Brenda Orchard

Brenda Orchard is the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, and currently serves as the President of the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA).  She has 25 years of experience in senior municipal administration and 16 years as a CAO.  She has worked with Municipal Councils in three different provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Ontario) and in both urban and rural settings.  She has served as a CAO in Nova Scotia (Annapolis County) as well as Southwestern and Eastern Ontario (Huron County and currently Lennox and Addington County), and in both single-tier and upper-tier structures.

She has a municipal background in Economic Development, having been a member of the Economic Developers Association of Canada (EDAC) for the past 25 years.  Her passion now lies in employee engagement and staff development.  She is dedicated to the growth and development of staff; believing that the success of our communities is predicated on high functioning staff teams that can work with Councils to realize a community's full potential.  Brenda has served on many CAMA Committees in her seven years on the Board, but the Toolkit Committee has been her particular passion.  She has worked on a number of resource documents to assist CAOs in navigating professional relationships with Councils and staff.

She has been a member of the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators for 16 years.  She is also a past member of the Board of Directors for the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO).