Karen Peachey

Karen brings more than 25 years of hands-on experience as a professional planner, listening to and working collaboratively with clients to develop tailored planning and development approaches. This practitioner’s lens has been invaluable to building a company calibrated to the values and practical needs of clients and the Access team. Karen has worked extensively with First Nations, local governments, and the not-for-profit sector on a wide range of projects, including business plans, community economic development plans and projects, conservation investments, and reconciliation initiatives. She has deep experience in business processes, managing teams and projects, facilitating groups, building engagement, and teaching and training, including instructing classes at Simon Fraser University, Seabird Island College, and the Native Education Centre.

Karen is a team member and co-founder of Access Planning, a part of Nelson\Nygaard Canada.