Board of Directors – Canadian Urban Institute

CUI’s Board of Directors is made up of multidisciplinary community leaders and city builders with decades of on-the-ground experience building resilient Canadian cities. Our Board plays a crucial role in shaping the strategic direction of CUI and ensuring that are building a resilient, inclusive and just urban future from coast to coast to coast, alongside our collaborators, partners and stakeholders.

Audrey Jamal
Chief of Staff, Office of the President,
University of Guelph

Brad Krizan
Vice Chair, Victoria Park Business Improvement Area & Director, cSpace Projects

Brian Gallant
CEO, Canadian Centre for the Purpose of the Corporation

Caroline Rauhala
Director, Lending at Vancity Community
Investment Bank

Cynthia Dorrington
President, Vale & Associates Human Resource Management and Consulting Inc.

Elliott Cappell
Director, Climate Change WSP

Dr. Judy Farvolden
Executive Director, University of Toronto
Transportation Research Institute

Kathleen Llewellyn-Thomas
Chief Strategy and Customer Officer, Toronto Transit Commission

Marcy Burchfield
Vice President, Economic Blueprint Institute,
Toronto Region Board of Trade

Matthew Kanter
Chair
Associate General Counsel – Litigation, MPAC

Michael Sutherland
Director, Urban Solutions, Hatch

Paul Smetanin
President & CEO, CANCEA

Steve DeRoy
Founding Director and Co-owner, The Firelight Group

Zahra Ebrahim
Co-founder, Monumental

Sadhu Aufochs Johnston
Former City Manager of the City of Vancouver, BC (retired). Founder and former co-chair of the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN)