Paula has been a life-long learner and leader in the nonprofit sector in Canada. She is a former executive director of a mid-sized nonprofit organization in Edmonton and has served on several nonprofit boards. She now makes her home in Chatham, Ontario.

Paula has supported the nonprofit sector through in-person and online leadership training, facilitation, organizational consulting and executive and board leadership coaching for more than three decades.

She holds an undergraduate degree (Psych & English) from the University of Manitoba and did her graduate studies (Ed. Psych) at the University of Alberta.

Paula is the author of six books related to nonprofit management and board governance. Her book, Great Boards Plain & Simple (7th printing) is Canada’s #1 best-selling book on governance for volunteer boards and senior managers. In 2017, she released “Great Boards – The Video Course”. In the past five years, close to 1000 paid and volunteer nonprofit leaders people have completed self-paced online training program. Her most recent book is, “Following the Leader – Executive Succession for Your Nonprofit”. (All books and free resources are available at: learningforleaders.ca)