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Krista FINSTAD-MILION
ICN Business School
Pôle Lorrain de Gestion
13 rue Michel Ney
54000 Nancy
France
Mobile phone: +33 (0)6.12.89.12.69
[email protected]
http://www.icn-groupe.fr
Lecturer-Researcher-Management Training Facilitator,
Bilingual English-French, 55 years old
Specialities: Gender and Leadership, Change Management, Team-building, Innovative teaching
DEGREES
2004
PhD in Administrative Sciences (Université de Versailles à Saint-Quentin-enYvelines – UVSQ, France) very honorable mention with congratulations from the jury
Doctoral dissertation: Le cadre intermédiaire dans une demarche qualité: l’orginalité
et les conditions de sa contribution (The Middle Manager in a Quality Approach: the
Uniqueness and Conditions of his/her Contribution )
1993
DEA/Master of Business Research (Institut d’Administration des Entreprises - IAE),
Université de Lorraine, France)
1991
DESS/Master Human Resource Management (IAE, Université de Lorraine, France)
1988
DESS Certificat d’Aptitude à l’Administration des Entreprises/MBA (IAE, Université
de Lorraine, France)
Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures Européennes/Master in European Studies, option
“Etude des Civilisations” with honours (European Centre, Université de Lorraine,
France)
1984
Honours Bachelor of Arts Double Degree in French and English/Educational Sciences
(Trent University, Ontario, Canada including the third year at the Université de
Nantes, France)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sept. 2005-
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR at ICN, Organisational Behaviour and Management of
Human Resources Department
Lecturer for Undergraduate Programmes
Responsible for the design and delivery for the following modules:
 Organisational Best Practices CSR ARTEM workshop, F/M Professional
Equality, Change Management, Organisational Restructuring, Organisational
Behaviour, Talent Management, The Dark Side of Human Resource
Management, Gender and Professional Equality, Sustainable Human Resource
Management, HR Administration and Labour Law, Multi-disciplinary Team
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Management, Team-building, Project Management, International Negotiation,
Developmental Strategies in Logistics. Programmes: ICN Grande École Master,
International Master – MIEX, MDAI, Automotive Master, Supply Chain
Management Master.
Lecturer/Facilitator for Post-graduate and Executive Education Programmes
Responsible for the design and delivery of the following courses/management
training:
 Leadership and Change Management, Business Research Methodologies,
Programme Development Projects, Grand Oral, Live Case study seminars in
Poland and USA. Programme: Executive MBA of ICN Business School.
 Strategic Organisation of a Chartered Accountant Business, Competency
Management. Programme: CABEX Group of Chartered Accountants.
 Project Steering and Managing Change. Programme: CELCA Banking Group
 Strategic Career Management for Women (2010) Women Networks and
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Careers (2013) Le réseau « Energies de Femmes », acteur du changement
(2016) Programme: Le manager de demain est une femme! Etes-vous
prêt(e)s ?/Tomorrow’s Manager is a Woman! Are you ready? Organiser of
the training day and member of the international training team for the
Association EST’elles Executive.
Careers in Transition, interviewing of Yannick Wallenreiter - March 21
2014. Programme: EMBA Workshop on Corporate Social Responsibility,
sharing of girls development initiatives in Senegal - May 16 2014.
Networking events for EMBA Alumni.
Nov. 2006April 2011
EXECUTIVE MBA PROGRAMME DIRECTOR at the ICN Business School,
attached to Lorraine University, Nancy-Metz, France
 Recruitment, training and coordination of an international team of 25
management professors and consultants
 Design of programme to meet needs of managers and business community as
well as to comply with Quality audits (EQUIS- obtained AMBA- audit April
2012)
 Development of internal and external communication strategy and tools for
promoting the programme
 Recruitment and selection of new candidates
 Organisation of foreign university and company residences with administrative
and teaching staff, information evenings, graduation ceremony, keynote speaker
sessions, special events
2004-2005
ATER (Doctoral student teaching position) at the Ecole des Mines, Lorraine
University, France, Department of Management and Economy
 Courses in Economy and Accounting for first year engineering students
2003-2004
Founder of LINKS TO MANAGEMENT private practice: consulting in change
management, teaching and conducting business in English
1993-2000
MANAGEMENT TRAINING FACILITATOR for Top Management, Senior
Executives and Middle Managers, member of CERIM Action-Research Team,
presided by Professors Philippe Hermel and Annie Barotoli, for MERCK-LIPHA
pharmaceutical multinational firm based in Lyon with Business Units throughout
France and the UK. 360 Managers trained over a 7 year period.
