As a student researcher in the nationwide Global Water Futures collaborative, Elaine strives to strengthen surface freshwater monitoring, management and decision-making in Ontario. She is a PhD Candidate in Social and Ecological Sustainability (Integrated Water Management) at University of Waterloo, a member of The Water Institute (based at University of Waterloo) and a student in the Canadian Rivers Institute (based at University of New Brunswick). Elaine has spoken at venues ranging from local community or industry events to national and international conferences. In 2018, sheparticipated in various capacities at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum in New York and was interviewed on the first ever episode of the EcoCast podcast. Her most recent journal publication presents a new process she developed for selecting and/or prioritizing (water) monitoring indicators. Elaine also co-authored the Generation SDG Blueprint (led by Waterloo Global Science Initiative) to guide Canada towards implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, and subsequently was a panelist at the Together 2018 national conference in Alberta. A serial entrepreneur, Elaine currently owns and operates TRIECO Research and Consulting and is the Director of Training and Consulting at Synergy Sustainability and Development Group. Additionally, she is the international Women’s constituency representative on Action for Sustainable Development’s Facilitation Group. In this role she provides guidance from an academic perspective as well. Elaine also supports various ongoing initiatives, including the Sustainable Development Solutions Network and projects she initiated in a remote Maasai community in Kenya (e.g., a women’s bead cooperative, school projects, microtourism and sustainability education).