Kaylie Tiessen serves as the Chief Economist at The Canadian Shield Institute for Public Policy and is a Board Member at Kindred Credit Union. With 20 years of experience, she focuses on delivering economic transformation and is recognized as a tenacious strategist and incisive analyst.

Her career includes roles as a Policy Fellow at Social Capital Partners, within the Unifor Research Department at Unifor National, and as an Economist at the Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives.