Joanne Norris
Project Manager, ThriveNorth Initiative, Futurpreneur Canada
With a career spanning cultures, disciplines and industries, Joanne is a specialist in leading and measuring impact of innovative collaborations among business, government, Indigenous and civil society organizations.
She has developed programming and impact measurement models for initiatives that serve women entrepreneurs and rural and remote young entrepreneurs. Joanne has also worked with franchise systems, social enterprises and independent businesses to successfully start up and scale while delivering on a social mission. She has a proven track record of creating viable economic development initiatives for under-represented groups that strategically align with business objectives.