Gabriela Polanco-Sorto

Gabriela is a sustainability strategist with over 12 years of experience in sustainability, stakeholder relations, community investment, social responsibility and communications, primarily in the financial services sector. Gabriela is currently the Director of Sustainability & Community Investment at Manulife.

Prior to joining Manulife, Gabriela was at LoyaltyOne where she led the global Corporate Responsibility team which included the sub-functions of environmental sustainability, community investment and associate engagement. Prior to that, she spent nine years at Scotiabank where she held various roles in Philanthropy and Corporate Responsibility.

She is also active in the academic space, currently as lecturer for University of Toronto’s St. Michael’s College Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability Graduate Diploma program, as well as sitting on Seneca College’s Program Advisory Committee for the Sustainable Business Management program.

Education

Schulich School of Business - York University MBA 2005 – 2006

Simon Fraser University Graduate Diploma Business Administration 2004

The University of British Columbia Bachelor of Arts Political Science; Latin American Economic and Social Development 1998 – 2002