Coleen Volk

Coleen Volk joined CMHC as President and CEO in June 2024. She brings extensive experience in executive roles within the Province of Alberta and the Government of Canada, and previous experience in the private sector.

Ms. Volk served most recently in the Alberta public service as Associate Deputy Minister, Executive Council; and held Deputy Minister roles with Operations, Intergovernmental Relations, and Alberta Energy.

For more than 10 years, Ms. Volk held executive roles within the federal government, including with Environment and Climate Change Canada, Finance Canada, and Industry Canada. She also served at the Privy Council Office, where she supported the Prime Minister and the Clerk of the Privy Council in governor-in-council appointments, such as for deputy ministers, Crown corporation and agency boards and CEOs, federal commissions and tribunals.

Her appointment as President and CEO marks a homecoming to CMHC where she previously spent nine years in leadership roles from 1996 to 2005, including Assistant Vice-President, Finance; Managing Director, Securitization; and Treasurer.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Volk worked in the banking industry, including six years with CIBC in the Corporate Treasury function. She holds a CPA designation (CPA, CMA), and has a Bachelor of Science with a computer science major from the University of Regina.