About
Research, leadership and advisory experience, brought together.
Audrey partners with nonprofits, corporations, public sector and municipal governments as they navigate important decisions about their future.
Bringing together academic research, executive leadership and hands-on advisory experience, Audrey helps leaders build clarity, alignment and momentum. Her approach combines rigorous research and analysis, thoughtful stakeholder engagement and collaborative strategy development.
Her research focuses on community wealth building, social finance, nonprofit leadership and sustainable local economic development, expertise that informs her advisory work with organizations seeking to strengthen their impact and build effective partnerships.
She is particularly skilled at synthesizing diverse perspectives, identifying emerging opportunities and helping organizations move from analysis and discussion to informed decisions and collective action.

- Current
- Associate Professor & Associate Dean, Strategic Partnerships and Societal Impact, Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics
- Previously
- Chief of Staff, Office of the President, University of Guelph; Executive Director in nonprofits; Director of Development, University of Guelph
- Education
- PhD, Urban Planning, University of Waterloo · MA, Conflict Analysis and Management, Royal Roads University · BA, University of Guelph
- Research
- Sustainability action planning, nonprofit leadership and strategic decision making
- Boards
- Board of Directors, Guelph General Hospital; Art Gallery of Guelph; Ontario Business Improvement Area Association (OBIAA)