Experience & Education to Support your Municipal Needs!

With over 50 years combined experience in municipal government, our associates share best practices in governance, community engagement, operations, human resources, planning and economic development. 

With specialized training in conflict resolution, mediation and workplace investigation, you can trust that conflicts, misconduct or harassment will be dealt with in a fair and professional manner. The only municipal consulting company in Manitoba offering these services from a former elected official who understands the ever-changing dynamics of council, administration and staff and the need for public accountability.  

Our Founder’s Experience and Education 

• Over twenty years of community leadership and board experience 
• Mayor, RM of West St. Paul, MB, 2018-2022

                            10th fastest growing municipality in Canada, 2022

• Councillor, RM of West St. Paul 2014-2018 
• Board Member & Vice Chair, Red River Planning District 2014-2022
• Project Co-Ordinator various Federally Funded Research Projects, University of Manitoba
• Research Assistant and University Instructor, University of Manitoba
• Course Development and Design, University of Manitoba 
• MBA Course Work, Athabasca University, 2012
• PhD (c), University of Manitoba, Department of Sociology, 2006
• Master of Arts, University of Manitoba, Department of Sociology, 2001
• Bachelor of Arts, University of Winnipeg, Sociology/Justice and Law, 1996
• Corporate Governance Certificate, 2020
• Certificate in Conflict Resolution, Cornell University 2021 
• Certificate in Workplace Investigation, Foundation of Administrative Justice 2021-2022
• Certificate in Basic Workplace Investigation Techniques, Rubin Thomlinson LLP, 2021
• Certificate in Mediation, Cornell University 2022
• Certificate in Tribunal Administrative Justice, Foundation of Administrative Justice 2021-2022
• Certificate in Negotiation & Dispute Resolution, Harvard, 2023
• Executive Leadership Coaching, 2023
• Workplace Restoration, 2024
• Chartered Mediator-Arbitrator, 2024
• Certificate in Trauma Informed Investigations, 2024
• Certificate in Sexual Harassment Investigations, 2024
• TRC Call to Action #92 Truth & Reconciliation Awareness, Program Graduate, 2024
• Member of the Foundation of Administrative Justice (FOAJ)
• Member of the Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI) 
• Member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada (ADRIC)
• Member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Manitoba (ADRIM)