MODELLING ADVISORY GROUP MEMBER PROFILES September 12, 2016 ADERONKE AKANDE
CITY OF TORONTO, Aderonke joined the City of Toronto in 2011 in Tower TOWER AND NEIGHBOURHOOD Renewal, and later became the Project Manager. REVITALIZATION Aderonke has a Master of Science in Planning, Specialized Project Manager in Urban Planning & Development focusing on Sustainable Community Planning. LinkedIn Tweet @TOTower_Renewal
ANDRÉ COTE
GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO, Andre has worked on major initiatives in the public sector, OFFICE OF THE HONOURABLE DEB including the development of Ontario’s Digital Government MATTHEWS, DEPUTY PREMIER & strategy, the reform of student financial assistance programs MINISTER OF ADVANCED EDUCATION for Ontario post-secondary students, and the launch of the & SKILLS DEVELOPMENT / DIGITAL government’s Centre of Excellence for Evidence-Based Policy. GOVERNMENT Senior Policy Advisor
ANNA PALAMARCHUK
WATERFRONT TORONTO Anna is a project manager in Waterfront Toronto’s Project Manager, Environment & Environment and Innovation group, providing research, Innovation planning, and project support for sustainability initiatives. These initiatives work towards implementing the corpora- LinkedIn tion’s objective to transform the waterfront into a series of Tweet @WaterfrontTO sustainable, mixed use communities.
BLAKE POLAND
DALLA LANA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC Dr. Poland is a professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public HEALTH, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Health, co-lead of the Healthier Cities & Communities hub Associate Professor at the DLSPH, and Director of the Collaborative Program in Community Development at the University of Toronto.
BRENDAN CALLERY Brendan Callery is a planner at the IESO with the resource integration team, focusing on electricity sector carbon INDEPENDENT ELECTRICITY emissions and cap and trade policy. His previous roles at SYSTEMS OPERATOR the IESO involved transmission integration planning and Planner energy conservation. Brendan was a renewable energy consultant in Scotland, and has worked on transportation LinkedIn planning in Ontario and environmental engineering in Tweet @IESO_Tweets Ireland. Brendan is a Queen’s engineering graduate.
1 BRIAN DEPRATTO Brian’s work focuses on the Canadian economy, as well as TD ECONOMICS environmental issues. He has over five years of experience Economist in central banking, with an emphasis on international economics, as well as the economies of the euro area and LinkedIn Japan. He contributes to a number of different TD publi- Tweet @BrianDePratto cations, and his analysis is frequently referred to in the financial media.
BRYAN PURCELL
Bryan manages TAF’s LightSavers and TowerWise TORONTO ATMOSPHERIC FUND programs and oversees carbon quantification. Bryan is Director of Policy and Programs leading a project to implement energy-efficient retrofits in 10 high-rise residential buildings, seven of which are LinkedIn owned by Toronto Community Housing. Bryan also works with City staff on environmental policies related to the built environment.
CHERISE BURDA
As director of the Ryerson City Building Institute, Cherise RYERSON CITIES INSTITUTE brings together research, policy analysis and leaders Director of the Ryerson City Building from diverse backgrounds to address today’s critical Institute urban challenges. Prior to assuming this role, Cherise was the Pembina Institute’s Ontario Director, where she led research, advocacy and communications strategies LinkedIn for transportation, sustainable cities and clean energy Tweet @CheriseBurda solutions in Ontario.
DEB DONCASTER Deb Doncaster is President of Earth Day Canada. Previously, EARTH DAY CANADA she was Executive Director of Community Power Fund, President Project Manager of the Toronto Renewable Energy Co-op- erative, and founding Executive Director of the Ontario LinkedIn Sustainable Energy Association. Deb received the City of Tweet @EarthDayCanada Toronto’s Green Living “Market Transformation Award” in 2009 for spearheading the campaign for Ontario’s Green Energy and Economy Act.
