President
Dr. Cherie Enns, RPP, is a registered professional planner with a Ph.D. in International Policy and Programme Management, focusing on child rights. Dr. Enns brings over 30 years of experience in policy, planning and higher academic environments from teaching, administrating, policy writing, developing international partnerships, and conducting projects on several continents. Dr. Enns has completed a Ph.D. focusing on policy related to children and climate change, conflict, and pandemics through gender equality and children's rights lens. Her Ph.D. research has led to the published book Child Rights and Displacement in East Africa, which examines children's rights in the context of resettlement. Dr. Enns has built a strong, reliable network over her career, including collaborations with UN agencies, regional universities, and NGOs.
Lead Consultant
Rubina James brings 30 years of experience in humanitarian and development environments, from developing institutional strategic partnerships for international organizations to interlocuting and liaising with national governments and diplomatic representatives to deliver organizational objectives and mandates. Ruby has managed complex national and regional programmes addressing harmonization, alignment, and coordination with national, regional, and international objectives, ensuring institutional programme management, operational excellence, and fundraising through blended and innovative financing and exceptional partner stewardship. Ruby spearheaded the development of multi-year business and operational strategic plans, including resource mobilization, advocacy, partnership building, and communications. These plans resulted in expanded networks in the public-private sectors, additional non-core funds, and greater public knowledge, inclusion, and participation.
Lead Consultant
Edith holds degrees in both Disaster Management and Education. She is a dedicated development professional with extensive experience in management consulting, and community organizing and development who has worked at the nexus of gender and the environment to drive local, regional and global solutions. Edith has formidable research, monitoring and evaluation, and project management skills which enable her to conduct high quality gender analyses, risk, vulnerability and socio-economic assessments.
Lead Consultant
Alissa is a Registered Professional Planner with a Master of Planning degree specializing in child participation from Dalhousie University, and a Bachelor degree in Global Development from the University of the Fraser Valley. Over the years she has gained experience working with local governments, NGOS, and not-for profits, both nationally and internationally. Alissa has worked on various projects related to urban and rural community planning, healthy communities, child-friendly planning and child rights, land use planning and policy, human settlement, refugee settlement and migration, climate change and food security.
TCPP works with international and Indigenous experts depending on the project.
