Director

ALLIE
MEERES

Allie Meeres is Partner and Executive Vice President at Sedgwick Strategies, a national consultancy that supports Indigenous economic empowerment through major project development. She played a key role in securing a $400 million federal loan guarantee for the Stonalsec8 First Nations Alliance, enabling a 12.5% equity stake in Enbridge’s Westcoast pipeline system—a landmark investment in Indigenous economic ownership and participation in Canada’s energy infrastructure. Allie advises some of the country’s largest energy companies on Indigenous engagement, government relations, and communications.

She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and her early career included managing stakeholder relations for Woodfibre LNG, where she led engagement efforts that enabled Canada’s first Indigenous-led environmental assessment—an achievement that helped drive changes to federal and provincial legislation.

Rooted in empathy and collaboration, her leadership is informed by years of work with Indigenous nations and rural communities across Canada. She has supported First Nations leaders at global forums like COP27, led high-stakes mediations advancing reconciliation, and serves as a board director of Vancouver Opera. A recipient of the Ellis Island Honors Society Beacon Award, Allie also hosts the podcast Primary Risk, where she explores the human side of building major projects through conversations with Indigenous leaders, CEOs, and public officials.