Dr. P. Kim Sturgess, C.M., P.Eng., FCAE

Dr. P. Kim Sturgess, C.M., P.Eng., FCAE

Founder & CEO of Alberta WaterSMART

Kim Sturgess is the founder and CEO of Alberta WaterSMART, a services organization committed to improving water management through better technologies and practices. WaterSMART has been widely recognized for its work in collaborative watershed management and contributions to key issues of flood and drought management. A professional engineer, Kim graduated from Queen’s University with a degree in Engineering Physics, and received an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from her Alma Mater. She earned a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Western Ontario. As the CEO of several technology based companies over her career, she has extensive experience in technology start-ups and technology management, as well as in oil and gas, pipelines, and industrial products and services. In addition to serving on the boards of her own companies, she serves on the boards of CCI Thermal Technologies, the Alberta Chamber of Resources and the Alberta Land Institute. Formerly she served as a director of the Alberta Water Council, the Calgary Airport Authority, the Council of Canadian Academies, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the National Research Council, APEGA, the Alberta Economic Development Authority, and Queen’s University. She served as President of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. She has been recognized with the YWCA Women of Distinction award, the Global Woman of Vision award, the Distinguished Service Award and the Alumni Achievement Award from Queen’s University, the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal and the Alberta Centennial Medal. In 2007, she was named as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women, and in 2012 she was named Business Woman of the Year in Calgary by the Consumers Choice Awards. In 2015 she was awarded the SCI Canada Medal and was recognized by the Alberta Science and Technology Foundation for Outstanding Contribution to the Alberta Science and Technology Community. Kim is a Member of the Order of Canada.

http://albertawatersmart.com/

Download: SSRB Water Project Executive Summary: Adaptation Roadmap for Sustainable Water Management in the SSRB, January 2016

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