Awards & Achievements

AWARDS

Named 'Woman of the Decade in Personal Leadership' by the Women Economic Forum, October 2018
2018 Global Business Insight Award, Crisis Management Consultancy Firm of the year 2018
2017 Business Excellence Award, Crisis Consultant of the Year - U.S.
Named 2016 'Continuity & Resilience Consultant of the Year - North America' by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI)
2016 Business Excellence Award, Emergency Management Consultant of the Year - Canada
2016 Innovation & Excellence Award, Sustained Excellence in Emergency Management - Canada
2015 Innovation & Excellence Award, Excellence in Emergency Management – Canada
2014 Business Excellence Award, Crisis Communications Consultant of the Year – Canada
2014 Alumni Award – Cambrian College, for “outstanding contributions to Cambrian College and to society through professional excellence and extraordinary service to education.”
2010 Ontario Premier’s Award (equivalent to Order of Ontario) nominee for contributions to the field of emergency management
1998 recipient of the Ontario government’s Amethyst Award for Outstanding Achievement, in recognition of response work during the province’s worst natural disaster (1998 “Ice Storm of the Century”)

Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) through the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) since March 2008
Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) through DRI International since October 2008
Certified Member of the Business Continuity Institute (MBCI) since March 2013

Global Ambassador, Stars of Hope USA
Board member, New York Says Thank You Foundation
Board member, Safe America Foundation
Content Advisory Board Member, Safeopedia
RES/CON New Orleans Leadership Team member
Editorial Advisory Board member of Emergency Management Canada online magazine
Advisory Board member of the World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM)
Board member of Disaster Recovery Information Exchange (DRIE) – Toronto Chapter
Member of Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI)
Member of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)
Member of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI)
Member of the International Consortium for Organizational Resilience (ICOR)
Advisory Committee Member of York University’s Business Continuity Toolkit
Member of George Brown College’s School of Emergency Management Advisory Committee
Member of Humber College’s Emergency Management Advisory Committee
Member of the International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS)
Former Advisory Committee Member of Canada’s National Council on Emergency Management (Conference Board of Canada)