An inspiring and dynamic government and community engagement specialist, Kim Steele has 20 years of cross-sectoral, pan-Canadian experience in co-creating public policy and strategic partnerships among charities, corporations and governments to improve the health and well-being of Canadians. She has demonstrated success in energizing, empowering and engaging community-based champions in collaborative ways with meaningful impact.

A Peter Lougheed Scholar, Steele has worked in successive government and stakeholder relations roles at some of Canada’s leading health charities and non-profit organizations, including the Multiple Sclerosis Society and Innovative Medicines Canada. She’s the vice-chair of Best Medicines Coalition and joined Cystic Fibrosis Canada as director of government and community relations in January 2017. Since that time, Steele has worked with the CF community to improve CF care and access to CF medicines across Canada, including access to transformational therapies that are changing the trajectory of the disease and, most importantly, the lives of Canadians who live with it.