Board Members and Committees

BOARD MEMBERS

Eric Turcotte, MCIP, RPP, OAA, OAQ – President
Partner, Urban Strategies, Toronto, ON
 

Ute Maya-Giambattista, B.Arch, MPI, MCIP, RPP, LEED AP – Treasurer
Principal, FOTENN, Toronto, ON
 

John Smit, BES, MCIP, RPP – Chairman
City of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

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Jana Kelemen, M.Sc.Arch., MUDS, MCIP, RPP – Secretary
Urban Designer, Town of Oakville, Burlington, ON

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Joyce Drohan, MAIBC, LEED AP
Special Advisor, City Design Studio – City of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
 

John M. Fleming, RPP, MCIP
London, ON
 

Sean Galloway, MUDD, MCIP, RPP
Manager, Planning Department City of North Vancouver, North Vancouver, BC
 

Barbara Myers,  MCIP, MPPI
Urban Planner, SvN Architects + Planners Inc. Toronto, ON

Suzy Peate, urbaniste, OUQ, MCIP
Coordonnatrice executive – Planification du territoire metropolitain, Communauté métropolitaine de Montreal, QC
 

Peter Soland, OAQ, AAPQ, CSLA, LEED
Designer urbain, Civiliti, Montreal, QC

Tyson McShane,  RPP, MCIP

Long Range Planning Manager

City of Saskatoon

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Sonny Tomic

Calgary, AB

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Gabe Charles, 

MUDS, MCIP, RPP

Senior Manager, Town of Oakville

Milton, ON

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Jean Trottier, CSLA, CIP, RPP

Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Manitoba

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HONOURARY BOARD MEMBERS

Daniel Leeming, FCIP, RPP
Principal, The Planning Partnership, Toronto, ON
 

Robert Freedman,  FRAIC, AICP 
Director at Freedman Urban Solutions, Toronto, ON
 

Larry Beasley, CM, FCIP
Principal, Beasley and Associates, Planning Inc., Vancouver, BC
 

Ken Greenberg, FRAIC, Assoc AIA,
Principal, Greenberg Consultants Inc, Toronto, ON
 

Joe Berridge, FCIP, RPP
Partner, Urban Strategies, Toronto, ON
 

Paul Bedford, FCIP, RPP
Urban Mentor, Adjunct professor, Urban & Regional Planning, University of Toronto/Ryerson University Toronto, ON
 

Aurele Cardinal, OAQ, OUQ, FIRAC Principal, Cardinal Hardy, Montreal, QC
 

David Witty, PhD, MRAIC, FCIP
Vice President Academic and Provost, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC
 

Jack Diamond, OAA, FRAIC, FCIP
Principal, Diamond Schmidt Architects, Toronto, ON
 

Mike Harcourt, LL.D
Associate Director, Continuing Studies Centre for Sustainability
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
 

Lloyd Axworthy, PC, OC, OM
President, University of Winnipeg, MB
 

Nancy Shoiry,
Directrice principale – Service de la mise en valeur du territoire at the Ville de Montréal
 

Robert Allsopp, ARIBA,  MRTPI,  MCIP,  RPP,  FCSLA
Partner, DTAH, Toronto, ON
 

COMMITTEES & CHAIRS

Advocacy Committee – Chair, Antonio Gomez-Palacio Arq. MES, RPP, MCIP, MRAIC – Founding Partner, DIALOG, Toronto, ON
 

Research Committee – Dr. David L.A. Gordon, FCIP, RPP, P.Eng, AICP –  
Professor and Director, School of Urban & Regional Planning, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
 

Mid-Sized Cities Caucus – Co-Chairs: Jacob Ritchie, Urban Design Program Manager – City of Halifax, John Fleming, Chief Planner – City of London, Jo Flatt, BCOM, MA Public Policy – Senior Manager, Policy and Partnerships Evergreen CityWorks, Toronto, ON
 

Inclusive Cities Caucus – Co-Chairs: Jay Pitter, MES – Jay Pitter Placemaking, Principal Placemaker, Toronto ON, Kalen Anderson, RPP, MCIP – Director, City Plan – Urban Form and Corporate Strategic Development, City of Edmonton, Edmonton, AB, Mark Guslits, B. Arch – Principal Mark Guslits + Associates Inc, Faculty, Institute Without Boundaries, George Brown, College and Munk School of Global Affairs University of Toronto – Toronto, ON
 

Urbanizing the Suburbs Caucus – Alex Taranu OAA, RPP, FCIP – Senior Advisor of  Architectural Design Service, Public Works and Engineering, City of Brampton, ON
 

Urban Resiliency Caucus – Dan Leeming FCIP, RPP – Principal, The Planning Partnership, Toronto, ON