Niki joined START as a program specialist, managing the Pan-Asia Risk Reduction (PARR) Fellowship Program and contributing to a range of START programs. Niki holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Alberta and a Master of Environmental Management in Environmental Economics and Policy from Duke University. Niki previously engaged in research-for-development program coordination and water-energy-food nexus research at the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Challenge Program on Water and Food-Mekong (CPWF-Mekong) in Lao PDR. Most recently, Niki led the design and partnership development for the first primary academic research study of fugitive methane emissions in a Canadian shale play at the David Suzuki Foundation. She has also conducted ecosystem services and natural capital research and strategic planning at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Washington, DC and Ausenco in Peru.
