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Board Members, Officers & Committees

Board Members

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President  |  Regional Ontario

Jana Kelemen 

M.Sc.Arch., MUDS, MCIP, RPP 

 

Manager, Heritage and Urban Design
City of Hamilton

Location: Burlington, Ontario

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Treasurer  |  Regional Atlantic 

Sarah Anderson 

RPP, MCIP  

Director, Planning and Development
City of Moncton, NB

Location: Moncton, New Brunswick

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Regional Ontario

Ute Maya-Giambattista 
B.Arch, MPI, MCIP, RPP, LEED AP  

Principal, Urban Design
O2 Planning + Design Inc.

Location: Toronto, Ontario

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Regional Quebec 

Craig Sklenar 

M.UD, M.Pl, AICP  

Principal, Urban Design
Arcadis

Location: Montreal, Quebec

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At Large 

Kieron Hunt  

Partner & Planning Lead
FBM Architecture

Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia

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At Large 

Becky Katz  

Manager, Operations and Maintenance
City of Toronto

Location: Toronto, Ontario

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Vice President  |  Regional Alberta

Geoff Dyer 

MEDes (Urban Design), CNUa. 

Partner, Urban Design Lead
CIMA+(B&A Studios)

Location: Calgary, Alberta

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Chairperson  |  At Large 

Chris Hardwicke

Principal
Agent Urban

Location: Calgary, Alberta

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Regional Capital Region 

Patrick Bunting 

OALA/CSLA  

Senior Planner, Urban Design
National Capital Commission

Location: Ottawa, Ontario

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Regional Prairies 

Matt Knapik 

MArch, MEDes (Urban Design) 

Senior Associate, Urban Designer

O2 Planning + Design Inc.

Location: Ottawa, Ontario

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At Large 

Katherine Perrott 

PhD, RPP, MCIP  

Assistant Professor, School of Planning
University of Waterloo

Location: Hamilton, Ontario

Board Officer

Secretary

Cecilia Jimenez, BArch, MSc 

Urban Designer, O2 Planning + Design Inc., Toronto, ON

Honourary Board Members

Aurele Cardinal, OAQ, OUQ, FIRAC

Président, Humà Design + Architecture, Montréal, QC

Daniel Leeming, FCIP, RPP
Founding Partner, The Planning Partnership, Toronto, ON

 

David Witty, PhD, MRAIC, FCIP

Former Vice President Academic and Provost, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC

 

Jack Diamond, OAA, FRAIC, FCIP *

Principal, Diamond Schmidt Architects, Toronto, ON

Joe Berridge, FCIP, RPP

Partner Emeritus, Urban Strategies, Toronto, ON

John Smit, BES, MCIP, RPP

Former Director, Economic Development and Long Range Planning, City of Ottawa, ON

Ken Greenberg, FRAIC, Assoc AIA

Principal, Greenberg Consultants Inc, Toronto, ON
 

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

 

Lloyd Axworthy, PC, OC, OM

Former President, University of Winnipeg, MB

Mike Harcourt, LL.D

Associate Director, Continuing Studies Centre for Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Nancy Shoiry

Former Directrice générale, Société d'habitation et de développement de Montréal (SHDM)

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

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

Robert Freedman,  FRAIC, AICP 

Director, Freedman Urban Solutions, Toronto, ON

Deceased

Committees & Chairs

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
 

Urbanizing the Suburbs Caucus

Alex Taranu, OAA, RPP, FCIP

Senior Advisor, Urban Design, City of Brampton, ON
 

Urban Resiliency Caucus

Daniel Leeming, FCIP, RPP

Founding Partner, The Planning Partnership, Toronto, ON

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