LECTURER (courses and conferences in French and English) IN FRANCE
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Lecturer for Undergraduate Programmes
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Leadership and Gender, Gender and Professional Equality, Quality and
Management, International Human Resource Management, Change Management,
Team-building, Canadian Management (ICN Business School – Lorraine
University: Euro-MBA, DIM, DESCI, BBA, Formacadre), 1993 Gender and Management (IAE –Université de Bourgogne, Dijon) 2012 - 2013
Sociology of Organisations (ESC – Dijon, first year),1994 - 1996
Human Resource Management (ENSAM – Metz), 1996/1997
International Management (Université de St. Etienne - MSG), 1993 - 1996
Lecturer/Facilitator for Post-graduate and Continuing Education Programmes
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International Management (Institut Supérieur de Management - UVSQ:
Master Management Public Territorial), December 2011.
Change Management: Concluding conference for two day Ecoconstruction training seminar for builders, architects and wood industry
specialists, « Ateliers Techniques de Bois et l’Eco-Construction »,
ENSTIB Epinal, November 18-19 2010.
Management (UVSQ-ISIPCA: Master in International Management of the
Perfumery and Cosmetics Industries), 2002-2004.
International Management (UVSQ–ISIPCA : Master in Management and Global
Quality), 1998-2000.
VISITING PROFESSOR IN FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES / BUSINESS
SCHOOLS
 Course leader: Human Resource Management (in French and English) since
2011, Sup de Co Dakar, Senegal.
 Lecturer: Women’s Networks: Motivations, Perceived Benefits and Expectations
of Members (in English). International Seminar Week April 2011, Roger
Williams University, R.I., USA
 Course leader: Human Resource Management (in French) (INPL-Nancy/ French
Polytechnical School of Silesie: Masters Specialised in Industrial Modernisation,
Re-training and Regional Development) December 1996, Katowice, Poland.
 Course leader: Human Resource Management (in French), 1994-1997, University
of Trier, Germany.
RESEARCH
1996-
Member of CEREFIGE (University of Lorraine) management research laboratory
1995-2005
Member of LAREQUOI (UVSQ) management research laboratory
Research contracts
2013-
Design and delivery of « Mixité F/H & Leadership au Féminin au service de la
Performance d’Entreprise Chair» with assistance and support of ICN Academic
Director and Director of ICN Entreprises, and communication and active search for
funding thanks to EST’elles Executive network responsibilities and activities. First
funding received from EDF and the Délégation Régionale aux Droits des Femmes et à
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l’Egalité November 2015. First actions implemented February 2016: Action-Training
“Oser dire ou demander” for the Energies de Femmes network (EDF-ERDF).
2007-2008
« Métiers, Compétences et cohérence des pratiques de recrutement dans le secteur
automobile», project funded by the Lorraine Regional Council.
1994-2000
Member of the CERIM research team presided by Professor Philippe Hermel,
responsible for change management training and accompanying senior and middle
managers’ individual projects, drafting minutes of the top executive team’s strategic
management meetings and those of the R&D Division of the multinational
pharmaceutical firm MERCK-LIPHA headquartered in Lyon, France.
1996-1997
Member of CEREFIGE research team (Universities of Metz and Nancy, France)
responsible for Training Audit at the European Institute of Statistics, Luxembourg,
supervised by Professor Mohamed Bayad.
1994
« Repertory of Lecturers and Researchers in International Management (in France) »
(with Philippe Hermel) sponsored by the Association de la Gestion des Ressources
Humaines - AGRH), March 1995.
Journal Publications with a review committee
«Educating corporate sustainability – a case study of a multimethod approach to students’ learning»,
(with Klaus Peter Schulz and Sergio Janczak), currently accepted for publication in a CNRS ranked
journal and in final rewriting stage.