DEVIN CAUSLEY Devin has been with the Federation of Canadian Munici- FEDERATION OF CANADIAN palities since 2003 working on managing and developing MUNICIPALITIES programs on climate change, energy and sustainable Manager of Climate Change Programs community planning, including the Partners for Climate Protection program. Devin holds a Master of Applied Environmental Studies in Local Economic Development LinkedIn and a Bachelor of Environmental Studies in Planning Tweet @FCM_DCausley, from the University of Waterloo. @FCM_online
2 DUSHA SRITHARAN Dusha Sritharan works with the Toronto Environmental Alliance as a Campaigner with a focus on climate change. TORONTO ENVIRONMENTAL Through her work, she looks to draw connections between ALLIANCE climate change and other grassroots issues such as housing, Campaigner public transportation and public health. Her work has focused on identifying and testing best practices for climate LinkedIn engagement to build broad-based public support for a low Tweet @toenviro carbon future.
EMMAY MAH
TORONTO CLIMATE ACTION Emmay is currently the Director of Programs and Policy NETWORK at Dignitas International. She is also a founding member Delegate of the People’s Climate Movement.
LinkedIn Tweet @EmmayMah
FERNANDO CAROU Fernando Carou leads the Community Energy Planning CITY OF TORONTO, program and is also in charge of assembling the technical, ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY DIVISION business, and policy framework for new low-carbon Manager, Energy Efficiency Office District Energy Systems in the City of Toronto. Fernando holds an engineering degree from the University of LinkedIn Toronto and has Sustainability training from the Harvard Tweet @FernandoCarou University Extension School.
FRANZ HARTMANN Franz has been advocating for a green Toronto since 1990 TORONTO ENVIRONMENTAL when he first volunteered at TEA. In 1998, after 8 years ALLIANCE of studying and participating in urban environmental Executive Director politics in Toronto, he received his PhD in Environmental Politics from York University. Franz has also been LinkedIn involved in advocating green energy, and solutions for Tweet @TOenviro smog, waste management, and a green economy at the municipal and federal levels.
HARVEY LOW Harvey has 30 years of experience as an urban planner and CITY OF TORONTO, community worker with focus on social research. He is SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT currently a City of Toronto Open Data Champion, and Manager, Social Development, serves as cluster representative on the City’s new staff Open Finance & Administration Government Committee His team manages the City of Toronto’s data visualization tool called Wellbeing Toronto. LinkedIn
3 JESSE COLEMAN Jesse Coleman leads the Big Data Innovation Team in the City of Toronto’s Transportation Services Division. The CITY OF TORONTO, team has the mission of leveraging emerging transportation TRANSPORTATION SERVICES datasets together with existing City data to develop a new Big Data Innovation Team Lead understanding of transportation issues across all modes in the City. Prior to joining the City, Jesse worked in the LinkedIn private sector as a consultant with IBI Group where he worked in transportation planning with a focus on travel demand forecasting and transportation policy.
JOHN CARTWRIGHT John is President of the Toronto & York Region Labour TORONTO AND YORK REGION Council, representing 205,000 union members in Canada’s LABOUR COUNCIL largest urban centre. A carpenter by trade, he was formerly President Business Manager of Construction Trades Council and co-chair of Metro Jobstart Coalition. John has served on Tweet @cartwrightTO, the Boards of Waterfront Regeneration Trust, United @Torontolabour Way Toronto, Toronto 2008 Olympic Bid, and the Labour Education Centre.
JOHN ROBINSON Professor Robinson has a global reputation in the areas of UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, MUNK urban sustainability, building sustainability, community SCHOOL OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS, engagement processes, and university sustainability SCHOOL OF THE ENVIRONMENT programming. From 2012-15, he was Associate Provost, Professor Sustainability, at UBC. He is currently also an Adjunct Professor with the Copenhagen Business School, leading LinkedIn the sustainability component of their campus redevelop- ment process.
