Carla is a retired professional from a 30-year stellar career in international development focused on natural resource and environmental management, gender equality, food security, and economic development. She has extensive experience managing interdisciplinary teams, formulating stratgic directions and policies, and overseeing complex and multi-stakeholder progams in Asia, Africa, Central America and the Caribbean. She has a Bachelor of Science in Forestry (1983) from the University of New Brunswick.
With her position on the Equitas Programs Committee, her hope is to harness this experience to support Equitas as it delivers its strategic framework. ”I am inspired by Equitas’ commitment and capacity to advance equality, justice and dignity through education. Equitas has demonstrated that a collaborative and participatory approach to human rights education results in relevant and impactful learning, which in turn, empowers and enables people to build alliances, take action, and effect change. I appreciate that Equitas “walks the talk” as an organization, and as a leader in the human rights space in Canada and internationally.”