Team

Anastasia (Ana) Patton is a bilingual communications professional with several years experience in planning, promoting, and executing engaging events. She has recently been Vice President of the Dalhousie Student Union, Co-Organizer/ Operations Manager of the Halifax Ted X Conference, and President of the Dalhousie STEM Fellowship. She is passionate about making change, lifting up the people around her, and leaving a better world for future generations. She enjoys a wide range of hobbies including saxophone, and she currently lives in Halifax where she is finishing up her degree in Neuroscience at Dalhousie.

Emma recognizes the critical market force of Canadian businesses to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon circular economy. Her work as the Director of Sustainability and Innovation supports Hubs and businesses across the Green Economy Canada network to ignite this force for change. Over her decade-long career, Emma brings with her a diverse professional background from grassroots for-impact organizations, automotive manufacturing, corporate retail, and the design industry in roles focused on the integration of environmental and sustainability principles into organization-wide practice.

Luke supports Atlantic Canadian businesses looking to take action on climate change and support the transition to net-zero. He studied Political Science at St. Thomas University, where he held roles supporting and advocating for students. Luke was previously Director of Operations for a technology sector startup commercializing new land-use analysis tools and has developed green transportation projects with municipalities in Canada and the U.S. Based in Fredericton, you can often find him cycling on the city’s excellent trail network, taking in the local art and music scene, at the farmer’s market, or in the kitchen.