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Names in the News | November 2025

November 20, 2025

Updates about people working in, or organizations serving, the transportation and road-related industries.

TAC welcomed the following organizations as members from August 20 to November 19, 2025:

  • BKL Consultants Ltd.
  • Canadian Galvanizing Institute
  • CDAO Services
  • INTASPHALT LTD.
  • Lanzate s.e.n.c.
  • Left Turn Right Turn
  • Martin Geomatic Consultants Ltd.
  • MD Steele Construction
  • Mississippi Mills
  • Planitrans
  • Salvini Consulting

TAC also gained 132 new individual members, 129 of which are studentsLearn about TAC memberships →

Zibby Petch, formerly of Arcadis, has joined CIMA+ as Director, Transportation. Read the LinkedIn post 

Michelle Sanders is now Acting Director General of the Innovation Centre at Transport Canada.

CIMA+ announced the appointment of Arsalan Zargar as Senior Vice President, Transportation for Ontario and Western Canada. Read the announcement

Margaret Parkhill, formerly of Arcadis, has joined Arup as Principal, Bus Rapid Transit Leader. Read her LinkedIn post

Doug Parker is now Urban Mobility Technology Market Leader at Mott MacDonald, departing from Arcadis.

Barbara Gray, formerly General Manager of Transportation at the City of Toronto and a TAC Board Member, has retired. Read the article

Adam Bell has left Tylin after six years. Read his LinkedIn post

The Honourable Barry Petten is now Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, and Minister of Public Procurement for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Hellen Christodoulou is now President & CEO of the Canadian Galvanizing Institute, following her tenure at Corbec. Read her LinkedIn post

Paul C. Smith has been appointed as the Deputy Minister of Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors. Read more