As principal owner and founder of Westerhoff Climate Strategies, Lisa Westerhoff is recognized in British Columbia and throughout Canada as a focused, reliable and leader in building decarbonization policy and interest holder engagement. With over a decade of industry experience, Lisa formerly led the Policy team at Introba Canada, where she led a team of 10 people dedicated to supporting owners and institutions achieve their low-carbon resilience goals in the built environment.

Lisa now works with governments, utilities, and industry organizations to create policies and strategies for a low-carbon and resilient building sector. She holds a PhD in urban sustainability from UBC and is the author of several academic publications on strategies for increasing climate change resilience and energy and emissions reductions. She also holds a Master’s degree in climate change resilience and adaptation and was the winner of the Canada Green Building Council’s Green Building Champion Award in 2019.