Dr. Judi Beck was the executive lead ofthe Pacific Forestry research facility for the federal public service until herretirement in 2022. She has managed national research programs in avariety of disciplines within the forestry sector including wildland fire,genomics, sustainable forest management, climate change, and forest pests. Dr.Beck has a passion for engaging leadership and building learning organizations,as well as enabling a culture of continuous improvement and excellence in firemanagement, forestry, and governance.

Prior to joining the federal publicservice in 2009, Dr. Beck was Manager, Wildfire Management for the province ofBritish Columbia (BC), and she worked for the BC Forest Service in policy,legislative development, litigation management, international technologytransfer and operational emergency management from 1993 through 2009. Sheworked operationally in wildfire response as one of Canada’s first firebehaviour specialists. She has enjoyed working internationally in Australia,Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, and the USA. She obtained her B.Sc.(Forestry) from the University of New Brunswick in 1985, an M.Sc. (Forestry)from the Australian National University in 1988; and her Ph.D. (Fire Growth /GIS) from Curtin University, Western Australia in 2000.