Board & Staff

Board of Directors

Alex Templeton
Chair
McInnes Cooper
Heather Murphy
Vice-Chair
Minnow Environmental
Joshua Barrett
Director
Stantec
Jenna Broders
Director
North Atlantic
Shem Evans
Director
Hatch
Krista Langthorne
Director
Newfoundland Power
Dave Pinsent
Director
World Energy GH2
Jared Saunders
Director
New Found Gold
Kristina Kearney
Director
Bursey Excavating & Development Inc.

Our Staff


Laura Barron
Chief Executive Officer
laura@econext.ca

Kieran Hanley
Chief Economic Development Officer
kieran@econext.ca

Colin Corbett
Director, Clean Energy Innovation
corbett@econext.ca

Ogaga Johnson
Director, Workforce Development
ogaga@econext.ca

Joanne Strugnell
Director, Operations and Accounting
joanne@econext.ca

Colin Heffernan
Manager, Industry and Community Engagement
heffernan@econext.ca

Audrey Parnell
Manager, Circular Economy
audrey@econext.ca

Sepehr Khosravi
CLIMAtlantic NL Climate Services Specialist,
econext Manager of Climate Services
sepehr.khosravi@climatlantic.ca
&

Chelsea Linfield
Manager, Project Finance
chelsea@econext.ca

Katie Fraser
Manager, Program Delivery
(SHIFT)
katie@econext.ca

Sara Jafari
Community Sustainability Lead
sara@econext.ca

Alex Rumbolt
Business Sustainability Lead
alex@econext.ca

Sam Sweetapple
Marketing Communications Lead
sam@econext.ca

Chelsie Cake
Marketing Communications Specialist
cake@econext.ca

Timilehin Oguntuyaki
Green Career Development & Training Lead
timilehin@econext.ca

Zakiya Young
Workforce Events Lead 
zakiya@econext.ca


Morgan Winter
Home Energy Navigator
morgan@maketheshiftnl.ca

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