Within Pivotal Input, Nancy works with clients at an executive level to support their most important decisions. Engagements include strategic planning, team alignment, culture re-sets, and executive mentoring. Her passion is centered on creating an environment where entrepreneurial leaders have a better chance of success. She also sits on 3 corporate boards including Emera Brunswick Pipeline.
From 2007-22, Nancy was the founding Executive Director of the Wallace McCain Institute. During that time, she established the peer group programs and worked with 550 participants in their first year to establish a framework, shared mission, trust, regular meetings and norms. This work exposed her to ~40 speakers/year, which provides her with a continual supply of new ideas to incorporate into her thinking.
In the early part of her career, Nancy spent 12 years as CEO of a company commercializing her Ph.D. research in Chemical Engineering. The customer base spanned 17 counties and included GE, Exxon Mobil, HP, IBM, Intel, Lucent, P&G, Whirlpool, Wyeth, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca and Dow.
Nancy has been recognized nationally with awards in innovation, entrepreneurship and engineering. The most notable was the Manning Principle Award ($100,000) for the top innovation in Canada in 2003.