MEET THE COMMITTEE
National Technical Program Committee ITE Canada’s new National Technical Program Committee (NTPC) will create a consistent approach to delivering strong technical content to our members and the broader transportation community at ITE Canada Annual Conferences.
Paula Sawicki, P.Eng. (Chair) Region of Waterloo | Manager, Transportation Planning Kitchener, Ontario Paula is a passionate active transportation and transit enthusiast with over 29 years of experience. She is a Professional Engineer with specialist experience in active transportation, traffic, public transportation, and light rail. Her expertise also includes urban policy and politics, transit and transportation operations and planning, and project management. Paula volunteers with ITE and also with the Grand Valley Trails Association. Away from work, she loves to hike and travel the world and checked off her bucket list the dream of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with her family.
Garrett Donaher, P.Eng. (Vice Chair) Englobe | Senior Engineer Moncton, New Brunswick Garrett has been involved in ITE Canada since 2006 including LeadershipITE and roles on the 2014 Conference Local Arrangements Committee and the emerging members’ committee, excite. He has over 15 years of experience in multiple facets of transportation planning, traffic engineering, and civil engineering. He currently leads a team of engineers and technicians delivering a range of transportation and infrastucture projects from conception through constuction.
Amy Do, P.Eng. Toronto Metropolitan University | Masters’ Candidate Toronto, Ontario Amy is currently a Masters’ student at Toronto Metropolitan University. She has almost seven years of transportation design and construction experience, primarily in urban improvements for biking, walking and traffic calming. She has volunteered with ITE in numerous positions, mostly recently as a member of the Board of Directors for ITE Canada from 2021-2022. Currently she is exploring ways to support and maintain transportation networks from a long-range asset management perspective.
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