Kim Horrelt

Kim Horrelt received her Certificate of Applied Science from Acadia University and went on to complete her degree in Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Nova Scotia. She continued her education and received her master’s in business administration from Saint Mary’s University. She has over 20 years experience in the private sector construction and consulting industry.

As part of the senior management team of M.F. Schurman Co. Ltd. – once a recognized leader in building supplies, concrete and commercial, industrial, and institutional construction projects on PEI – Ms. Horrelt managed numerous major projects on Prince Edward Island, from design through to completion.

Ms. Horrelt has also held roles as Program Manager of Technology and Media programs at Holland College, and as Director of Infrastructure with the PEI Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. 2013 to 2015 she took a secondment at the University of Prince Edward Island as Executive Director of Government and Community Relations and played a key role the development of the new School of Sustainable Design Engineering. Ms. Horrelt’s latest role was as the CEO of the Prince Edward Island Energy Corporation and the Director of Energy & Minerals division in the Department of Transportation, Infrastructure and Energy.

In recent years, Ms. Horrelt was Chair of the Board for Habitat for Humanity PEI and a member of the Board of the IWK Hospital. She is a past board member of the Charlottetown Airport Authority and a past board member of Maritime Electric. Presently she is Chair of the board of Atlantic Aqua Farms.

Ms. Horrelt lives in Stratford, PEI with her husband John and they have three grown children, Ross, Lisa, and Jamie.