Value Proposition
With over 25 years of experience, Coral is a visionary management consultant who unites people to demystify challenges and transform them into opportunities for productive change. She seamlessly connects people from the grassroots to the C-suite as an organizational architect, energizing everyone around her. Coral collaborates with you and brings extensive experience in developing and reviewing strategic business or program plans, managing risks, anticipating the impact of decisions and taking a broad approach to problem-solving. Her unique blend of systems thinking, and engagement expertise combined with engineering know how bridges diverse perspectives and helping you achieve your organizational goals smoothly. Additionally, she designs and leads engaging inclusive workshops and training sessions that leave a lasting impact.
- Designed and facilitated relatable and approachable project and risk management workshops (education) with diverse groups, including private industry, government employees, medical professionals, and post-secondary students. These workshops move principles to practices. Over 95% of attendees would recommend to others.
- Cofounded the Energy Ecosystem Foundation, a non-profit which enables high school students to think critically about energy and the environment. Three videos and accompanying teaching materials are available for free.
- Facilitated a diverse advisory group (municipalities, media, academia, and others) through strategic yet challenging discussions on transparency and reporting, leading to seven pipeline industry recommendations.
- Designed and implemented the Canadian pipeline (oil and gas) industry’s sustainability program. Holding each other accountable, the presidents of twelve companies committed to a safe, socially and environmentally sustainable energy pipeline industry and advancing safety culture.
- Outlined and built a company’s enterprise-wide public awareness program, spanning Canada, the United States and Mexico. It is the company’s most extensive stakeholder outreach program, reaching over a million external stakeholders.
- Reset a transformational change project so it was purpose-driven with managed risks. Several leaders noted how quickly the project advanced after the reset.
- Independent consultant as a facilitator of strategic/business plans and workshops/courses, program/project advisor, transformation agent, and management system/program assessor. Consulting assignments included the Canadian Standards Association, American Petroleum Institute, TC Energy, Yukon Government, and the University of Alberta.
- Council member, Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) Conservation Initiative
- Director, Performance Partnerships and Sustainability, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA)
- Program Manager, TC Energy
- Professional engineer, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Metallurgical (Materials) Engineering, University of Alberta
- Strategic Leadership, Leadership Development at the Banff Centre
- Project Management, Mount Royal College
- Inclusive Leadership, University of Colorado
- Public Participation, International Association for Public Participation
- Indigenous Canada, University of Alberta
- Partnership Brokering, Partnership Brokers Association
- Change Leadership, The Change Leadership
- Founder and board director of the Energy Ecosystem Foundation
- Council member for the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
- Wildlife Ambassador for the WildSmart Program of the Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley
