Leanne Sawatzky
Director
Leanne Sawatzky is the Director for Renewable Cities at SFU鈥檚 Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue.
about Leanne Sawatzky
Leanne leads Renewable Cities and supports operations, finance, human resources, revenue generation and planning for Renewable Cities. Her expertise is in bringing pragmatic, simple solutions to support healthy organizational culture and enable smooth program implementation. She is passionate about supporting system-changing organizations to exemplify dynamic learning culture, resilient leadership, and staff well-being.
As a white, cis-gendered settler living, working and playing on unceded Indigenous lands of the x史m蓹胃k史蓹y虛蓹m (Musqueam), S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh 脷xwumixw (Squamish), s蓹l虛ilw虛蓹ta蕯涩 (Tsleil-Waututh), q虛铆c虛蓹y虛 (Katzie), k史ik史蓹茮虛蓹m (Kwikwetlem), Qayqayt, Kwantlen, Semiahmoo and Tsawwassen peoples, Leanne is committed to re-educating herself on Canada鈥檚 history and accountability for our collective responsibility to right harms. Leanne鈥檚 work is informed by a background in systems thinking for sustainable community development, conflict transformation, and organizational leadership. She has over 15 years of experience in program management, non-profit operations, fundraising, and advocacy. She has a Bachelor of Science in Global Resource Systems and an MA in Conflict Transformation for Organizational Leadership and Conflict Sensitive Development.