KEIR BROWNSTONE Keir Brownstone is a sustainability expert working as an Energy Manager at Toronto Community Housing. TORONTO COMMUNITY HOUSING Previously Keir worked with the Tower Renewal Office Manager, Energy Management at the City of Toronto. Keir was the General Manager of GLOBE delivering sustainability programs to social housing LinkedIn providers across Ontario and the General Manager of Tweet @TOHousing Greensaver, one of the first non-profit companies to offer residential Energuide energy efficiency audits in Ontario.
KIM JARVI
REGISTERED NURSES’ ASSOCIATION Kim works in the RNAO Policy Department. His environ- OF ONTARIO mental portfolio includes transit, climate change, clean Senior Economist energy, toxics, pesticides and neonicotinoids. He also works on economic policy, health policy and nursing HR policy. Tweet @RNAO
4 KRIS HORNBURG
CITY OF TORONTO, Kris is currently a Project Lead for the City’s Solid Waste SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT Management Services Division, working on resource Project Lead utilization and green revenue opportunities. Kris first started his career with the City as part of the Toronto Urban LinkedIn Fellows Program, and prior to that he worked for the Drive Clean Office with the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change.
LISA SALSBERG Lisa is a planner and MBA with over 15 years’ experience METROLINX working at the City of Toronto, the Greater Toronto Services Manager of Systems Planning and Board and the Ontario Ministries of Public Infrastructure Strategic Policy Renewal and Transportation. She has led numerous transportation and growth management planning projects, Tweet @Metrolinx including the Provincial Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, which won the prestigious Daniel Burnham Award from the American Planning Association.
MARCY BURCHFIELD Marcy has worked in the forefront of regional planning NEPTIS FOUNDATION in the Toronto region for the past 15 years. In her various Executive Director roles at the Neptis Foundation, Marcy supported, conducted, designed, and presented research and analysis that has LinkedIn informed the Province of Ontario’s Growth Plan for the Tweet @Burchfie, @NeptisRegions Greater Golden Horseshoe, the Greenbelt Plan and the Regional Transportation Plan, the Big Move.
MARIA VARLOKOSTAS CITY OF TORONTO, SOCIAL HOUSING, SHELTER, SUPPORT & HOUSING ADMINISTRATION Acting Director
MARIANNE HATZOPOULOU Dr. Hatzopoulou’s research bridges transportation and UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO environmental analysis; her main expertise is in modelling Professor of road transport emissions and urban air quality as well as evaluating population exposure to air pollution. LinkedIn Marianne has also extensive experience in the development of evaluation tools for bridging transport policy analysis with decision making.
5 MICHAEL WRIGHT Michael manages municipal planning research and infor- mation support to the City of Toronto’s City Planning CITY OF TORONTO, CITY PLANNING Division. His team monitors the changing demographic, Manager, Research and Information economic and built form conditions of the city and tracks active development projects, profiles the city’s population, surveys employment, and builds projections. The team employs geospatial and quantitative analysis to inform land use planning policy and corporate decision-making.
PAUL ANTZE
TORONTO CLIMATE ACTION Health promoter with background in planning and urban NETWORK design. Working to engage local stakeholders in planning Delegate and transportation decisions. Facilitating programming on cycling and urban planning (for health!) Tweet @TCAN_Tweets
PAUL YOUNG Paul is a retired professor of Social Science at York University who now volunteers to advance grassroots SOUTH RIVERDALE COMMUNITY responses to our current environmental crisis. He was HEALTH CENTRE founding Chair of the Toronto Climate Action Network Health Promoter and continues to serve on the Steering Committee of Green Neighbours 21. Most recently he facilitated a series LinkedIn of locally-sponsored community conversations providing Tweet @SRiverdaleCHC citizen input for TransformTO.
