Board & Staff

Board of Directors

Heather Murphy
Chair
Trinity Consulting & Minnow Environmental
Joshua Barrett
Vice-Chair
Stantec
Don Drew
Treasurer
Newco Metal & Auto Recycling
Jenna Broders
Director
North Atlantic
Caron Hawco
Director
Caron Hawco Group
Beth McGrath
Director
McInness Cooper
Dave Pinsent
Director
World Energy GH2
Jared Saunders
Director
New Found Gold
Brian Taite
Director
Vale

Our Staff


Laura Barron
Chief Executive Officer
laura@econext.ca

Kieran Hanley
Chief Economic Development Officer
kieran@econext.ca

Colin Corbett
Director, Innovation
corbett@econext.ca

Ogaga Johnson
Director, Capacity Building & Project Management
ogaga@econext.ca

Joanne Strugnell
Director, Operations
joanne@econext.ca

Colin Heffernan
Manager, Member Engagement & Business Development
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

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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