama Foundation Global Civic Leader, Government of Canada Leading TechWoman, CBC Trailblazer, Bootstrap Impact Award Winner, Toastmasters International Communication & Leadership Award Recipient, Top 40 Under 40, 1st Social Entrepreneur in Residence (SEiR) in a Canadian post-secondary institution, and one of the first Chief Impact Officers in the world. Always happy to speak about: #Web3 #NFTs #Blockchain #4IR #BigData #AI #Policy #Leadership #Sustainability #ResiliencyPlanning #TechLaw #Gamification #SocialImpact #fintech #ImpactEconomy #SocialEntrepreneur #Data4Good #UNSDGs #Kindness #ImpactInvesting #SocialFinance #Futurist #SystemsThinking #ComplexRisk #DigitalInnovationChampion #Strategist #SystemsThinker #TechnologyLaw #GlobalTrade #CircularEconomy #ImpactInvesting #ESG #techdisruption #resiliency #cryptomining #future