Ricky Fontaine
C. Adm., CAFM, C. Dir.
Ricky Fontaine is a Senior Partner of RGL Fontaine, providing professional advice and services in key areas associated with economic development and fiscal relations. He has held numerous senior executive positions in national, regional and local organizations, private and public sectors, and parapublic and non-governmental sectors. He is from the community of Uashat mak Mani-Utenam.
Mr. Fontaine previously held the position of Director General of Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-utenam, a local government dedicated to the social, economic, community and political development of the Innu community of more than 4,500 people.
He also previously served as Executive Director of the Corporation de développement économique Montagnaise, one of the 54 Aboriginal financial institutions in the country, from July 2010 to July 2013.
Ricky Fontaine was the founder and senior partner of Gestion Conseil RSF, a management consulting firm working mainly for First Nations and their organizations at the national, regional and local levels for more than ten years before joining the ranks of the Montagnais Economic Development Corporation (CDEM).