JOANNE DISANO
Director, Division for Sustainable Development
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Academic Record: Bachelor of Arts - Psychology and Sociology
University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Master of Education
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Citizenship: Australian

Language Profile: English, French, Italian

Employment History:
1996 - 1998 First Assistant Secretary (Deputy Head), Environment Protection Group, Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories

1993 - 1996 Deputy Executive Director, Environment Strategies Directorate, Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories

1989 - 1993 First Assistant Secretary, Environment & Conservation Policy Division, Department of Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories

1987 - 1989 Canadian Government Executive Interchange Program with Australia

(Served, as part of this assignment, as Branch Chief of the Environment Assessment Branch)

1984 - 1987 Group Chief, Affirmative Action, Treasury Board, Ottawa

1983 - 1984 Senior Policy Adviser, Task Force on Revitalization of the Employment Services, Canadian Employment and Immigration Commission (CEIC), Ottawa

1982 - 1983 Chief, Program Policy and Development Job Creation Branch, CEIC, Ottawa

1972 - 1982 Several Senior Management positions with the Federal Government in the Canadian Employment & Immigration Department in St. John’s, Newfoundland