Lynne Short, Director

Lynne Short, Director

Lynne is currently Vice President at the Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation. Lynne is responsible for the organization’s overall granting, donor relations, marketing, communications and volunteer engagement strategies. Prior to joining KWCF in 2018, Lynne held many senior and executive leadership roles in the insurance industry for over 25 years, with a particular focus on Marketing, Corporate Communications, Community Relations and Public Affairs.

She has been a tireless advocate for this community for many years, volunteering on the Board of Directors and Committees for a diverse collection of local organizations, including the Food Bank of Waterloo Region, Conestoga College School of Media and Design, Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation, YW Kitchener Waterloo, United Way of Kitchener and Waterloo, and the Creative Enterprise Initiative. Lynne has also spent a great deal of her life serving as a frontline volunteer for several organizations in both Waterloo Region and Ottawa. She holds a Masters of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Ottawa.