Victoria Coffin is the executive director of Buildings Ontario Transformation Hub (“BOTH”) and a member of the Board of Directors with Sustainable Buildings Canada.
Victoria Coffin has more than 25 years of experience in private industry, government and not-for-profit as well as running her own business. As a lawyer, Victoria worked closely with clients who were subcontractors on large construction projects, new home builders, home contractors and trades, industrial and commercial developers. Before becoming a lawyer, she was a diplomat with the Canadian foreign service, working as part of Canada’s trade negotiations team. Beyond her skills as a business lawyer and diplomat, Victoria has experience as an executive in a high-performance home building in South America and in biomass generation in Alberta.
BOTH was established as a not-for-profit to facilitate the Ontario Stakeholder Council (the “Council”) activities and initiatives. The Council is a broad group of stakeholders who collaborate on the issues that affect the implementation of building standards for new and existing buildings. The Council brings together a diverse group of municipalities, Federal and provincial government entities, manufacturers, industry associations, industry professionals, non-profit organizations, training and educational institutions, renovators and custom home builders, and builders and developers.