Scott MacKenzie, Senior National Manager of External Affairs is responsible for all External Affairs functions for Toyota’s Manufacturing and Sales operations across Canada.

Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Mackenzie has held various positions in both technical and administrative roles across the company.

Scott joined Toyota in 1999, working in Manufacturing Operations before moving to a position in Quality Control. Since then, he has held roles in Technical Purchasing (Supply Chain Development), Corporate Strategy and Planning, and Government Affairs.

He is now responsible for all External Affairs functions for both TMMC and TCI, including Government Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Public Relations, and Corporate Communications. His role in Government Affairs has seen him at the frontline of several key policy negotiations, most notably as a trusted advisor to the Federal Government on its successful negotiation of the USMCA.

Oliver Moore is a reporter for The Globe and Mail. Oliver joined The Globe's newsroom in 2000 as a web editor and then moved into reporting. A native Torontonian, he served four years as Atlantic Bureau Chief and has worked also in Afghanistan, Grenada, France, Spain and the United States. In 2012, he was part of a team of Globe reporters nominated for a National Newspaper Award for coverage of a murder-suicide that rocked Alberta and Prince Edward Island.

Darnel is Executive Director of Our Greenway, a non-profit focused on connecting businesses, decision-makers and residents with the safe infrastructure, micromobility tools and knowledge they need to animate places and seize new opportunities sustainably. Initially focused on creating a practical linear park network in northwest Toronto, Darnel's team now also coordinates efforts to harmonize micromobility regulations and enable adoption of cargo cycles at scale across North America.

Darnel has a decade of experience working at the crossroads of affordable housing, healthy food and practical local mobility. His diverse array of projects include establishing and running York University's first Just Farmers' Market, launching an electric cycle library with sixteen cycles and trailers during the pandemic, and playing a key strategic role in The Neighbourhood Land Trust's recent successful transfer of nearly one hundred properties to permanent community ownership. A seasoned speaker and writer, Darnel has recently been featured by Ontario's Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Toronto Life and TVO's The Agenda. A Visiting Scholar at York University's CITY Institute, Darnel holds a Masters Certificate in Project Management from Schulich, Master of Environmental Studies (Planning) and Graduate Diploma in Sustainability Education from York University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in History from Glendon College.

Darnel's ongoing research and advocacy efforts to advance sustainable mobility have been recognized by the German Government (2016 Green Talent), Canadian Urban Institute (2018 NextGen Urban Leadership), and Ford City: One Challenge (2019 Silver, Ecotrixi CDMX!).

Jordan Chittley is a content editor for The Globe and Mail. He joined The Globe in 2014 as the online editor for Globe Drive.

Emily Reisman is an Urban Planner and Partner with Urban Strategies, an urban design, planning and engagement consultancy working internationally from its studios in Toronto, Hamilton and Vancouver. Emily has a background in transportation planning and provincial policy planning. Her greatest joy is doing the tricky, creative work of city-building, where lots of ideas, priorities or issues come together. Over the last 17 years, she has been involved in large scale and long-term redevelopment strategies, including the master plans for an over 200-acre former coal-fired power plant on Mississauga’s waterfront, the University of Toronto’s St. George Campus in downtown Toronto, and over 500 acres at the soon-to-be-decommissioned Downsview Airport in Toronto. Her policy work includes the award-winning Growing Up Guidelines to encourage comfortable family living in vertical communities in Toronto, as well as the Official Plan for the City of Vaughan. Emily also regularly secures approvals for private sector and institutional clients across the Greater Toronto Area.

Maddy Ewing is a senior analyst at the Pembina Institute, one of Canada’s leading clean energy think tanks. In her role, she leads research and engagement to better understand the barriers and opportunities associated with a wide range of low-carbon solutions for Canada’s on-road freight sector. She regularly engages various levels of government, industry and NGOs to advance the implementation of promising solutions. Since joining the Pembina Institute in 2019, Maddy has contributed to over ten publications on topics such as urban delivery electrification and just-in-time delivery.

