Andrea Cordonier is a general management consultant, writer, photographer, community leader and construction carpenter.
She has worked with public, private and non-profit clients in a variety of sectors, including research, media and entertainment, luxury travel, energy, manufacturing, agriculture and defence.
Andrea’s interest in community development, and preference for learning ‘from the ground up,’ prompted her return to school and graduation with honours in Advanced Housing (Green Building & Construction Carpentry).
She has held key roles and actively led initiatives covering the spectrum of grassroots community development: project and event management; fundraising; facilities management; community consultation and visioning; funding; governance; volunteer recruitment and retention; and communication and citizen engagement.
Her focus lies at the intersection of people, their homes and communities. She writes about that intersection – the nexus of shelter and social, physical, economic, cultural and environmental well-being – at Habicurious.com.
A Vancouver native, she currently resides in Ottawa.