The Core Team
The Core Team
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Emma Norton
Emma Norton
Executive Director
emma@recoverinitiative.caEmma has been working in Canada’s energy sector for nearly a decade. She has a certificate in Building Science and Net-zero Building Design from Yestermorrow Design/Building School in Vermont. She achieved the University Medal in Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS), and combined honours in ESS and International Development Studies from the University of King’s College/Dalhousie University. She holds her levels 1 and 2 in Co-Resolve, Deep Democracy Facilitation. Before consulting, Emma worked at QUEST, a community energy planning non-profit, and before that she worked on the Energy Team at the Ecology Action Centre, Nova Scotia's environmental watchdog.
Amanda McNeil
Amanda McNeil
Managing Director
amanda@recoverinitiative.caAmanda is a professional engineer and is equipped with over a decade of ‘in the trenches’ experience in the construction industry with a specialization in design-build project delivery.
Driven with a desire to help teams work collaboratively and guide design and construction projects from conception to reality, Amanda has spent over fifteen years helping cross-functional teams come together and enabling them to act built on trust, cooperation, and innovation. Combined with her deep technical knowledge of building construction, Amanda's projects benefit from the value she places on teamwork, considering the value provided by the entire project team from the building owner to the carpenter on the construction site
Driven with a desire to help teams work collaboratively and guide design and construction projects from conception to reality, Amanda has spent over fifteen years helping cross-functional teams come together and enabling them to act built on trust, cooperation, and innovation. Combined with her deep technical knowledge of building construction, Amanda's projects benefit from the value she places on teamwork, considering the value provided by the entire project team from the building owner to the carpenter on the construction site
Lorrie Rand
Lorrie Rand
Design Director
lorrie@recoverinitiative.caLorrie is president and Director of Sustainability of Habit Studio, and Design Director for the ReCover Initiative. With twenty years of retrofit design expertise, her goal is to reduce the financial and technical limitations of completing custom renovation projects, one building at a time, in the face of a looming climate crisis. As a Certified Passive House Designer and a recognized building science expert, Lorrie has the experience and expertise needed to develop a repeatable and systematic approach to deep retrofits specifically adapted to the Nova Scotia context.
Brittany Davison
Brittany Davison
Fractional CFO Consultant
brittany@davisonconsulting.caBrittany Davison is a CPA, CA with over 12 years of progressive financial leadership experience in both the biotech industry and public accounting. Brittany leads her own Fractional CFO practice where she leverages her experience to drive financial success in innovative organizations with impactful missions, including ReCover.
Prior to starting her own consulting firm, she worked for IMV Inc., a pre-revenue biotech start-up listed on the TSX and Nasdaq, developing novel therapies for cancer treatment. She held a series of roles of increasing responsibility at IMV Inc., where she was most recently Chief Accounting Officer and Acting CFO. During her time at IMV, she developed corporate strategy, supported raising over US$150M in capital, managed investor relations, governance & compliance as well as business transformation and change management. Prior to joining IMV, Brittany began her career in the audit practice at Grant Thornton LLP.
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