Our Board of Directors

Jennifer McNeill joined New Flyer in 2012 and is responsible for the Contract and Bids Management team, plus the design and delivery of strategic sales support, marketing and related business development programs. She also provides direction for strategic business intelligence activities.

Prior to joining New Flyer, Jennifer held senior management and executive positions in engineering, quality, sales and business strategy and most recently was the Vice President Sales, Marketing and Business Development at Standard Aero. Jennifer is a graduate from the University of Manitoba where she obtained both her Mechanical Engineering degree and an MBA. Jennifer is a Professional Engineer

Maureen Cosyn Heath has worked in transit for 25 years, beginning with the London Transit Commission. She went on to become the founding Chief Administrative Officer at Southwestern Ontario Student Transportation Services.
Maureen then served as the Director of Transit at the City of Hamilton for four years. In June of 2025, Maureen joined the City of Mississauga as Director of MiWay, which is the province’s third largest municipal transit agency. MiWay operates 71 routes with a fleet of 500 with 58 million boardings in 2024.
Maureen’s background includes executive-level oversight of administration, operations, maintenance, and customer experience.  Maureen has led large contracting and capital projects, network redevelopments and strategic growth plans to support growing municipalities.

Judy Powell is the General Manager for the St. John's Transportation Commission, headquartered in St. John's, Newfoundland. A seasoned executive with over three decades of experience in the public sector, Judy has led the Commission since 2003.
Prior to her current appointment, she held senior management roles within the organization focusing on Finance and Human Resources, and previously served the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador in various labour relations capacities including Staff Relations Specialist and Employee Relations Manager.
Currently, she is responsible for managing and directing the overall functions and operations of the St. John’s Transportation Commission. This includes overseeing financial and administrative policies, providing leadership to a diverse staff of technical and professional personnel, and developing long-term strategic plans for the public transit system.

Kymm Girgulis is a Senior Key Account Manager with BC Hydro supporting the Transportation Sector. Kymm has had extensive experience supporting various transportation projects throughout British Columbia as it relates to energy conservation and electrification. In particular, Kymm has worked in strong partnership with Transit agencies, Ports and Airports in the Province.

Kelly Paleczny has served as the General Manager of the London Transit Commission for a decade, holding the position since 2015. She has been with the organization for 29 years. In addition to her leadership role at the LTC, Kelly is the Chair of the board of directors of the Ontario Public Transit Association (OPTA), the Past-Chair of the board of directors of the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA), and a member of the CUTRIC Board of Directors.

Mark Shorey is Director, Finance for the Thales Global Centre of Competence for Urban Rail and Mobility headquartered in Toronto.

A Chartered Professional Accountant, Mark has previously held Director roles in Business Strategy and Business Development involved in both the capture and deployment phases of many large key global projects over his 25 years with Thales.

Currently he is responsible for Finance support for Business Development and R&D Operations including the commercial management of Funding projects.

In additional to holding a CPA CMA designation, Mark holds a Bachelor Degree with Certificate of Honours Standing in Economics from the University of Western Ontario and also sits on the Board of Directors of Innovation ENCQOR.

Angela began her career at Codiac Transpo 32 years ago in a marketing and promotions role. In1995 she was promoted to Operations Manager and for the past ten years has been the Director of Transit Services.

Codiac Transpo provides public transit services to three municipalities, namely Moncton, Riverview and Dieppe, New Brunswick, with 37 conventional transit buses, 19 bus routes and 110 employees. Several technology investments are currently underway including a zero emission study by CUTRIC.

Camille Boulier has worked in the public transportation sector for 15 years. She specializes in growth strategies, relations with public decision-makers, and the setting up of complex projects, particularly within the framework of public-private partnerships (PPP). Graduated from the Institute of Political Studies “SciencesPo Bordeaux”, Camille began her career in parliamentary institutions. She joined Veolia Transport Group in 2010, and in 2013 became a business engineer in the Transdev Group's General Management of France, where she participates in the definition and implementation of the commercial strategy (definition of targets and consistency of commercial proposals, competitive positioning, new services, etc.). In this capacity, she contributed to the management of complex and large-scale projects, whether major calls for tenders, contract management or even innovative projects such as the multi-stakeholder setting up of the first European on-demand mobility service on open roads with autonomous vehicles. In April 2019, Camille joined Transdev Canada, a fully owned subsidiary of Transdev Group, as Senior Vice President Strategy, Business Development and Communication to support the exceptional transformation dynamics of sustainable mobility at work in Canada. Over the last 5 years, Transdev Canada has experienced growth of 400%: originally a transit operator in Quebec, Transdev has diversified activities in 6 provinces and 1 territory. Now the leading Canadian multimodal operator, Transdev is today a key transit, paratransit, school and medical transportation company in the country, with almost 6,000 employees. Committed to major long-term mobility projects, Transdev Canada is also the future operator of the Hurontario light rail and the Ontario Line automatic metro as part of public-private partnership contracts won in 2019 and 2022, in the Greater Toronto Area, for periods of more than 30 years. Also committed to the energy transition front, the company has also become a pioneer in this area by developing one of the largest fleets of electric school buses in North America for a private operator, by partnering with the Quebecois manufacturer Lion. Transdev Canada owns and operates 100 electric school buses in Quebec as of March 2024.

Heidi Dempster started her career at the City of Mississauga and joined the City of Brampton in 2008. With over 30 years of municipal government experience, holding various leadership roles in transit operations, public works, human resources and health, safety and wellness, Heidi is now the General Manager at Brampton Transit, one of the fastest growing big-city transit systems in Canada. Heidi is dedicated to increasing the efficiency, accessibility and sustainability of public transit for the community and leading fleet electrification to meet the City of Brampton's GHG emission reduction targets. `

` Heidi currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA), with previous experience as Co-Chair of the Ontario Public Transit Association (OPTA) Human Resources/Operations Committee and Chair of the CUTA Workforce Development Committee. She is committed to cultivating a positive work culture and is an advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion, leading a team of nearly 1,400 staff that support one of the most diverse cities in Canada.

Imran Hussain is the Vice President and Country Head of eMobility and Electrification & Automation Business Units of Siemens Canada Limited. He is responsible for Strategic management, Business Development and Operations of the businesses. He drives innovations for Sustainability, decarbonization and digitalization in eMobility and Electrification & Automation within Siemens Canada Limited. Mr Hussain also engages with Siemens Research and Development Teams in Germany and the United States for launching new and sustainable portfolios in Canada that addresses the needs of environmentally friendly and clean technologies.

Mr. Hussain joined Siemens Canada in 2002 and has taken various roles in Siemens including Design Engineering, Project Management and Business Development. Prior to heading the Business Units in Siemens, he was the head of Project Management for the Transmission and Distribution Division of Siemens including High Voltage Products, Medium Voltage and Low Voltage Equipment, Energy Automation , Protection and Control Systems. Before joining Siemens Canada, he worked in Siemens Erlangen, Germany and has gone through various Siemens technical and management training in Germany and the United Kingdom.

He is a Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario and holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Calgary. Mr Hussain actively participates and contributes to Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives like tree planting in Oakville, mentoring and training new generations and sometimes plays tennis with his family and friends.