Craig Kennedy
Craig Kennedy has spent more than 30 years leading organizations, working alongside leaders, and helping build the conditions where good work actually happens. His background spans education, government, non-profit, and entrepreneurial sectors.
Before moving into executive search, Craig served as an Executive Director in the non-profit sector. That experience of managing complex organizations, navigating competing priorities, and building constructive cultures informs how he listens, how he assesses, and ultimately who he recommends.
Craig went on to serve as VP and Partner with Gerald Walsh Associates, one of Atlantic Canada's most respected executive search and HR advisory firms, where he led full-cycle searches and organizational reviews for municipal governments, non-profits, and public sector agencies across the region.
Harbourside is the natural next step: a firm built on that same depth of experience, with a deliberate focus on the organizations where leadership quality genuinely matters.
Our Team
Donna Touchie, MSW, RSW
Donna Touchie brings 27 years of clinical practice to her work with Harbourside
Her career has taken her across a wide range of settings and population groups, including extended work with the Department of National Defence. That breadth has given her an unusually grounded understanding of how people behave under pressure, how organizations develop patterns that either serve them or hold them back, and what it genuinely takes to shift those patterns.
Donna is also a trained mediator, bringing a steady, skilled presence to situations where competing interests need to be heard and navigated with care - whether in the context of a workplace, a family, or an organization at a crossroads.
She has served as a part-time faculty member at Dalhousie University, where she developed and taught curriculum and worked as an academic advisor and supervisor to Bachelor of Social Work students.