Kaela is the Executive Director at M’akola Development Services. She has over fifteen years of professional consulting experience and has been working with M’akola since 2011. Kaela’s vision and strategic planning has grown M’akola to a full-service housing and planning consultancy, including planning and research, community engagement, development consulting, project management, operations management, capacity building, and Indigenous relations. Kaela provides strategic oversight and direction to all M’akola’s projects; over 3400 units across the province representing nearly $2B in construction costs.
Kaela is a registered professional planner with the American Institute of Planners, has a Master of Urban Planning degree from McGill University in Montreal (2012), a Master of Education degree from St. Lawrence University in New York (2010), and graduated cum laude (honors) with a Bachelor of Arts in Geography and History from Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota (2007). In 2018, Kaela received recognition for her achievements and was named one of BC’s Forty under 40 by Business in Vancouver. She sits on the Women of UDI (WUDI) Capital Region Committee, Women of Urban Land Institute of BC (WLI) Committee, and is a member of the Leadership Team driving ULI BC’s Partnerships for Health Equity Program.
