Shaun Simms

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President | Director at Large

Chief, People, Culture and Communications, Ottawa Community Housing Corporation

As the Chief, People, Communications and Strategy Officer, Shaun Simms is a highly respected senior leader with over 30 years of experience at Ottawa Community Housing. Her role highlights the importance of our people and their involvement in creating our desired culture. That is, connecting the dots between how the day-to day-work that our employees do contributes to OCH’S strategic goals.

Shaun provides leadership and oversight to the People and Culture, Strategy and Corporate Performance, and Communications departments, fostering a culture of leadership, accountability, and continuous improvement. On any given day, Shaun wants every OCH employee to be able to say with conviction, “we are proud because every day we make a difference.”

Shaun is passionate about inspiring a positive, tenant-focused approach that reflects our values, through our people. Her innovative, entrepreneurial nature, coupled with her proven ability to lead and promote collaboration within the corporation and across the social housing sector, are at the heart of all that she does.