Kevin Scott

Kevin Scott

Kevin Scott has 30 years of experience in government relations at the local, provincial/ state, national and international levels. He also has 25 years experience developing and implementing strategic plans ranging from overarching organizational development plans to start-up planning, as well as goal based strategies and political campaigns. He has successfully raised over $40M for leading charities around the globe and negotiated corporate partnerships with global Fortune 500 companies such as: Disney, Goldman Sachs, Mercer Lippincott, and AOL Time Warner.  Kevin also has extensive experience in policy development, specializing in the areas of: land-use plans, provincial and national parks, wildlife management, forestry, and climate change.


Hosts

Dr. Lori Daniels

Centre for Wildfire Coexistence, UBC-Vancouver

Dr. Mathieu Bourbonnais

Centre for Wildfire Coexistence, UBC-Okanagan

Panelists

Dr. Adam Ford

UBC Okanagan

Dr. Amy Cardinal Christianson

Indigenous Leadership Initiative

Angela Kane

Secwepemcul’ecw Restoration and Stewardship Society

Byron Spinks

Council Member, Lytton First Nation

Dave Pascal

First Nations’ Emergency Services

Don Iveson

Co-operators

Jason Brolund

West Kelowna Fire Chief

Jason Hwang

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Joe Gilchrist

Salish Fire Keepers Society

Jordan Coble

Councillor, Westbank First Nation

Kevin Scott

RESOLVE Canada

Dr. Kira Hoffman

UBC-Vancouver and Bulkley Valley Research Centre

Dr. Marc-André Parisien

Canadian Forest Service

Dr. Paul Hessburg

US Forest Service

Renee Merrifield

MLA, Kelowna-Mission

Robert Gray

R.W. Gray Consulting Ltd./Hessburg Landscape Fire Ecology Lab

Robert Phillips

First Nations Summit

Rob Schweitzer

BC Wildfire Service

Dr. Sarah Henderson

BC Centre for Disease Control

Stephanie Ewen

UBC Alex Fraser Research Forest

Tanya Spooner

City of Prince George

Tony Pesklevits

BC Wildfire Service

Moderators

Chris Walker

CBC

Dr. Jill Harvey

Thompson Rivers University

Yolanda Clatworthy

Simon Fraser University