« Getting things done: Proactive Influence Tactics In Mexico and the United States » (with Marco
Lam, Mohamed Rajad, Bendreff Desilus) currently under review for publication in a CNRS ranked
journal
« How do women picture their careers? Evidence from French female managers » (with Christine
Naschberger) currently under review for publication in an international journal.
« Management Training within a Total Quality Approach » (with Philippe Hermel), Revue Marocaine
de Commerce et de Gestion, n° 2, June 2006.
«Convergences et divergences dans les relations de travail : une étude comparative
Etats-Unis, Canada et France », Revue Internationale des relations de travail, Université de Québec,
vol. 1, n° 4, 2003.
Academic Communications
« Are Business Professors Gender Blind in the way they design and deliver courses? A French Businss
School Case » (with Edina Eberhardt-Toth, Christine Morin-Estèves, Christophe Rethoré) for the « 9th
European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education», September 12-14, 2016, Paris, France
« Socially Responsible HRM serving the advancement of women as staff and clients in MFIs: The
Case of HUMO & Partners Tajikistan » (with Agathe Simon) for the «Gendering the HRM - CSR
nexus in developing economies: Meaningful tools and mechanisms? » Symposium at AOM Academy
of Management 2016 Annual Meeting Making Organizations Meaningful, August 5 - 9, Anaheim,
California, United States.
« Responsabilité sociale des écoles de management et préparation des étudiants pour le monde de
travail » (with Edina Eberhardt-Toth, Christine Morin-Estèves, Christophe Rethoré) for the
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Symposium « Nouvelles pratiques de RSE et de management de la diversité dans les Universités et les
Ecoles », ADERSE Colloquium, Lyon, France, June 13-14, 2016.
«Exploring and designing sustainable management by applying and embedding creative and playful
modelling methodologies in a cross cultural context» (with Klaus Peter Schulz and Sergio Janczak)
ARTEM Organizational Creativity International Conference, Nancy, France, March 26-27, 2015.
«Is there a female career? Unmasking perceptions of women’s careers in France» (with Christine
Naschberger), AGRH Conference, Chester UK, November 6-7, 2014.
« Networking and Women: It takes Two to Tango » with Christine Naschberger (Audencia Nantes
School of Management), AFM-AGRH-AIMS-AFC-AFMD Pour un management de la diversité, Aixen-Provence, May 2014.
«Is there a female career? Unmasking perceptions of women’s careers» (with Christine Naschberger)
North East Decisional Sciences Institute Conference, Philidelphia, USA, March 26-29, 2014.
«Live Case Studies as Forms of Learning», International Action Learning Conference, Ashridge, UK,
April 2-4 2012.
«Women’s Networks: Motivations, Perceived Benefits and Expectations of Members» (with Sophie
Schwartz and Angie Celaya) North East Decisional Sciences Institute Conference, Montreal, Canada,
April 13-16, 2011.
«Management Training within a Total Quality Approach» (with Philippe Hermel), QUALCON
Australian Organisation for Quality Leadership, Quality and Excellence Conference, Gold Coast,
Queensland, Australia, October 30-November 2, 2005.
«Convergences et divergences dans les relations de travail : une étude comparative
Etats-Unis, Canada et France », Relations de travail et organisations: Europe-Amérique du Nord : les
dimensions transfrontalières Congress, Universities of Metz, Luxembourg and Trois-Rivières
(Quebec) - AISLF, June 4-6, Metz, France.
« L’expatriation : une formation au management du changement? »
IAE Days, Paris, October 2002.
(with Hélène Cretien) XVIth
« Global and Local Development of a New Role for the Manager in a TQM Context: the Case of a
French-based Multinational Pharmaceutical Firm », Conference on the Implementation of
Management Ideas in European Companies, Molde, Norway, May 2001.
Chapters in books
« Persistent Labor Market Inequalities: What do the French Management Schools do for their Female
Students? » (with Christine Morin-Estèves) in Integrating Gender Equality into Management
Education. Eds. P. M. Flynn, F. Haynes and M. Kilgour, Book 1 of Principles of Responsible
Management Education (PRME) Collection Gender Equality as a Challenge for Business and
Management Education, 2015, Greenleaf Publishing.
