Chief Legal Officer, EVP Corporate Development

Erica Young is the Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development for ENMAX. Erica oversees the legal, regulatory, compliance, government relations, public policy, shareholder relations, environmental, social and governance and corporate secretarial matters across the ENMAX companies. Erica serves on the Board of Versant Power, ENMAX's Maine-based regulated transmission and distribution business.

Erica has 20+ years of legal, regulatory and transactional experience in private practice and in-house roles, primarily focused in the energy industry. Prior to joining ENMAX in 2016, Erica served as SVP, General Counsel at NaturEner Energy Canada, where she was responsible for legal, regulatory and commercial matters in Alberta and for cross-border transmission. Erica also served as General Counsel of Total Energy Services, a TSX-listed oil and gas services company. She began her career in the Toronto office of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, where she had a diverse corporate, securities and governance practice.

Erica holds a Bachelor of Arts and Education from Lakehead University, a Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School and an Advanced Certificate in U.S. Energy Law from the UC Berkeley School of Law. Erica also completed the Advanced Finance Program at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. In addition to her role at ENMAX, Erica serves on the board of Electricity Canada and the Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta.​