Executive Director
Linda’s
work experiences include business, government and the not-for-profit
sector. She joined NEIA in the fall of 2009, having worked in
resource sector development in Newfoundland and Labrador for more
than 20 years. From 2004 to 2008 she was Chair of the Board of
Directors of Vancouver-based Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), Canada's
largest consumer co-operative and leading outdoor retailer. Under her
leadership the board was named the recipient of the Conference
Board of Canada/Spencer Stuart 2008 Award of
Excellence
for Governance Innovation in Canada,
for its work in using the environment to inform business strategy. In
2002 she received the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador's,
Public
Service Award of Excellence.
Linda
has an affinity for both the land and the sea. Although she
graduated, as an Agriculturalist, from McGill University, the first
woman in the province to do so, water has been her passion. She has
kayaked much of the province’s coastline, canoed many of its
wilderness rivers and through much exploration has come to appreciate
its unique natural environment.
Contact:
p: 709.772.3336
e: linda@neia.org
