Ann Svendsen is currently a senior partner with CoreRelation Consulting in Vancouver, Canada, where her clients include resource and utility companies, regional and provincial governments, and financial institutions. For the past sixteen years, Svendsen has worked as a consulting sociologist, helping companies and government agencies identify, understand, and work effectively with their internal and external stakeholders. She has designed successful multi-stakeholder consultation initiatives and developed innovative community relations and communications programs. She is the author of The Stakeholder Strategy.