Connie is the founder and principal of ICC, a business strategy and communications firm she established in 1999 to support and enhance the performance of organizations committed to integrating and aligning social, environmental and economic performance. Clients include established international organizations and regional enterprises involving alternative and renewable energy, clean-tech, recycled manufacturing technology and sustainable real estate development.

Through ICC, Connie has more than a decade of experience working at the board and executive levels that combines with her early career as an investment advisor and financial planner with Goepel McDermid Securities (now Raymond James), and as co-founder of an award-winning business venture.

Over the past decade, Connie has committed to integrating sustainability into all aspects of her work. In recent years, she has been focused on helping others make sustainability a way of life at the personal, financial and executive levels. That led to the founding of GreenPages Directory Inc., a search engine/directory dedicated to making sustainable products, services and information more widely accessible. Consequently, she has been recognized as a leader in sustainability by the University of British Columbia.

Connie’s experience ranges from policy-making, board governance, First Nations negotiation, government relations, corporate structure, fundraising and the development and implementation of all forms of business and communications strategies. Connie is dedicated to youth and the arts and served as Chair of the Vancouver International Children’s Festival and developed an African Education Initiative associated with Rotary International. She is a mentor with the University of British Columbia, Minerva Foundation for Women and the Women’s Enterprise Centre.

Connie holds an MBA from the University of British Columbia, licenses for securities and insurance from the Canadian Securities Institute, and a certificate in integrative personal counselling. She also has an international perspective gained through studies at universities in Sweden, Germany and at the prestigious HEC in Paris, France.