Young Leaders in Infrastructure (YLI)

The mandate of the Young Leaders in Infrastructure (YLI) is to engage and create relationships among the next generation of Canadian leaders in the infrastructure sector. Through networking and education opportunities, YLI will guide the growth of infrastructure and the P3 model for future generations.

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YLI delivers this mandate through the following three pillars:

Connect

• Attract and retain talent
• Traditional and interactive events
• Use social media to communicate and facilitate networking
• Connect with other groups and associations

Educate

• Mentoring and career assistance 
• Knowledge sharing across disciplines
• Understand more than transactional nature of infrastructure investments

Influence

• Advocate for intelligent infrastructure investment
• Create working subcommittees
• Participate in the CCPPP conference

Join YLI

For more information about YLI, please contact [email protected].

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Executive Committee

• Chelsea Young, Colliers
• Dylan Fletcher, P1 Consulting
• Rebecca Shaw, Arup

We have officially established chapters in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. Each chapter is led by the following individuals so please reach out to them if you are interested in participating in the future: 

Ottawa Chapter

• Jake Dean, Manager, Infrastructure Advisory, Colliers Project Leaders
• Ben Fogel, Senior Project Manager, BTY Group
• Ryan Hendricks, Director, Turner & Townsend
• Veronica Morse, Engineer, Entuitive | Consulting Engineers
• Aljosa Zenicanin, Senior Associate, Dentons Canada LLP

Toronto Chapter

• Josh Arbess, Senior Analyst, EY
• Efua Bamfo, Partnerships Advisor, Strategy & Insights, Infrastructure Ontario
• Mariam Faizal, Senior Associate, Colliers Project Leaders
• Ursula Kenkel, Associate Lawyer, Gowling WLG
• Iris Templo, Senior Associate, Access Planning
• Stephen Wolski, Managing Director, CBRE

Vancouver Chapter

• Chris Kavelaars, Mechanical Engineer, Stantec
• Jesse Kupiak, Director, PCL
• Brendan Kwan, Director, BTY Group
• Matthew Quinteri, Senior Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
• Guy Roberts, Senior Consultant, KPMG
• Emily Suchy, Senior Associate, Infrastructure BC