Lorraine is the Executive Director of Change for Children Association (CFCA) where she has worked since July 2002. Originally as Projects Coordinator and now as Executive Director, Lorraine leads the organization’s ambitious fundraising program, as well as manages Change for Children’s communications and overseas development programs. Working to build and strengthen partnerships that evolve between communities across Canada and communities throughout the developing world, Lorraine has led the organization through a process of growth and specialization in themes such as technological innovation, sustainable resource management, gender equality and indigenous rights.

Lorraine plays a pivotal role in the International Development CSO community in Alberta and across Canada and served as the Treasurer of the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation from September 2012 to September 2016. Currently, Lorraine represents small and medium sized CSOs on the Civil Society Organizations’ Partnerships Advisory Council for Global Affairs Canada.

Previous to her work with Change for Children, Lorraine lived in Managua, Nicaragua for almost four years where she worked as a CUSO Co-operant on various initiatives promoting territorial rights and self-government with the Miskito and Mayagna indigenous peoples of the BOSAWAS Biosphere Reserve, (which they have since obtained).

Lorraine has a bachelor’s degree in Native Studies from the University of Alberta and previously held various positions with groups working in Alberta’s environmental movement, and also worked with the Little Red River Cree in northern Alberta on cultural cartography and land management research. Lorraine is currently studying a Graduate Diploma in International Development through the University of London’s School of Economics and a Women in Leadership Certificate Program through Cornell University’s College of Business.

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Nicole Farn began working for Change for Children in 2013 after serving on the Board of Directors for three years. Nicole’s desire to learn more about international development took her around the world in 2009 gaining experience with a number of NGO’s in Central and South America, East Africa, and Southeast Asia. Nicole has a love of writing, with a desire to share peoples’ stories, especially the stories of people who often go unheard.