Rie Lowe
Chief of Staff & HR Strategy @H.R. Macmillan Space Centre
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WORK HISTORY
Chief of Staff & HR Strategy @H.R. Macmillan Space Centre
Vancouver, BC, CA
I serve as part of the executive leadership team at H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, where I lead organizational operations, HR strategy, internal systems, and cross-functional execution to ensure alignment between strategy and delivery. I also serve in an interim Director of Marketing capacity, with direct oversight of the Marketing Manager, and support board-level initiatives and governance reporting.My focus is on building clarity, structure, and scalable systems that enable strong teams, consistent execution, and sustainable growth. I work across departments to align people, process, and priorities, ensuring leadership decisions translate into effective operational outcomes.Key responsibilities include executive partnership with the Executive Director and senior leadership team, HR strategy across the full employee lifecycle, organizational planning, and development of internal systems and reporting tools to support both leadership and board decision-making.I also lead enterprise-wide initiatives to improve accountability, communication, and operational flow, including scheduling frameworks, SOP development, risk management, and compliance alignment within a unionized environment.In my interim marketing leadership role, I oversee brand, campaigns, and audience development, ensuring consistency and impact across all external-facing communications.This role sits at the intersection of strategy, operations, governance, and execution, ensuring the organization operates with clarity, accountability, and intention while supporting long-term sustainability and impact.
EDUCATION
Shaw Academy
Advanced Diploma in Social Media and Digital Marketing, Internet Marketing
Toronto School of Business
Travel and Tourism, Tourism and Travel Services Management
Shaw Academy
Basic Diploma in Social Media and Digital Marketing, Internet Marketing
Shaw Academy
Digital & Social Marketing
Toronto School of Business
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Shaw Academy
Diploma in Social Media Marketing and Online Reputation Management, Internet Marketing
ABOUT RIE LOWE
Senior executive with 20+ years of experience across operations, organizational design, marketing strategy, and growth leadership in nonprofit, corporate, education, healthcare, and mission-driven sectors.My career has always centered on one idea: when organizations are clear about who they are and how they operate, they can do extraordinary work.I’ve built and scaled systems on both the external and internal sides of organizations—from founding and growing a multi-office digital marketing agency serving over clients, to leading digital strategy across 39 community brands in the healthcare sector. Along the way, I’ve worked across corporate, nonprofit, municipal, and education environments, helping organizations clarify their message, expand their reach, and strengthen their impact.More recently, my focus has shifted deeper into organizational design and operational leadership—building the internal structures that allow teams to function with clarity, accountability, and confidence. This includes designing operating systems, governance frameworks, workforce structures, and cross-functional alignment models that connect strategy to execution in practical, sustainable ways.What I enjoy most is the integration point—where strategy meets people, and ideas become systems that actually work in practice. I tend to operate in the space where complexity needs clarity, and where alignment is what unlocks momentum.I bring a systems-thinking approach, a strong marketing and communications foundation, and a deep commitment to building organizations that are not only effective, but coherent in how they operate and grow.I’m especially passionate about helping mission-driven organizations strengthen both their internal capacity and their external impact.Over time, I’ve found that meaningful change follows a simple pattern—when we can clearly see what’s possible, commit to it fully, and build toward it with intention. That philosophy is captured in my motto: See it. Believe it. Be it.
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