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=== Fiona Coughlin ===
CEO/Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity Windsor-Essex
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|Fiona works daily to open doors to prosperity by building with families living in core housing need. Her 24 years experience spans the scope of work with large government bodies to small shop community groups. Throughout her career, she has actively supported and driven the opening of many service operations in Ontario. In the GTA she helped open a specialized group home for seniors with developmental disabilities, and “The Exchange” a unique community centre built around a food bank. In Windsor she helped The Downtown Mission’s open doors on its innovative new "Wellness Centre."
Since 2017 Fiona has served as the CEO of Habitat for Humanity Windsor-Essex. In her time with Habitat, she and her team have built affordable homes in Leamington, Windsor and Kingsville, Ontario. In addition, she and her team relaunched the Windsor Furniture bank, opened one of the largest and most successful Habitat ReStores in Canada.
In 2019, Fiona joined Habitat for Humanity on a build in Kenya where she had the opportunity to learn from local leaders about the universal need for affordable housing solutions and the ways they were addressing this with minimal resources. This experience lead to a partnership with the University of Windsor’s Engineering Team and CMHC to pilot experimental 3D printing project.
In 2022 Fiona lead a collaborative group to complete the first 3D printed home permitted for residential use in Canada. This history making building is also the first multi-unit 3D printed building in North America and the first built with Concrete rather than the less sustainable mortar.
Fiona sits on the Board of Tarion, the designated administrative authority of Ontario’s new home warranty program. Fiona currently serves as a member of the Tarion Investment Committee and the Tarion Human Resources & Compensation Committee. Formerly she served on the board of the Windsor Essex Home Builders Association and the City of Windsor Housing Advisory Committee. Her work at Habitat for Humanity is currently focused on neighbourhood renewal in core areas of need in Windsor.
Fiona was awarded the YMCA Peace Medal, BizX Magazines Powerhouse Professional” award and was named the Windsor Essex Chamber of Commerce 2022 “Professional of the Year” for her contributions and leadership in the housing sector.
Fiona’s lived experience in social housing drives her work with Habitat for Humanity. She believes in working collaboratively to build a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
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