Lise Brown

Lise Brown (she/her) is the co-owner of Momenta Inc., founded in 2006, a small, local to Winnipeg 100% female owned B Corporation. B Corporations complete a certification process that ensures high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.

Momenta creates experiences that discover strengths and foster growth. We use current, best practice research in the field of youth development, trauma-informed care, community care, place-based education, adventure therapy and experiential education to welcome participants to safer, engaging, meaningful, challenging programs, trainings, and counseling; with a focus on being outdoors, increasing access to the outdoors, adventure sports and outdoor certifications. We integrate a strengths-based perspective, TRC calls to action and radical inclusion in all aspects of the work done at Momenta.

Lise Brown lives and works in Treaty One Territory and is a sole parent to her 11-year son. Lise has been working with children, youth, families and communities for more than 20 years in Manitoba. Lise has an undergraduate degree in Recreation Management and a Masters in Social Work (RSW), Lise combines these areas of practice to provide clinical direction, facilitate and train groups, and counsel individuals both in urban and wilderness environments focusing on physical and emotional safety, successful participation, fun and meaningful activity. Lise’s current areas of focus are providing individual and family counseling, delivering workshops, and providing clinical direction, supporting and mentoring Momenta’s staff team. Lise is passionate about being an ethical employer business owner and is proud of who Momenta has grown into and the values that they encompass as a team – to have fun, take care of each other, be respectful, join in and have fun.

Lise is also on the Forest School of Canada Facilitator team with the Child and Nature Alliance of Canada and sits on the board of the Association for Experiential Education.