Board of Directors

CTRF is a volunteer-run organization led by a dedicated group of individuals who are passionate about transportation research in Canada.

We are proud to have an active and experienced Board of Directors including people from all transportation sectors and areas of expertise, from academia, industry, consulting and government.

Adrian Lightstone

President


Managing Director
Major Projects
CPCS

Jody Kositsky

Executive Vice-President


Senior Director of Economic and Policy Analysis
InterVISTAS

Catherine Morency

Vice President Meetings


Professor
Polytechnique Montréal

Martin Trepanier

Vice President Program


Professor
Polytechnique Montréal

Romaine Morrison

vice president EXTERNAL Affairs


Program Manager
Transportation Association of Canada

Mahmudur Fatmi

Vice President Awards


Transportation Professor
UBC

Jonathan Thibault

Vice President External Support


Director of Economics
Data and Research at the Railway Association of Canada (RAC)

Gerry Kolaitis

Vice President Finance and Treasurer


VIA Rail Canada (Retired)

Joseph Monteiro

Joseph Monteiro

Vice President Publications


Bill Denning

Vice President Organization and Development


Transport Economics Consulting and Research

Trevor Hanson

Vice President Research


Professor
University of New Brunswick

Elizabeth Drake

Corporate Secretary


Independent Transport Consultant

Jim Frost

Vice President External Affairs


Principal
MariNova Consulting Ltd.

Don McKnight

Councillor


President
DAMF Consultants Inc.

Ahsan Habib

Councillor


Professor
Dalhousie University

Glareh Amirjamshidi

Councillor


Technical Advisor
Canada Post

Sarah Harlley

Councillor


Associate VP
Rail & Transit
CPCS

Amélie Clement

Councillor


Director
Multimodal Transportation Performance & Capacity Analysis
Transport Canada

Garland Chow

Councillor


Emeritus Associate
Professor Sauder School of Business
University of British Columbia

Joel Carlson

Councillor


Associate Vice President
CPCS

Ryan Gallagher

Councillor


Lawyer
McMillan
LLP

Lawrence McKeown

Councillor


Research Manager of Supply Chain Data
Centre for Energy and Transportation
Statistics Canada

Mark Hemmes

Councillor


President
Quorum Corporation

Vijay Gill

Vijay Gill

Councillor


Director
Infrastructure Research
Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure

CTRF Past Presidents

2023-25   Trevor Hanson
2021-23   Steve Pratte
2019-21
  Mark Hemmes
2017-19   Malcolm Cairns
2015-17   Daniel Lynch
2013-15   Marc-André Roy
2011-13   Vijay Gill
2009-11   Doug Johnson
2008-09   Darryl Anderson
2006-08   Malcolm Cairns
2005-06   Michael Kieran
2004-05   Gordon Baldwin
2003-04   Clarence Woudsma
2002-03   Gerry Kolaitis
2001-02   Eric Hildebrand
2000-01   Gordon Tufts
1999-00   Lloyd Ash

1998-99   Janet Weiss
1997-98   
Barry Prentice
1996-97   
George Clark
1995-96   Doug Duncan
1994-95   Roger Roy
1993-94   Bill Raney
1992-93   Terry Phillips
1991-92   Andrew Elliott
1990-91   Mary Brooks
1989-90   Eugene Ludwick
1988-89   William Waters
1987-88   Craig Dickson
1986-87   Rod Taylor
1985-86   Frank Trotter
1984-85   Karen Hecks
1983-84   Ray Rohr

1982-83   Neal Irwin
1981-82 
 Jim Telford
1980-81   
Albert Stevens
1979-80   Merrienne Duncan
1978-79   Al Bach
1977-78   Vic Stechishin
1976-77   Gordon Wales
1975-76   Bill Hughes
1974-75   Norman Lee
1973-74   Michel Chevalier
1972-73   Howard Mann
1971-72   John Gratwick
1970-71   Richard Soberman
1969-70   John Eyre
1968-69   Ron Wilson
1967-68   Harvey Romoff
1966-67   Pierre Camu
1965-66   Ray Cope

Honorary Life Members

CTRF is proud to provide a list of Honourary Life Members. These people have had a longstanding commitment to CTRF and have served us well, being either founding members, past presidents, board members, or long time distinguished industry representatives.

Lloyd Ash

Gordon Baldwin

R.L. Banks *

Mary Brooks

Malcolm Cairns

Garland Chow

Frank Collins *

Ray Cope

Craig S. Dickson

Doug Duncan

Andrew Elliott *

James Frost

John Gratwick *

John Heads *

Mark Hemmes

Eric Hildebrand

Joe Howard *

W.B. Hunter *

Neal A. Irwin

Doug L. Johnson

Michael Kieran *

Gerry Kolaitis

John Lawson

Louis A. Le Blanc

Donald Mackinnon

Don McKnight

Allan D. McLeod *

Joseph Monteiro

Nick Mulder *

Barry Prentice

Rachid Raffa

Bill Raney

H.M. Romoff *

Roger Roy

Joseph Schulman

Richard Soberman

Gail Sparks

Albert Stevens *

Rod Taylor

Gordo Tufts

William Waters II *

Frank Wilson *

Clarence Woudsma

Carole Ann Woudsma

 

* Deceased