Jennifer Richardson is the Director of Environment, Safety, Employee Health & Wellbeing at the Royal Canadian Mint where she leads a team of 11 professionals who endeavor to make the Mint a better place, every day. She has a degree in Biomedical Science from the University of Guelph and Master degree in Occupational and Environmental Health from the University of Toronto.

Prior to joining the Mint, Jennifer spent 13 years working for Resource Environmental Associates (REA) where she was the Sr. Consultant and Managing Director for the National Capital and Eastern Ontario operations.

While Jennifer claims that developing the Mint’s Mental Health Program has been the highlight of her 25 year career, she also claims that her biggest accomplishment to date has been growing her family to include two wild little boys and a husband who share her love of fishing, nature, and ice rinks.