National Lead for Indigenous business | Inclusive Trade Export Development Canada (EDC)

Donna is from the Nlaka’pamux Nation in British Columbia and has dedicated her career to supporting Indigenous economic development. In her role at EDC, she strives to increase opportunities for Canadian Indigenous companies that export or are interested in growing their business through exporting.

Her professional experience includes working with the First Nations Finance Authority (FNFA), where she helped First Nation governments access capital. Prior to the FNFA, she assisted Indigenous entrepreneurs in obtaining financing and funding with Tale’awtxw Aboriginal Capital Corporation (TACC).

Donna lives in Squamish, BC, on the traditional territory of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, with her husband and two children, enjoying the surrounding mountains and coastlines.