Sacha Labillois-Kennedy was a Chief of the Eel River Bar First Nation in New Brunswick, Canada. She first served as a councillor for two years, before being elected Chief in June 2019 and went on to serve 4 years as Chief, before Jake Caplin defeated her.
She served as the First Nation's economic development officer since February 2008, earning her a nomination for âÂÂEconomic development officer of the yearâ in 2017 by Cando, national Indigenous organization involved in community economic development.
Labillois-Kennedy is fluent in both English and French.
Her grandmother is Margaret Labillois, the first woman in New Brunswick to be named a chief of a first nations community in 1970.