Our Team

TurnLeaf is a sustainability consulting firm supporting our clients at every stage of their sustainability journey – from conceptualization through implementation to market leadership. Our work is data-driven, informed by regulatory and market realities, and shaped by more than 20 years of experience across commercial real estate, government, utilities, and hospitality.

We help clients reduce risk, improve performance, and demonstrate measurable progress on sustainability priorities that matter to investors, tenants, regulators, and communities.

TurnLeaf works predominantly across British Columbia and Canada. Our offices are located on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, and we are grateful for the opportunity to live, work, and share these lands.

TurnLeaf has established a trusted network of mechanical engineers, auditors, transportation and landscape consultants, and graphic designers, where projects require additional resources.

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Principal

  • Jennifer Davis, Principal of TurnLeaf Consulting, is a senior sustainability leader with over 20 years of experience advancing operational performance, climate resilience, and ESG strategies in commercial real estate. She has authored numerous technical guides and white papers on these topics, and her expertise is recognized across British Columbia and Canada through participation on regional and national technical advisory committees, as well as industry accolades, including a 2017 BOMA Canada Award for Innovation.

    Jennifer also has a long-standing relationship with the BOMA BEST program. She played a substantive role in its early development and has continued to contribute technical insight and practitioner expertise as the program has matured. In parallel, she has project-managed BOMA BEST certifications for over 100 buildings nationwide, leading owners and operators through its process and associated performance improvements.

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Projects Coordinator

  • Lizzie Phan, Projects Coordinator, supports clients in advancing sustainability, certification, and industry recognition initiatives, including BOMA BEST 4.1. She coordinates end-to-end certification and award submissions, manages project timelines and compliance requirements, and supports senior consultant research and technical development to ensure client projects align with leading industry and ESG best practices.

    She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sustainable Business from Simon Fraser University and brings a global academic perspective that informs her understanding of international sustainability standards, ESG frameworks, and performance benchmarking within the built environment.

Senior Consultant

  • Sara has over 15 years of experience helping public and private sector organizations embed environmental and social priorities into their operations and strategic decision-making processes. She has advised clients in commercial real estate, finance, retail, natural resources, energy, and municipal government, with a particular focus on developing credible goals and targets that support organizational resilience and systems value creation.  

    In addition to her consulting work, Sara teaches both undergraduate and MBA courses in sustainability and business ethics at the Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University. Her doctoral research explores the strategies that allow corporate sustainability change agents to persevere in the face of profound role-related challenges, as they seek to transform the companies that they work within. It is by bridging real-world practice and theoretical insights that Sara supports leaders and their organizations in driving systemic and meaningful change.

    Currently finishing her PhD, Sara also holds an MPhil from Rotterdam School of Management and a BBA from SFU.