Jay RITCHLIN

Director-General, Western Region, David Suzuki Foundation

Jay is Director-General for Western Canada at the David Suzuki Foundation. He leads the Western Canada team in efforts to achieve the David Suzuki Foundation’s vision that we all act every day on the understanding that we are one with nature. He has more than 20 years’ experience working on solutions to environmental challenges including open net-pen aquaculture, offshore oil and gas, marine fisheries, toxins and seafood. Jay previously worked on pulp, paper and toxics issues and spent four years working in commercial fisheries. He has also worked in the U.S. Congress on foreign policy and military issues and spent several years working with Greenpeace in the U.S. and Canada. He holds a Biology degree from Kenyon College, Ohio.