PETER VIDICUS Peter Viducis has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Toronto and a M.B.A. from the University of Western CITY OF TORONTO, Ontario. Peter has worked at the City of Toronto for over ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT thirty years in a series of policy/research positions in Manager, Research and Information planning and economic development. He currently leads Systems a research group undertaking economic research into a wide variety of issues affecting City businesses as well as municipal fiscal impacts.
RALPH TORRIE Ralph is known for combining visionary thinking, intellec- TORRIESMITH ASSOCIATES tual leadership and rigorous analysis, and has made original President and important contributions to the field of sustainable development. He is an expert in the field of energy and environment with 35 years of entrepreneurial, management LinkedIn and consulting experience that includes hundreds of initia- Tweet @ralphtorrie tives in research, business development, and public policy.
6 RAVI JOSHI Ravi Joshi is a passionate storyteller and communicator SOCIAL PLANNING TORONTO with over 10 years of experience in public relations and Communications Officer communications within the non-profit sector. Before joining the team at Social Planning Toronto, he served as LinkedIn Special Assistant to a Toronto City Councillor, and as the Tweet @ravipjoshi Online Campaign Coordinator for Make Poverty History Canada.
RICHARD JOY Mr. Joy was appointed Executive Director of ULI in 2014. URBAN LAND INSTITUTE He has more than 20 years of urban leadership experience Executive Director across municipal and provincial government and the private sector. In his position as Senior Policy Advisor to LinkedIn the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Mr. Joy was the lead Tweet @RichardJoyTO, advisor on the City of Toronto Act (2006) and key advisor @UrbanLandInst on numerous major legislative reforms.
ROBERT MAXWELL
CITY OF TORONTO, RENEWABLE ENERGY OFFICE Manager
ROSEMARIE POWELL Rosemarie is an executive manager with over fifteen COMMUNITY BENEFITS NETWORK years of experience in Human Resources Management, Executive Director Workforce Development, Labour Market Planning and Cooperative Development. Her environmental advocacy LinkedIn work with residents in Jane Finch has earned several Tweet @ros_powell, @tcbn_to awards including the Canadian Urban Institute, The City of Toronto and the YMCA of Greater Toronto.
SANJAY KHANNA Sanjay Khanna is a futurist, speaker, and thought leader. KHANNA RESEARCH Between 2011 and 2015, he was affiliated with the Univer- & COMMUNICATIONS sity of Toronto’s Massey College as futurist-in-residence. Futurist Sanjay was named “an exemplar of social wellbeing” by Corporate Knights, the magazine for clean capitalism. In LinkedIn 2009, Sanjay launched the world’s first conference on how Tweet @sanjay1 climate change may affect human psychology, society, and culture.
7 SARAH GINGRICH Sarah is a Health Policy Specialist with Toronto Public CITY OF TORONTO, Health. She has 15 years of experience leading research, TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH policy analysis and advocacy on environmental health Healthy Policy Specialist issues, including air quality, emissions from the transpor- tation and electricity sectors and conservation of green LinkedIn space. Her current work includes strategies to protect Tweet @TOPublicHealth vulnerable people from extreme heat in apartments, and
promoting the health benefits of achieving Toronto’s GHG emission-reduction targets.
SEAN HERTEL Sean is a professional planner who leads his own Toron- to-based practice, specializing in policy formulation and Urban Planning Consultant programs related to transit, transit-oriented development, housing, and suburbanization. He is a frequent writer, LinkedIn speaker, teacher and researcher; currently holding Tweet @Sean_Hertel research and teaching positions at York University and Ryerson University.
SONJA MIOKOVIC
YOUTHFUL CITIES Sonja is an expert on youth and cities and co-founder Global Director & Global Director of YouthfulCities, a social enterprise leading a global movement of data-driven urban regen- LinkedIn eration. Sonja is responsible for engaging and youth in Tweet @ajnosreverse, the world’s largest cities in order to rank them from a @youthfulcities youthful perspective.
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