Sandra Sutter is the Aboriginal Partnerships Manager for PTW Energy Services and serves on several Indigenous economic development and employment and training focused boards and committees across Canada including the National Indigenous Economic Development Board, the Canadian Forces Liaison Council, and Careers – Take On the Future.
Sandra enjoys a concurrent career as an independent self-managed award-winning recording artist and filmmaker with a focus on Truth and Reconciliation and more than 40 Industry nominations in the last five years.
Raised in a loving non-Indigenous family, Sandra affirmed and embraced her ancestral and cultural roots later in life when she reconnected with her birth family. Her heritage influences her every step through life and she has grown into an active and passionate advocate for Indigenous culture and rights. Her life journey in both the non-Indigenous and Indigenous worlds has given her a unique perspective and opportunity to bring people together on the path towards reconciliation. Making her home in Calgary, Alberta, Canada Sandra travels across Turtle Island for performances, speaking engagements and educational opportunities to further her work in business and the arts.
In 2019, Sandra was honoured as one of the WXN Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada for making a distinct and describable difference to the advancement of women in the Canadian workplace as a role model and change agent, impacting other women locally, regionally, nationally and internationally and through community service.