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2024 WIN Awards

We are beyond excited about the upcoming 10th Annual WIN Awards. There are 49 amazing women nominated for this year's Awards, 22 Outstanding Leaders and 27 Emerging Leaders. Please join us in congratulating the nominees.

Our in-person WIN Awards events took place across Canada on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Make sure to join WIN to stay in the know about all things WIN & WIN Awards!

Thank you to all our sponsors and supporters for making this year's Awards Program possible!

10thAnnual WIN Awards

2024 WIN Award Recipients: Emerging Leader, Andrea McLean & Outstanding Leader, Cheryl Nelms

 

2024 WIN Awards Highlights

 

2024 WIN Outstanding Leader

 

Cheryl Nelms
General Manager, Project Delivery
Metro Vancouver

Bio

 
 

2024 WIN Emerging Leader

 

Andrea McLean
Senior Vice President,
Infrastructure Asset Management

Fengate Asset Management

Bio

 
 

Shortlists

2024 WIN Awards Outstanding Leader Shortlist

2024 WIN Awards Emerging Leader Shortlist

 

Outstanding Leader Shortlist

Joyce Carter
President & CEO
Halifax International Airport Authority 

Alina Osorio
President
Fiera Infrastructure

Sophie Lussier
Executive Vice-President & Head of Corporate Services, Organizational Performance & Secretariat
CDPQ Infra

Cheryl Nelms 
General Manager,
Project Delivery

Metro Vancouver

Jennifer Quinn
Chief Strategy and
Development Officer 

Nieuport Aviation Infrastructure Partners

 
 
 

Emerging Leader ShortList

Mimi Charron
Program Manager, Technology
Plan Group Inc.

Chastine Taerum
Associate General Counsel,
Infrastructure

Ledcor Industries Inc.

Andrea McLean
Senior Vice President,
Infrastructure Asset
Management

Fengate Asset Management

Keely Sullivan
Deputy Director,
Technical Services

City of Calgary

Negin Tousi
Project Manager
David Nairne + Associates Ltd.

 
 
 

Event Locations

The 2024 WIN Awards Event took place on Thursday, April 25 at the following 6 locations across Canada:

 

Vancouver
KPMG LLP
777 Dunsmuir Street
Vancouver, BC V7Y 1K3
3:30 – 7:00 PM PDT

Toronto
KPMG LLP
333 Bay Street
Toronto, ON M5H 2S5
5:00 – 8:30 PM EDT

Calgary
KPMG LLP
205 5 Ave SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4B9
4:00 – 7:30 PM MDT

 
 

Ottawa
KPMG LLP
150 Elgin Street
Ottawa, ON K2P 2P8
5:30 – 8:00 PM EDT

Montreal
KPMG LLP
600 Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest
Montréal, QC H3A 0A3
5:30 – 8:00 PM EDT

Halifax
Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub Nova Centre
1625 Grafton Street
Halifax, NS B3J 1J6
6:30 – 9:30 PM ADT

 
 

Outstanding Leader Nominees

 

Joyce Carter

President & CEO

Halifax International Airport Authority

Mei Cheong

Technical Services Portfolio Leader

Arup Canada Inc.

 
 

Suzanne Demeules

Executive Vice President, Transport

CIMA+

Tara Erwin

Vice President, Transportation Business Group Manager, Canada

HDR Corporation

 
 

Marilyn Journeaux

Director, Linear Water & Customer Services

City of Ottawa

Catherine Kelly

Director

Turner & Townsend

 
 

Marie-Josée Laplante

Senior Project Manager

Pomerleau

Andrea Lee

Partner

Glaholt Bowles LLP

 
 

Aphrodite Liaghat

Co-Founder and Principal

A&Architects

Sophie Lussier

Executive Vice-Principal & Head of Corporate Services, Organizational Performance & Secretariat

CDPQ Infra

 
 

Sabrina Martineau

Vice President, Practice Lead Civil

AtkinsRéalis

Jennifer Massig

CEO

Magna Engineering Services

 
 

Mariola Mata Zapico

Quality, Hand-over & DDC Director

NouvLR

Joanne McCall

Senior Vice President, Canada Transport Market Lead

Mott MacDonald

 
 

Cheryl Nelms

General Manager, Project Delivery

Metro Vancouver

Alina Osorio

President

Fiera Infrastructure

 
 

Jamie Page

Vice President, Manufacturing and Process Sector

AtkinsRéalis

Mélanie Pouliot

National Director, Contract Services

Defence Construction Canada

 
 

Jennifer Quinn

Chief Strategy and Development Officer

Nieuport Aviation Infrastructure Partners

Mona Shackles

Division Proposal Lead

Flatiron

 
 

Mary Van Buren

President

Canadian Construction Association

Agnes von dem Hagen

Senior Vice President, Legal Services

Infrastructure Ontario

 
 
 

Emerging Leader Nominees

 
 

Olga Andrushchenko

Managing Principal

Colliers Project Leaders

Mimi Charron

Program Manager, Technology

Plan Group Inc.

Alexandra Aversa

Senior Legal Counsel

ACCIONA

Emily Deeth

Manager, Commercial Advisory & Strategy

Infrastructure Ontario

 
 

Maraika De Groot

Director of Operations

Maven Consulting Limited

Martina Di Gioacchino

Director, Capital Program Budgeting and Planning

Infrastructure Ontario

 
 
 

Lucia England

Associate Director

Turner & Townsend

Anastassia Ferdman

Project Director

Infrastructure BC

 
 

Erin Harlos

Director, Infrastructure Projects, Regulatory and Consultation Programs

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority

Alexandra Hitter

Interface Manager

NouvLR

 
 

Natasha Jansen

Senior Process Engineer, Wastewater

City of Ottawa

Cristina Lugo

Project Engineer

CIMA+

 
 

Anne-Marie Lussier

Director, Human Capital & Integrity

NouvLR

Adriana MacDonald

Director, National Water Market

AtkinsRéalis

 
 

Priya Marwaha

Senior Consultant

Turner & Townsend

Andrea McLean

Senior Vice President, Infrastructure Asset Management

Fengate Asset Management

 
 

Robin McLernon

Vice President, Facilities Management

P1 Consulting Inc.

Katerina Melnykova

Senior Legal Counsel, Operations and Projects

CDPQ Infra Inc.

 
 

Andrea Mendoza

Project Manager

Ledcor Industries Inc.

Tara Moloney

Senior Project Coordinator

AtkinsRéalis

 
 

Shaghayegh Oghbaie

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Arup Canada Inc.

Mandy Omrani

Manager, Intelligent Buildings & Technical Services

Infrastructure Ontario

 
 

Claudia Perrone

Vice President, Finance Canada

AtkinsRéalis

Casey Ryan

Associate Director

Turner & Townsend

 
 

Keely Sullivan

Deputy Director, Technical Services

City of Calgary

Chastine Taerum

Associate General Counsel, Infrastructure

Ledcor Industries Inc.

 
 

Negin Tousi

Project Manager

David Nairne + Associates Ltd.

 
 
 

Judges

Sarv Asgari — Vice President Transportation Regional Business Leader, Western Canada
Stantec

Catherine Doyle — Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Toronto

Jay Grewal — President and CEO
Manitoba Hydro

Niilo Edwards — Chief Executive Officer
First Nations Major Project Coalition

Lisa Mitchell — President & CEO
Canadian Council for Private-Public Partnerships
P3 Canada

 
 
 
 

Sponsors

 

Platinum

 
 
 
 

Gold

 
 

Silver

 
 
 

Bronze

 
 
 

In Kind