«French Connection: How to Succeed in Undergraduate Experiential Learning Missions» (with Sergio
Janczak), in The Handbook of Experiential Learning In International Business and International
Management, Eds. V. Taras and M. A. Gonzalez-Perez, 2015, Palgrave.
«Innovative Training», chapter in Proactive Management and Proactive Business Law: A Teacher’s
Guide (Ed. Kaisa Sorsa) Turku University of Applied Sciences publication for PAM PAL European
research team funded by the European Union, December 2011.
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Professional Articles
Entretien par Pascale Braun « Les femmes ont besoin de modèles de réussite féminins », dans
Entreprises et Carrières, mai 2014, pp. 28-29.
«Quand je serai grand(e) je serai DRH !» (with Samuel Mercier) in Personnel special edition «DRH :
Ce que les jeunes attendent de vous», March 2012.
Professional videos
Krista Finstad-Milion, BAPLC Cycle of videos “Femmes Battantes” 2015.
Case Studies
Distance and proximity: How can a remote team leader bridge the gap? Experiential learning through
UPM Raflatac’s procurement team. Co-authors: Claire Bozon, Kamel Mnisri (ICN Business School),
CCMP case study house ICN Case Study Collection (underway).
Speaker for Professional Organisations
Ambassadeurs des Vosges
Alcatel-Lucent
BAPLC
CCI Vosges
CELCA
EDF-ERDF
EST’elles Executive
Femmes Dirigeantes Fédération Française du Bâtiment
GRT Gaz
Merck-Lipha
Orange
Pertuy
Research in Progress
«Women’s motivations to network, networking approaches and link with career
advancement» (with Christine Naschberger) (paper currently under rewrite)
«Gender training as a means to develop allies for gender equity and women’s leadership - The case of
the microfinance institution HUMO & partners – Tajikistan » (with Agathe Simon) (paper currently
under rewrite)
«Stakeholder Saliency: The Case of Womens’ Networks» (Case study: Energie de Femmes network of
EDF) with David Wasieleski (Duquesne University, Affiliated Research Professor and Head of
Research Chair at ICN Business School.
Related student thesis currently under my direction
«Women entrepreneurs and access to Capital in the USA », Sophie Nitel Hadj, September
2016.
«La communication interne: un levier pour sensibiliser les salariés à l’égalité professionnelle
hommes-femmes», Emeline Jeanne, June 2016.
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«Les réseaux de femmes entrepreneurs dans le domaine des technologies de l’information et de la
communication: impacts des facteurs institutionnels et sociaux culturels. Le cas d’incubateurs et
d’espaces de collaboration au Sénégal», Ramatoulaye Sarr, September 2014.
«Discrimination à l'embauche de retour à l'emploi des femmes seniors: enjeux et solutions», Leila
Merchi, September 2014.
«L’intelligence émotionnelle: une question du genre?», Sarah Garnier, September 2014.
«Gender training’s contribution to developing microfinance support staff’s awareness: opportunities
and limitations. The case of HUMO & Partners-Tajikistan», Agathe Simon, May 2014
«Intégration des femmes dans les métiers dits masculins: le cas du secteur de la construction»,
Anabelle Verdurme, September 2013.
«Le CV anonyme : La réponse aux discriminations de genre lors du recrutement?», Emmanuel Perot,
September 2013.
«How can diversity impact the socio-economic performance of French companies », Laury Ruemgardt
September 2013.
Awards
The Russell Ching Innovative Education Award International DSI and Asia Pacific DSI Conference,
Bali, Indonesia for the experiential learning exercise Distance and proximity: How can a remote team
leader bridge the gap? Experiential learning through Tacksaari Oy*’s procurement team. Co-authors:
Claire Bozon, Kamel Mnisri (ICN Business School) and Brendan Bannister (Northeastern University),
July 12, 2013.
Scientific Responsibilities for Academic Events:
Professional Development Workshops
Facilitator of International focus group - Building and managing a gender equality plan: case studies
from participants for Erasmus Staff Training on Gender and Diversity, University of Liège, Belgium,
10-11 March, 2016.
