Executive Director, Clean Technology – Alberta Innovates
Vanessa is the Executive Director, Clean Technology at Alberta Innovates where she leads a team with focus areas of Renewable and Alternative Energy, CCUS, Hydrogen, Energy Storage and Critical Minerals. Prior to joining Alberta Innovates, Vanessa spent more than 20 years in the upstream petroleum industry, where she drove innovation and developed her diverse background in project management, technology development and pilot operation. Vanessa is a Professional Engineer and past member of the Board of Directors for the Society of Petroleum Engineers Canadian Educational Foundation (SPECEF) where she was the founding chair of the organization’s Energy Literacy Committee. Vanessa’s current board positions include the Decentralized Energy Canada’s Board of Directors and Foresight Clean Tech Accelerator’s Alberta Advisory Board.