Erin O'Manique, Director of Operations

Erin is our Director of Operations based in the Ottawa office. She came to us from the International Development Research Centre where she worked for 21 years. She spent 13 years coordinating their biodiversity research program. It focussed on promoting the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources, and developing appropriate technologies, local institutions and policy frameworks. A third generation Ottawan, she lives in the west end with her husband and two children. She is a political scientist, a soprano and an organic urban gardener.