CENS 2023 COMMITTEES

The CENS Board of Directors appreciates the dedication and commitment of the many volunteers who support our organization.  Through various committees, we are able to advance our interests, achieve our goals, and accomplish our mission of promoting and improving the success and growth of our member firms.  The following committees and the volunteers who serve on them are listed below.  We thank each volunteer for their efforts.  Also serving as an important member of each committee is our Executive Director, Kate Friars. 

Communications Committee

  • Rebecca Appleton - Dillon (Chair)

  • Suzanna Lewis - WSP

  • Colin Fogarty - WSP

  • Steven Ramsay – MCA Consultants (Board Contact)

  • Jessica Fazio - MECO

  • Brendan Lane - Smith and Anderson

  • Peter Crowe - Stantec

  • Kent Lane - CBCL

  • Kate Friars - ED

Municipal Committee

  • Gordon Shupe - WSP (Chair)

  • Hal Lewis - RV Anderson

  • Andre Veinotte - ABLE Engineering Services (Board Contact)

  • Jason Angel - RV Anderson

  • Kate Friars – ED

HRM Design Liaison Group

  • Ray Landry CENS (liaison)

Provincial Committee

  • Michael MacDonald - Harbourside (Chair)

  • Scott Moore - Dillon

  • Normand Landry - EXP

  • Holly Sampson - CBCL

  • Hal Lewis - RV Anderson (Board Contact)

  • Kate Friars - ED

Federal Committee

  • Andrew Thalheimer - Dillon

  • Chris Boudreau - Strum (Chair)

  • Kent Lane – CBCL (Board Contact)

  • Brendan Lane - Smith and Anderson

  • Kate Friars - ED

Energy Committee

  • Chris Russell - Eastpoint (Board Contact)

  • Thomas Baltzer - Eastpoint (Chair)

  • Frank Gascon - Strum

  • Paul Sanford - Stantec

  • Peter Crowe - Stantec

  • Sabine Wilkie - COWI

  • Kate Friars - ED

Education Committee

  • Colin Dickson - TEP (Chair)

  • Stuart King - Dillon (Board Contact)

  • Kate Friars - ED

Future Leaders Group

  • Stuart King - Dillon (Chair & Board Contact)

  • Aaron Ferguson - COWI

  • Amy Jackson - Dillon

  • Brendan Lane - Smith and Andersen

  • Nicole Bell - Stantec

  • Richard Wile - Strum

  • Garrett Murray - Strum

  • Jessica Fazio - MECO

  • Rob Johnson - WSP

  • Riccardo Ciccarelli - Harbourside

  • John Muir – CBCL

  • Kate Friars - ED

Past-Presidents Committee

  • Perry Mitchelmore - MECO (Chair)

  • Kent Lane – CBCL (Board Contact)

  • Scott Kyle - Dillon

  • Ray Landry - SDMM       

  • Troy Droesbeck – MCW

  • Kate Friars - ED

Export Committee

  • David Lea - CBCL (Chair)

  • Perry Mitchelmore - MECO

  • Roxanne Tate – Tate Engineering (Survey Results)

  • Steven Ramsay- MCA Consultants (Board Contact)

  • Chris Oldman – Intertalk

  • Kate Friars - ED

Governance Committee

  • Perry Michelmore - MECO (Chair)

  • Peter Crowe - Stantec

  • Ray Landry - SDMM (Board Contact)

  • David Lea - CBCL

  • Scott Kyle - Dillon

  • Kate Friars - ED

Planning/Nominating Committee

  • Kent Lane – CBCL (Chair and Board Contact)

  • Troy Droesbeck - Smith & Anderson

  • Perry Mitchelmore – MECO

  • Kate Friars - ED