Maddy holds specialized insights into the transition to zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, and recently published a report examining the costs and benefits associated with a shift to electric urban delivery vehicles in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. She presented findings from her research at the Transportation Association of Canada conference in 2021.

Prior to joining the Pembina Institute, Maddy completed a Master of Applied Science degree at the University of Toronto in the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, where her research focused on evaluating low-carbon alternatives to diesel fuel for long-haul trucking in Canada using tools like multi-criteria decision analysis and life cycle assessment.

Patrick has over 25 years of experience in sustainable urban design: first as a professional city planner and then as a teacher and researcher. Patrick started his academic career in 1985 at the University of Minnesota before moving to the University of British Columbia in 1992. After acting as the director of the landscape architecture program, he became the James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Liveable Environments. In that capacity he has worked to advance sustainable urban design in scores of jurisdictions in the US, Canada, and Australia. Patrick has also led the Sustainability by Design project by the Design Centre for Sustainability. For over 20 years, the Design Centre and James Taylor Chair worked on a variety of projects and books to contribute to healthier and more sustainable urban landscapes.

Recognizing the need for collaboration as a fundamental part of designing sustainable communities, Patrick has pioneered public engagement methods. He has successfully focused attention on how to make systemic change in the way cities are built and operated, notably in his East Clayton project in Surrey, BC. More recently, he and his research partners collaborated with the City of North Vancouver to produce a 100-year plan to make the city carbon-neutral by 2107. Patrick and his partners received the Canadian Institute of Planners Award for Planning Excellence and the BC Union of Municipalities Award of Excellence for this work.

Petrina Gentile is an award-winning automotive journalist -- one of the few women who cover cars in Canada. Petrina has been writing for The Globe and Mail’s Drive section since 2004. She also covers the automotive beat for CTV NewsChannel on her bi-weekly national segment called "Up to Speed" and has appeared on CP24, CBC, and BNN Bloomberg TV. She produced 18 seasons of the national TV show Car/Business with Jeremy Cato and Michael Vaughan, which was broadcast weekly on CTV and BNN. She has written several non-fiction books for kids including "Big Trucks, Big Wheels," "Dirt Movers," and "The Ballet School." Before focusing on cars, she was a news writer at CTV and a producer at BNN. She has a Master of Journalism (MJ) from Carleton University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Waterloo.

Michael is responsible for Hatch’s Urban Solutions practice in Canada; and is a member of Hatch’s Urban Solutions global leadership team. Michael collaborates with projects and teams in Canada, South Africa, Australia, the UK and USA. Michael works with public and private sector clients particularly at the front end of projects where planning, economics, and early delivery strategy come together. Much of his work involves transportation and mobility, real estate, and the economics of cities.

Prior to consulting, Michael led the investment and economics team at Metrolinx where he led the development of the GO Expansion program in its planning and early launch phases. He led the development of the business case and approvals guidance now used across Metrolinx. Michael initiated Metrolinx’s Transit-Oriented Communities program by negotiating the CIBC Square project integrated with Union Station a new regional bus terminal for Metrolinx. He led, at one time or another, the planning analysis of every light rail project currently being delivered by Metrolinx. Michael works with colleagues at Hatch at the forefront of future mobility technology, policy and planning, and business issues.

Michael is a recognized expert in cities, transit hubs and transportation and urban economics.

Matti Siemiatycki is Director of the Infrastructure Institute and Professor of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto. His work focuses on delivering large-scale infrastructure projects, evidence based infrastructure investment decisions, and the effective integration of infrastructure into the fabric of cities. His recent studies explore transit policy decisions, the value for money of public-private partnerships, the development of innovative mixed-use buildings as a form of place based infrastructure policy, and the diversity gap in the infrastructure industry workforce. Matti consults widely on infrastructure policy and is a frequent media commentator on infrastructure and city planning.

As CanREA’s Vice-President of Policy, Regulatory & Government Affairs, Brandy Giannetta leads the Association’s stakeholder advocacy and public engagement efforts throughout Canada. She was the Ontario Regional Director at CanWEA for eight years previously. She has also worked as a political staffer at Queen’s Park and as an administrator of the NRCan Home Energy Retrofit Program. Brandy holds an MA in Political Science and Public Policy from the University of Windsor. She currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Stakeholder Advisory Committee at the Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO). Brandy is based in Toronto.

Adrian Lee is a Content Editor with the Opinion section at The Globe and Mail.

Carolyn Kim is the director of transportation with the Pembina Institute, Canada’s foremost clean energy think tank on energy and environmental issues. She has about 15 years of transportation and land use planning experience from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. In her role, she brings her policy expertise and strong partnership-building skills to advance practical solutions that support a clean and efficient transportation system in Canada.

Mike Buff is the Senior Manager of Product and Program Management for Electrify America and Electrify Canada. He oversees product strategy and planning for Electrify Canada’s public charging network and home charging solutions as well as for Electrify America’s three business lines: public network, home, commercial.

Prior to his current role, Mike was Manager of Infrastructure Planning for Electrify America where he directed selection of geographic locations and technology requirements for each site investment. Before joining Electrify America, he worked as a consultant to the energy industry at Booz & Co.

Mike holds both a bachelor’s degree in public policy from Brown University and master’s degree in business administration from University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

As Chief Planning Officer, Karla extends her tenure at Metrolinx and builds on her executive leadership and award-winning, multi-billion-dollar project delivery experience.

Throughout her career, Karla has overseen the construction and completion of countless instrumental infrastructural pieces and has accelerated the delivery of service. In her previous role as Vice President, GO Stations Capital Delivery, she established Metrolinx’s first Project Controls & Design Standards Office, partnered with Infrastructure Ontario on the procurement of P3 projects, and was accountable for the delivery of transformational GO Expansion programs.

Karla is a Civil Engineering graduate from Ryerson University, and received her Professional Engineer designation in 2001. Karla’s proven record of excellence garnered her a feature in the Women of Influence “Meet and Role Model” article and a spot amongst the 2020 Women in Infrastructure Network (WIN) Outstanding Leaders short list. She also served as the 2017 and 2018 President of the Women in Transportation Seminars (WTS) Toronto Area Chapter. She has been federally appointed by Infrastructure Canada to serve on the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA) Board of Directors to oversee the construction of the Gordie Howe bridge.

As Chief Planning Officer, Karla will guide the planning and benefits of the regional transportation network and support practical advancement of the Regional Transportation Plan and evidence-based decision making in the delivery of transit projects. She is deeply passionate about forging end-to-end transit solutions from vision to reality, region-wide, tomorrow, and for decades to come.

As Chief Planning Officer, Karla extends her tenure at Metrolinx and builds on her executive leadership and award-winning, multi-billion-dollar project delivery experience.

Throughout her career, Karla has overseen the construction and completion of countless instrumental infrastructural pieces and has accelerated the delivery of service. In her previous role as Vice President, GO Stations Capital Delivery, she established Metrolinx’s first Project Controls & Design Standards Office, partnered with Infrastructure Ontario on the procurement of P3 projects, and was accountable for the delivery of transformational GO Expansion programs.

Karla is a Civil Engineering graduate from Ryerson University, and received her Professional Engineer designation in 2001. Karla’s proven record of excellence garnered her a feature in the Women of Influence “Meet and Role Model” article and a spot amongst the 2020 Women in Infrastructure Network (WIN) Outstanding Leaders short list. She also served as the 2017 and 2018 President of the Women in Transportation Seminars (WTS) Toronto Area Chapter. She has been federally appointed by Infrastructure Canada to serve on the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA) Board of Directors to oversee the construction of the Gordie Howe bridge.

As Chief Planning Officer, Karla will guide the planning and benefits of the regional transportation network and support practical advancement of the Regional Transportation Plan and evidence-based decision making in the delivery of transit projects. She is deeply passionate about forging end-to-end transit solutions from vision to reality, region-wide, tomorrow, and for decades to come.