Board of Directors
Vice President, Crestview Strategy
Karen Restoule is a Vice President at Crestview Strategy with a specialty in strategy, communications, and engagement. Karen cofounded BOLD Realities to advance the industry-Indigenous relationship, building on a role prior role where she served First Nations leaders at Chiefs of Ontario advancing innovative policy solutions to legacy challenges. She also led Ontario’s administrative justice system as a public sector executive at Tribunals Ontario, including key transformations at Ontario Parole Board, Human Rights Tribunal Ontario, and Landlord and Tenant Board.
Karen is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute focused on Indigenous economic and governance policy. She lends her expertise to a number of advisory and governance bodies, appears regularly as a guest speaker on national radio, podcasts, and conferences across Canada and the USA, and contributes to thehub.ca Karen is Ojibwe from Dokis First Nation.
