Susan R. Eaton
P.Geol., P.Geoph., M.Sc., DIC, B.Sc. Hon., B.J. Hon., FRCGS
Director for Northern Canada - Geothermal Canada
President - SR ECO Consultants Inc.
Based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Susan R. Eaton is a seasoned energy advisor and project manager with 30 years of domestic and international experience in the oil and gas, mining, and environmental sectors. Leveraging her financial, operations, and geoscience expertise, she embraces disruptive innovations that are transforming the energy industry toward a more sustainable future. Eaton is the director, Northern Canada, of Geothermal Canada, a not-for-profit, volunteer-run organization comprised of geothermal experts committed to advancing science and promoting geothermal research and development in Canada.
During her career, Eaton has worked as a senior geologist and geophysicist for the federal government and large Calgary-based energy companies (Imperial Oil Ltd., Husky Energy Inc., and Suncor Energy Inc.). As Vice-President Exploration of three Calgary-based, publicly traded and privately held junior energy companies, she led technical, operational, regulatory, stakeholder engagement, and Indigenous partnership initiatives in Canada, the USA, and internationally. In her role as the country (Canada) manager leading technical teams and conducting business development for Gaffney, Cline & Associates, an international energy advisory firm owned by Baker Hughes Company, Eaton specialized in oil and gas evaluations and reserve audits, gas-to-power solutions, liquified natural gas (LNG), and renewable energy solutions in North and South America. As Stantec Inc.'s Team Lead, Environmental Services, Northern Canada, she led a technical team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous professionals consulting on multi-sectoral projects across Canada's three Arctic territories.
President of SR ECO Consultants Inc., Eaton is registered as a professional geologist and geophysicist with NAPEG, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists. She holds a B.Sc. Honours degree in geology and biology from Dalhousie University, a M.Sc. degree in petroleum geology and geophysics from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London, and a B.J. Honours degree in journalism from Carleton University.
An earth scientist, journalist, and polar explorer, Eaton studies the intersection between geology, glaciology, plate tectonics, oceans, climate, gender, human rights, and life. In 2021, The Explorers Club (TEC) included her in their inaugural TEC Class of 50, Fifty People Changing the World that You Need Know About. She is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS). In 2015, the RCGS named her one of Canada's greatest 100 top modern-day explorers and trail blazers. A year later, the RCGS named her one of Canada's greatest 25 women explorers.