Sweta Daboo named new executive director of P.E.I. Coalition for Women in Government
Sweta Daboo, a recent graduate from UPEI, is the new executive director of the P.E.I. Coalition for Women in Government.
Daboo has packed significant management and leadership experience into a short career, including serving for the past year as the elected vice-president academic and external of the UPEI student union. There, Daboo served as part of the organization's first executive of all women.
Coalition board member Judy Herlihy said Daboo’s passion is to make positive change on the Island through more gender equity and diversity of experience in government.
“She has the drive and determination to bring people together to achieve this goal," she said.
"She understands the barriers that exist and believes they can be removed, through hard work, commitment and collaboration. We couldn't be more excited to have her as executive director."
The not-for-profit organization was established close to 20 years ago to encourage an increase in the number of women in elected office.
Co-founder Kirstin Lund served as project co-ordinator until 2013, when Dawn Wilson was hired as the first executive director and led the coalition to evolve as a nonpartisan organization dedicated to advancing women’s leadership in the political, civic and democratic life of P.E.I.
Daboo will work with a dedicated team of volunteers from the coalition's board and steering committee and with the support and celebration of numerous partner organizations in the wider P.E.I. community.
Daboo said the evidence is clear around the world that better decisions are made when women and other under-represented voices are represented.
“I believe that we can achieve more equity and inclusion in P.E.I. decisionmaking and that it will benefit all Islanders."