Management Team

Prior to joining WCM, Odette served as the Executive Director of Sustainival, the World's First Green Carnival. She led the organization through the 2018 and 2019 event seasons, producing large-scale events across Alberta in Lethbridge, Edmonton and Fort McMurray, which engaged over 75,000 people annually and thousands more through communications and media campaigns.

Previously, Odette Hutchings served as the Senior Manager at Global Citizen’s Canada office. Odette’s work with Global Citizen contributed to a long list of victories both in advocacy and public engagement with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Securing $100M in funding from the Canadian government for polio eradication in 2017 was a major milestone during her tenure.

Outside of her work with WCM, Odette serves on the Board of Trustees for The Linden School, a school focusing on the empowerment of girls through a girl-centered pedagogy.

Odette holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in International Development from the University of Guelph.

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Tarah brings a decade of experience managing events and programming in both non-profit organizations and 3rd party event management companies. She is passionate about creating memorable and innovative experiences for the WCM membership community.

Outside of work she spends time with her English bulldog named Jake and cooking new meals for her family and friends. She sits on the board of directors for Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Clarington, and is passionate about giving back to her community.

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Janet Gibson Eichner brings more than 20 years of experience, gained working in corporate, agency and member-driven, not-for-profit organizations.

She has a Combined Honours BA from the University of Western Ontario and a post-graduate diploma in Corporate Communications from Centennial College; and is an active, long-term member of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).

Prior to working at WCM, Julie has worked on a range of equity-related research topics in healthcare and education, including preventing violence against women, substance use and addiction, mental health, and gender equity policy in education.

Julie also has led knowledge translation efforts, to ensure research is adapted to practical settings in policy and practice. Julie holds an undergraduate degree in Communications from Carleton University and a Masters of Arts in Development Studies from York University where she conducted her thesis research in Cambodia focused on gender equity in education.