Credentials

  • Member, Adjudicative Tribunal, BC Farm Industry Review Board 2021 – Current
  • Masters Management, Cooperatives & Credit Unions, 2014, Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax
  • Masters Science, Agricultural Economics, 1974, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC
  • Professional Agrologist (Retired)
  • Resource Economist
  • 25 years as a Farm Columnist, Journalist. Writer
  • 6 years as an Economist with Federal Government, Ottawa (1974-79)
  • 15 years of International  Project Management
  • 50 years experience in Canadian Agriculture

Expertise

  • Cooperatives
  • Agriculture
  • Board Governance
  • Competition policy/Competitiveness
  • Economics
  • Gender and Social Analysis
  • Industrial Organization
  • International Cooperation
  • International Trade
  • Regulation
  • Water Resources

Skills

  • Writing, Communications, Speaking, Networking
  • Analysis (economic, competition, market, strategic, trade)
  • Facilitation/Consensus building
  • Project Management
  • Policy Analysis
  • Strategic Thinking and Planning

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