Lisa Moffatt, M.A., MCIP, RPP, CEC

Founder + Principal

My name is Lisa (she/her). As a white, cis-woman and uninvited settler, currently living and working on the unceded territory of the ɬaʔamɩn First Nation (Powell River, BC), and born and raised on the traditional territories of the Beothuk (St. John's, NL) and Anishinabek (Ottawa, ON), my settler identity and responsibilities are something I bring to my work with intention. This means examining how colonial systems shape and impact our institutions and communities, and how we can do better together.

As a coach, community planner, and facilitator with over 20 years of experience, my work has taken me alongside nonprofit and local government leaders to build capacity, navigate complexity, and lead with clarity and purpose. As a Certified Executive Coach and member of the International Coaching Federation, my focus is on partnering with leaders who want to grow, not just in their roles, but in how they show up for the people and communities they serve.

My work sits at the intersection of coaching, planning, and equity. Whether supporting a leader through a pivotal transition, facilitating a team through conflict, or guiding an organization toward more just and responsive practices, the same qualities show up in every engagement: curiosity, honesty, deep care for the humans in the room, and an awareness of who is not in the room.

That integrity extends beyond my professional practice. As a founding board member of the qathet Coalition to End Homelessness, president of qathet Community Voices (engaging people in civic governance), and a community member on the qathet Housing Action Table, showing up for my community is not separate from my values. It is an expression of them.

My academic background includes a BA in Environmental Studies (Carleton, 2002), a MA from UBC's School of Community and Regional Planning (2005), and a Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching from Royal Roads University (2019). A full member of the Canadian Institute of Planners and a Registered Professional Planner with the Planning Institute of BC, my ongoing learning in Indigenous allyship, equity, Deep Democracy, and dignity work informs everything that I do.

Outside of work, you'll find me painting abstract watercolours, ocean swimming, singing karaoke, or hanging with my rescue pitbull, Fidget.