Claudette Porter
joins Mount Saint Vincent University as Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors!
Mount Saint Vincent University
Claudette Porter has been appointed the Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors at MSVU.
An MSVU alumna with a degree in Business Administration (Accounting), Claudette is a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants and senior leader in the energy sector. Claudette has held leadership roles with Emera group of companies for over 15 years, including her current role of Vice-President of Technology Investment and Governance, and Vice-President of Finance for Emera prior to that. Claudette was also previously President and COO of subsidiary Emera Utility Services and Vice-President of Finance at Nova Scotia Power. Claudette has volunteered on numerous boards with a focus on providing affordable and safe youth sports.
About this Employer
Since our beginning in 1873, Mount Saint Vincent University has been committed to nurturing socially responsible global citizens, at home and abroad.
Located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq People, MSVU is strongly committed to fostering equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA). MSVU is an institution that was established by women for the advancement of women with social responsibility and social justice at its core. MSVU embraces the diversity of its community and is committed to efforts that enhance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility across all facets of the university, within its local community, and in society at large.
MSVU is made up of more than 4,000 students (representing close to 70 countries), 600 faculty and staff, and more than 35,000 alumni. Its research centres provide unique learning opportunities for students while facilitating critical advancements in food security, healthy aging, Alzheimer’s disease, literacy, childhood development, and more. Faculty members and departments offer early access to hands-on research opportunities enabling both graduate and undergraduate students to enhance their education by working alongside forward-thinking researchers. As a university committed to scholarship that nurtures global citizenship, leadership, and promotes the advancement of women, MSVU seeks to enhance and enrich its models of teaching and research.