She will succeed Mexican JPAC member Gustavo Alanís-Ortega, a lawyer and university professor at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, who has been chair during 2015.
“The Commission for Environmental Cooperation is increasingly relevant as a force for trinational cooperation on environmental issues,” Brumwell said. “I look forward to working with all our JPAC members to strengthen our role in providing advice to the CEC Council and encouraging public participation in the work of the Commission.”
Ms. Brumwell recently joined the private sector organic and functional food industry.
Prior to joining STEP in July 2012, Ms. Brumwell was Trade Development Coordinator at Port Metro Vancouver (PMV).
Ms. Brumwell holds a bachelor of arts from the University of British Columbia (Latin American studies, minor in international relations), and a master’s diploma in international management (Latin America and Asia Pacific) from the McRae Institute of International Management of Capilano University.
A full biography for Ms. Brumwell and additional information about JPAC is available here.