Speaker: Donna Wilson

Donna WilsonAs Vice President Industry Services & Sustainability, Donna Wilson is responsible for Investigations, Assessments, Industry & Labour Services, Business Continuity and Sustainability.  Prior to joining the WorkSafeBC team in June 2010 Donna was the Executive Vice President of People and Sustainability with the Vancouver Olympic & Paralympic Games Organizing Committee (VANOC).   During her tenure at VANOC Donna held responsibility for key areas including Human Resources, Sustainability, the recruitment and training of 25,000 volunteers, International Client Services and Official Languages. While at VANOC she led the charge of the first Olympic Legacy of Safety program in partnership with WorkSafeBC delivering the safest Games to date. Building organizational culture has been a passion of Donna’s throughout her career and developing a culture of safety for a fast paced project like the Olympics was her latest challenge.  

Over the length of her career Donna has held increasingly senior positions in both an operational and human resource capacity.  Senior Executive experience leading in large and growing public and private organizations in industries including the financial services, air transportation, healthcare and energy sectors has provided her with a strong sense of the possible when it comes to positioning organizations for the future.