Andréa Renaud was elected President of ACE in 2017 at the beginning of her first term as a director. She is a Cooperative Affairs Advisor at La Coop fédérée. Andréa trains employees and members about cooperation and supports them to encourage a better representation of women on boards of directors. She has ten years of experience in the management and governance of cooperative enterprises. She has also worked for the Desjardins Group and SOCODEVI, a development agency. A graduate in Psychoeducation from the University of Trois-Rivières, she also holds a Master’s degree in Cooperative management from the University of Sherbrooke.