Track Chair
HR Track Chair for North East Decisional Sciences Institute (NEDSI) Colloquium, Philadelphia, USA
March 27-29, 2014.
HR Track Chair for International Decisional Sciences Institute and Asia Pacific DSI, Bali, Indonesia,
July 10-13, 2013.
Member of Organisation Committee for AGRH Congress organised by CEREFIGE-ICN-ISAM-IAE,
Nancy, France, September 12-12, 2012.
HR Track Chair for NESDI Colloquium, Montreal, Canada, April 13-16, 2011.
Discussant at the MESD (Multinational Enterprises and Sustainable Development) Strategies for
Sustainable Technologies and Innovations, Nancy, France, Conference November 2009.
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Discussant at the MAAOE (Multinational Alliance for the Advancement of Organisational
Excellence) Conference Towards a Sustainable Excellence: Strategy, Quality, Innovation, Versailles,
France, June 2007.
Reviewer
11e Rencontres Internationales de la Diversité, La Gestion de la diversité en crise, Liège, Belgique, 10
& 11 décembre 2015.
1993- Regular reviewer for annual conferences of the Academy of Management (Divisions: Human
Resources, Managerial and Organisational Cognition, Learning and Education, Careers, Gender and
Diversity in Organisations), AOM Africa Conference, the Canadian Association of Administrative
Sciences, and OBTS Teaching Society for Management Educators, NEDSI and International DSI
Conferences.
Public/Community Engagements
Keynote speaker for 20 year anniversary of network Femmes Dirigeantes de la Fédération Française
du Bâtiment, Nancy, September 15, 2015.
Keynote speaker for corporate network les Essenti’elles of BAPLC on topic « Quel(s) chemin(s) pour
la mixité en 2015? », Nancy, June 23, 2015.
Keynote speaker for corporate network Elles’Oz of Orange on topic « Oser être femme dans un
contexte de concurrence », Strasbourg, May 19, 2015.
Keynote speaker on topic « Do you have a local and a glocal strategy? What are the benefits of being a
glocal player? », EST’elles Executive Women’s Business Lunch, CCI Vosges, January 15, 2015.
Keynote speaker on topic «The Place of Women in the Enterprise: Case of LinVosges» for les
Ambassadeurs des Vosges, LinVosges, Gerardmer, September 19, 2014.
Member of Panel on topic «Le femmes et l’économie» (Women and the Economy) with other
members of EST’elles Executive Sabine Calba de la BPLC (Directrice Secteur la Meurthe et Moselle,
Présidente du réseau Essenti’elles), Jeanine Doppel ERDF (Attachée Concessions et Collectivités
Locales chez ERDF à ERDF, Trésorière d’EST’elles Executive), June 16, 2014.
Co-organiser with Agathe Simon, ICN3 student, on topic Female/Male Equality and notably her final
memoire topic «Gender training’s contribution to developing microfinance support staff’s awareness:
opportunities and limitations. The case of HUMO & Partners-Tajikistan», for Diversity Week, ICN
Business School, May 15, 2014.
Keynote speaker for corporate network Gaz’elles of GRT Gaz on topic « Oser affirmer son ambition »,
Nancy, March 17, 2014.
Keynote speaker for corporate network Mix’In Pertuy breakfast on topic « Oser affirmer son ambition
», Nancy, February 6, 2014.
Co-organiser and panel host speaker for corporate network Strongher Alcatel Alsace on topic «Les
réseaux professionnels féminins, pour quoi faire?», January 23, 2014.
Organiser and host of round table on women and leadership in partnership with the movement «
Sauvons Mariama Bâ Pour Que Demeure l'Excellence » which supports the funding of the
rehabilitation of the high school of excellence for girls: Mariama Bâ, Island of Gorée, Dakar,
Senegal, November 29, 2013
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Designer and animator of training on women and leadership in Senegal in cooperation with Sup de Co
Dakar, Association EST’elles Executive, Sauvons Mariama Bâ Pour Que Demeure L’Excellence,
Dakar, Senegal, November 27, 2013.
