Laureen Whyte is Executive Director of Clean Energy BC, based in Vancouver. She is a social performance professional with over 25 years of experience as an executive, senior practitioner, project manager, and strategist. Working primarily with First Nations and in the transportation, and natural resource sectors, Laureen specializes in stakeholder and Indigenous engagement, community economic development as well as in permitting and regulatory strategy, cultural and participatory research, and negotiation of agreements.