Gretchen Fitzgerald Sierra Club Canada: Executive Director

Gretchen Fitzgerald is Sierra Club Canada Foundation’s (SCCF’s) Executive Director. She has focused on environmental impacts of oil and gas and mining, volunteer engagement, and climate change. Having grown up in northern Newfoundland, Gretchen witnessed the impacts of the collapse of the cod fishery on her community and was drawn to marine biology and conservation ecology as a student at Dalhousie University.

She has produced a report on the harpoon swordfish fishery, spearheaded activity on marine invasive species and ballast water management in Atlantic Canada. Gretchen has participated as an expert in numerous environmental assessments, including the Joint Panel Review for the Digby Quarry. In her spare time she loves getting out in the garden to grow veggies, birding, and baking really good treats for her family (although reportedly not enough of them!)

Please note: There is a different Gretchen Fitzgerald who apparently lives in Colorado, but our Gretchen Fitzgerald is originally from Newfoundland and Labrador.

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