Jenna Sudds

Jenna Sudds (born c. 1979) is a Canadian local politician and the city councillor for Kanata North (Ward 4) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Sudds was elected on October 22, 2018 and took office on December 1, 2018. Sudds is preceded by longtime Kanata North Councillor and former Mayor of Kanata, Marianne Wilkinson.

Sudds grew up in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Sudds attended Brock University in St. Catharines and moved to the National Capital Region in 2001 to complete her master's degree in Economics at Carleton University. Sudds worked as an economist in the federal government for twelve years before becoming the inaugural President and Executive Director of the Kanata North Business Association, after being appointed to the role by a hiring committee that consisted of her predecessor on Council, Marianne Wilkinson. From November 2017 to November 2018, Sudds was the inaugural Executive Director at the CIO Strategy Council, a national technology council. In March 2018, she announced her decision to run for Ottawa City Council, Kanata North.

Sudds has been a longtime volunteer with the Kanata Food Cupboard and the Ottawa Network for Education.

• Kanata North Citizen of the Year (2012-2013)
• Forty Under 40 Award (2015) from the Ottawa Business Journal and Ottawa Board of Trade
• 40 Under 40 International Economic Development Professional Award (2016)

Sudds and her husband Tim have three daughters.