Jo-Anne St. Godard
Executive Director
Jo-Anne St. Godard
Circular Innovation Council
Executive Director
Jo-Anne St. Godard has served as Executive Director of Canada’s premier environmental nongovernmental organization, Circular Innovation Council, since 2001. Her expertise focuses on development of policies, programs, and practices that accelerate Canada’s transition toward a circular economy, which prioritizes and delivers environmental and social benefits along with economic prosperity.
In doing so she leads innovative initiatives that put circular economy concepts into action: facilitating unique private and public partnerships; engaging and educating businesses, governments, and civil society; directing research to identify best practices; and conducting pilots to test theories and scale up solutions.
Ms. St. Godard‘s extensive experience in developing effective economic and environmental policies that drive circular markets spans decades. She is a sought-after subject matter expert for consultation, comment, and insight on policy development, by governments, interest groups, and media around the world.