Ms. Gauthier is an energy efficiency and climate change mitigation experts who has advised the public and private sectors for more than 20 years. She holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from the École Polytechnique de Montréal and a master's degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Ms. Gauthier is the National Director - Strategic Innovation at Econoler, a consulting firm with more than 40 years of experience in the design, implementation, evaluation and financing of energy efficiency programs and projects. She also acts as a trainer for the Canadian Institute of Energy Training (CIET). Ms. Gauthier is co-author of Canadian Energy Efficiency Outlook: A National Effort for Tackling Climate Change, a book published in 2018.