Riva has over a decade of experiences as a strategic communications and marketing professional in Canada’s real estate development and city-building sector. From condo launches to community engagements, her expertise lies in shaping narratives and influencing critical conversations on urban growth and challenges, particularly in Toronto and the GTHA.

Riva has consulted and worked with a diverse spectrum of stakeholders, including residential and commercial real estate developers, asset owners, investors, urban planners, architects, and related industry associations and non-profit organizations.

Her expertise encompasses brand and project narrative development, media relations, issues management and stakeholder and community engagement strategies to help build reputations, drive business and advocacy outcomes. Her portfolio also includes projects with robust sustainability mandates, including affordable housing and the transition to low carbon in city building.

With a background in journalism and strong ability to distill complex information about real estate development into engaging bite size pieces that the media and public gravitate to, she looks forward to sharing and shaping many more stories about the present and future visions of city building for the GTHA.