Engineers Canada is pleased to welcome John Van der Put, FEC, FGC (Hon.), P.Eng., as President for the 2025–2026 term. In the coming year, Van der Put and the Engineers Canada Board will work with the engineering regulators in pursuit of our vision to advance Canadian engineering through national collaboration.
John Van der Put is an energy industry executive with 38 years of accomplishments in upstream oil, gas, and pipeline development across the Americas. He has been consistently recruited to be at the fore-front of high-risk, complex business challenges. As an innovator he has pioneered new approaches to secure stakeholder buy-in and earn social acceptability for challenging projects. Van der Put has been very active at the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) over the past fifteen years as a Councillor, on the Discipline Committee and as the President for the 2020-2021.
Engineers Canada also welcomes Darlene Spracklin-Reid, FEC, P.Eng. to the role of President-Elect. Spracklin-Reid is the Assistant Deputy Minister (Infrastructure Division) in the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador's Department of Transportation and Infrastructure. She is a past chair of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador (PEGNL) and has served on the boards of the Canadian Engineering Education Association, the Newfoundland and Labrador Construction Association, and the American Concrete Institute.
Engineers Canada is also pleased to welcome the following Directors to the Board:
- Christopher Chahine, MPS, P.Eng., PMP, SSBBP
- Nick Colucci, B.A.Sc., MBA, FEC, P. Eng., CET
- Denise Pothier, MBA, FEC, P.Eng., ICD.D
The 2025-2026 Board is comprised of the following Directors:
John Van der Put, FEC, FGC (Hon.), P.Eng.
President
Alberta
Darlene Spracklin-Reid, FEC, P.Eng.
President-Elect
Newfoundland and Labrador
Michael Wrinch, PhD, FEC, P.Eng., ICD.D
Past President
British Columbia
Arjan Arenja, MBA, P.Eng.
Ontario
Menelika Bekolo, M.ing., ing.
Quebec
Christopher Chahine, MPS, P.Eng., PMP, SSBBP
Ontario
Elliott Coles, FEC, P.Eng.
Prince Edward Island
Nick Colucci, B.A.Sc., MBA, FEC, P. Eng., CET
Ontario
Christopher Dixon, FEC, P. Eng.
Yukon
Lisa Doig, MBA, FEC, P.Eng.
Alberta
Ann English, FCSSE, FEC, FGC (Hon.), P.Eng.
British Columbia
Sudhir Jha, M.Eng., FEC, P.Eng.
Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Tim Joseph, PhD, FCIM, P.Eng.
Alberta
Tim Kirkby, FEC, P.Eng.
Ontario
Sophie Lariviere-Mantha, MBA, ing.
Quebec
Anjum Mullick. M.Sc., P.Eng.
Alberta
Andrew Lockwood, P.Eng.
Saskatchewan
Jean-Luc Martel, PhD, ing. Quebec
Jitendra Paliwal, PhD, FEC, P. Eng.
Manitoba
Denise Pothier, MBA, FEC, P.Eng., ICD.D
Nova Scotia
Marlo Rose, MBA, FEC, P.Eng.
New Brunswick
Marisa Sterling, FEC, P.Eng.
Ontario
Nicolas Turgeon, M.Sc., EMBA, ing.
Québec
