Full Name
Shannon Janzen, RPF
Job Title
President
Organization
Hypha Consulting Inc.
Speaker Bio
Shannon Janzen, RPF, is the owner of Hypha Consulting, which collaborates with Indigenous communities to advance their vision for economic and environmental reconciliation. She serves as a strategic advisor to Iskum Investments, a consortium of 19 First Nations on the BC coast, and supports various Indigenous economic development initiatives.
Shannon began her career in operations, spending over a decade in silviculture and planning. In 2004, she transitioned to the Coast Forest Conservation Initiative as the ecosystem-based management implementation manager. In this capacity, she led negotiations on behalf of five forest companies as part of the Joint Solutions Project, working alongside prominent environmental organizations such as Greenpeace, Sierra Club, and Forest Ethics. Her contributions to this work earned her recognition as the 2009 Professional Forester of the Year from what was then the Association of BC Forest Professionals. She was involved in the development of BC’s Forest Carbon Offset Protocol and has led full lifecycle carbon accounting for forest products.
In 2013, Shannon was the first woman in Canada appointed chief forester of a major forest products company. She then became vice-president at Western Forest Products in 2015, a role she held until December 2022.
With a strong business background in the forest industry, Shannon has overseen fibre supply, logistics, and quality control. She has implemented cost-saving LEAN supply chain initiatives, negotiated compensation agreements, and led teams to execute advanced capital programs, including light detection and ranging (LiDAR) forest inventory systems.
Her roles have also encompassed environmental management for timberlands and manufacturing in both the US and Canada, as well as managing fibre supply relationships between pulp, paper, and solid wood operations. She has served on numerous boards and committees, including the Premier’s Women’s Economic Council, BC Forest Practices Advisory Committee, Forest Sciences Board, and UBC Forest Advisory Council.
Once a volunteer firefighter, Shannon is committed to making business sense of doing the right thing for people and the planet, tackling complex challenges with optimism and focus.
Shannon began her career in operations, spending over a decade in silviculture and planning. In 2004, she transitioned to the Coast Forest Conservation Initiative as the ecosystem-based management implementation manager. In this capacity, she led negotiations on behalf of five forest companies as part of the Joint Solutions Project, working alongside prominent environmental organizations such as Greenpeace, Sierra Club, and Forest Ethics. Her contributions to this work earned her recognition as the 2009 Professional Forester of the Year from what was then the Association of BC Forest Professionals. She was involved in the development of BC’s Forest Carbon Offset Protocol and has led full lifecycle carbon accounting for forest products.
In 2013, Shannon was the first woman in Canada appointed chief forester of a major forest products company. She then became vice-president at Western Forest Products in 2015, a role she held until December 2022.
With a strong business background in the forest industry, Shannon has overseen fibre supply, logistics, and quality control. She has implemented cost-saving LEAN supply chain initiatives, negotiated compensation agreements, and led teams to execute advanced capital programs, including light detection and ranging (LiDAR) forest inventory systems.
Her roles have also encompassed environmental management for timberlands and manufacturing in both the US and Canada, as well as managing fibre supply relationships between pulp, paper, and solid wood operations. She has served on numerous boards and committees, including the Premier’s Women’s Economic Council, BC Forest Practices Advisory Committee, Forest Sciences Board, and UBC Forest Advisory Council.
Once a volunteer firefighter, Shannon is committed to making business sense of doing the right thing for people and the planet, tackling complex challenges with optimism and focus.
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