Connie spent the last 15 years in Auckland’s urban regeneration landscape working to balance economic benefit and public good outcomes. Recent achievements include curating the original North Wharf restaurant strip at Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter and the establishment of Queens Wharf, The Cloud and Shed 10 as key waterfront venues and public space.

Her commitment to building community wealth was honed supporting Eke Panuku’s priority location town center businesses through the process of change and development and establishing The Kitchen Project in 2017.

As Head of Business Development, Connie lead the development of the cooking school, retail, events and producer engagement strategies at Homeland The Food Embassy.