Dawn Sutherland

Background

About Dawn Sutherland

MBA in Innovation Leadership- Innovation best practices, managerial finance, financial & managerial accounting, leadership, economics, governance, information systems planning, strategic operations, human resources planning, marketing, entrepreneurship, systems thinking & organizational design. • Dependable and organized team leader with project management training and experience. • Community planning specialist with extensive and relevant experience in public participation and community engagement. • Leader in visioning, policy writing, planning, and implementation processes. • Effective communicator through one-on one interactions, formal written reports, presentations to a variety of audiences (speaker at local and USA conferences, facilitator at public meetings, staff representative on internal and external government and external committees), media releases, brochure design, and social media. • Worked with all levels of government and their respective jurisdictional legislation, policies, regulations, and procedures as well as policy writing and implementation planning. • Land development specialist with managerial experience in site design and development planning with associated business attraction and retention components; negotiation and preparation of contracts, development agreements, easements, leases, licenses, and indemnifications; engagement and stakeholder relations; and business plan reviews and budgeting. • Over twenty years of experience in the land use planning and development field.