Keynote speaker with C. Naschberger on « Networks, a lever for women’s careers? » for the 3rd
Edition of Le manager de demain est une femme! Etes-vous prêt(e)s?, Nancy, France, June 18, 2013.
Co-designer and co-pilot with Christiane Wickler and Stefani Hildebrand of Womens’ Networks
Building Bridges, transborder meeting of women’s networks (Lux/Fr/Bel/Ger) under the patronage of
the Minister of Equal Opportunities of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, May 6, 2013.
Co-designer, co-pilot and panel member (by skype) of debate on female/male stereotypes in
partnership with the Group MAZARS and the French student association of MGIMO University,
MGIMO Moscow, November 29, 2012.
Animator of round table in partnership with the CCI Vosges on women entrepreneurs in the Lorraine
for Open 88, international women’s tennis tournament, July 19, 2012, Vittel, France.
Guest speaker on Radio Graffiti (Nancy) in honour of International Women’s Day, March 12, 2012.
Co-designer and co-pilot of Women’s Business Lunch series in Eastern France promoting women in
the region as expert speakers in English on business topics, launching of first breakfast on «
“Professional Women’s Networks : What they can do for you and your organization » (with Angie
Celaya), Nancy, France, December 2011.
Co-designer and co-host of EST’elles Femmes Expresso Executive Business Breakfasts (Epinal,
Nancy, Metz, Thionville) on the «What does your organisation do to balance gender in decisionmaking positions?» with corporate partner: ERDF-GRDF Est (2011-2012).
Organiser and host for panel of experts on «Social Networks and numerical identity: how to better
manage your e-reputation», ICN Business School, May 17, 2011.
Panel speaker for the show La Thématique on the topic of « Parity » for Vosges Television, Epinal,
France, March 29, 2011.
Member of panel for conference on « The place of women in companies today », Jour des biches,
Ventron, France, June 19, 2011.
Panel speaker for the show The Debate on topic « Is it working for women? », France 24 International
Television News Channel, Paris, France, March 10, 2010.
Guest speaker on programme Femmes IDFM Radio, Enghein-les-Bains, France, March 22, 2010.
SERVICE (ICN Business School)
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CSR officer for the HRM and Organisational Behaviour Department, ICN Business
School
F/M Equality Officer for ICN for National F/M Equality Group of Conférence des
Grandes Ecoles (CGE)
Professor representation elect for Board of Governors
Head of “Talent Management in Organisations” Track (Master Programme Grande
Ecole)
President/Member of Jury for ICN Executive MBA Programme Final Exam and
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2008-2015
2011-2013
2010-2011
2008-2011
2008-2011
2008-2010
2006-2011
participant of AMBA accreditation professor team
President of Jury for ICN School of Coaching Final Exam
Professor representative elect for Commission of Evaluation of Professors
Project Leader for AMBA Accreditation
Member of the ICN Academic Committee as EMBA Programme Director
School and Programme promotion in International MBA and Master Fairs
Member of the ICN Total Quality Team leading to ICN’s first EQUIS accreditation
Director of Executive MBA Programme
OTHER DETAILS
Other titles
Academic associations: Member of Academy of Management (AOM), Francophone
Association of Human Resource Management (AGRH), Association pour le Développement
de l’Enseignement et de la Recherche sur la Responsabilité Sociale de l’Entreprise
(ADERSE)
Professional associations: Co-founder and President of the Non Profit Association EST’elles
Executive, Nancy, France (250 members throughout Eastern France headquartered at ICN
Business School), member of Association of Mayors of Rural France and Association of
Mayors of France.
Community service: Mayor of Fontenay (519 inhabitants in Grand Est region) recipient of
the 2015 Sustainable Development “Living Together” Trophy for the public player category
organised by the Vosges Departmental Council, Delegate of Community of Communities,
Bruyères Vallons-des-Vosges, Delegate for Association of Mayors of Vosges (AMV),
Representative of AMV for European Commission for Association of Mayors of France
(AMF), Member of Directing Committee of Bruyères Vallons des Vosges Tourist Office.
Nationality: Canadian by birth, French by marriage.
Social status: Married and mother of 3.
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