The Commission for Environmental Cooperation's (CEC) Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) has chosen Canadian JPAC member Lindsay Brumwell as committee chair for 2016. — Photo courtesy cec.org
Montreal, 17 December 2015—The Commission for Environmental Cooperation's (CEC) Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) has chosen Canadian JPAC member Lindsay Brumwell as committee chair for 2016.
She will succeed Mexican JPAC member Gustavo Alanís-Ortega, a lawyer and university professor at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, who has been chair during 2015.
“The Commission for Environmental Cooperation is increasingly relevant as a force for trinational cooperation on environmental issues,” said Brumwell. “I look forward to working with all our JPAC members to strengthen our role in providing advice to the CEC Council and encouraging public participation in the work of the Commission.”
Ms. Brumwell recently joined the private sector organic and functional food industry. Previously, she was a trade specialist in agri-value at the Saskatchewan Trade & Export Partnership (STEP), which champions the export industry of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and assists provincial businesses in realizing global marketing opportunities.
Prior to joining STEP in July 2012, Ms. Brumwell was Trade Development Coordinator at Port Metro Vancouver (PMV). She has also worked in various roles and industries, including resource extraction and stakeholder engagement, and in providing support to the multilateral negotiations processes for the Special Summit of the Americas in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2004.
Ms. Brumwell holds a bachelor of arts from the University of British Columbia (Latin American studies, minor in international relations), and a master's diploma in international management (Latin America and Asia Pacific) from the McRae Institute of International Management of Capilano University.
A full biography for Ms. Brumwell and additional information about JPAC is available at www.cec.org/JPAC.
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is an intergovernmental organization that supports the cooperative environmental agenda of Canada, Mexico and the United States to green North America’s economy, address climate change by promoting a low-carbon economy, and protect its environment and the health of its citizens. The CEC is composed of three bodies: a Council, representing the governments of the three member countries, a Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) that advises the Council and serves as a liaison with the public, and a Secretariat that supports the Council and JPAC and prepares independent reports. The CEC brings together governments, civil society, and businesses to develop innovative North American solutions to global environmental challenges. Find out more at: www.cec.org.
CEC initiatives are undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada, through the federal Department of Environment; the Government of the United States of America, through the Environmental Protection Agency; and the Government of the United States of Mexico, through the Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales.
