Ms. Savage is a leading advocate in the energy industry, bringing a rare combination of senior government leadership, private legal practice and corporate executive and project development experience.
Prior to returning to the private sector in 2023, she served as a Senior Minister in the Government of Alberta, most recently as Minister of Environment and Protected Areas, and previously as Minister of Energy and Minister of Justice and Solicitor General. As Minister of Environment and Protected Areas, Ms. Savage led the development of Alberta’s Emissions Reduction and Energy Development Plan 2023 and served as Alberta’s primary intergovernmental representative on federal energy, climate, and environmental policy matters. As Minister of Energy, Ms. Savage oversaw Alberta’s energy and mineral resources and led the development of legal, policy, and fiscal frameworks for conventional energy and emerging growth areas including critical minerals, carbon capture, hydrogen, small modular reactors, and renewables.
Before entering politics, Ms. Savage held senior executive roles with the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association and Enbridge. She earned a Master of Laws (LLM) in 2015, with a published thesis on the evolving role of the National Energy Board and was appointed King’s Counsel (KC) in 2022.
She is currently Senior Counsel at Borden Ladner Gervais, a Senior Advisor to Signal Hill, a Senior Fellow at MacDonald Laurier Institute, a member of the Global Research Council for the University of Tulane Energy Centre in New Orleans, Louisiana, and sits on the board of Directors for E3 Lithium, ENMAX, Critical Minerals Americas and the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo.