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Wendy Avis

Manager, Environment, Vancouver Aiport Authority

Wendy is the Acting Director of Climate and Environment at the Vancouver Airport Authority where she is responsible for executing YVR’s Environmental Management Plan and Roadmap to Net Zero and creating innovative new approaches to deliver on environmental targets. 

Wendy has 25 years' experience in the sustainability field specializing in environmental management systems on issues from energy, waste and water management to climate change mitigation and adaptation. With a BA in Environmental Studies from Brock University and a Masters in Geography from UBC, Wendy has worked as a climate policy analyst for Environment and Climate Change Canada and BC Hydro, was the Manager of Environmental Sustainability for Vancouver Community College and worked on Vancouver’s Greenest City Action Plan. She is the Chair of the Canadian Airports Council Environment Committee and on the Board of the BC Chapter of Women in Aviation and the BC Aviation Council Climate Committee.