Patricia Youzwa
Ms. Youzwa is the former President and CEO of SaskPower. She stepped down from that position in January 2010 after serving five and a half years. She joined SaskPower in 1999 and held a number of executive positions before becoming CEO.
Ms. Youzwa joined SaskPower after a successful career with the public service of the Government of Saskatchewan. Most of her public service career was with the Department Energy and Mines where she rose to the position of Deputy Minister, a position which she held for a number of years. Ms. Youzwa has extensive experience in energy and mining resource development policy, regulation and taxation. She also served as Deputy Minister of Economic Development.
Throughout her career, Ms. Youzwa has served as a director on boards of corporations and industry associations. In addition to the Canada West Foundation, she was a director of the Conference Board of Canada. She was the second vice chair of the Canadian Electricity Association (CEA) and was the chair of the Sustainable Electricity Executive Committee of the CEA. She has also participated in a number of groups organized to provide advice on energy policy and development. Most recently, she was a on the Canada Alberta ecoEnergy Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and the CCS roundtable for the Canada-US clean energy dialogue.
Ms. Youzwa holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours in Economics from the University of Saskatchewan and a Master of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Toronto.
In 2011 she received the Lieutenant Governor’s Gold Medal for Excellence in Public Administration.